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Hip Hop Wig Out '87 #3: The Harlem Shuffle — King Sun and Cutmaster DC

Frank Owen, Melody Maker, 4 April 1987

IN THE THIRD OF OUR REPORTS on rap's now explosion of new talents, Frank Owen journeys to Harlem to bring you the news on happening label Zakia records, where he thrills to love rapper extraordinaire King Sun, chills to Cutmaster DC's epic wall of sound, and ills to the news that Trevor Horn is the true godfather of rap.

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