Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’

byRobert Harris
April 11, 2024

Man Parrish tells the blistering story behind his futuristic and uncompromising 1982 floorfiller ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’ – barks and all

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Ozric Tentacles ‘Sploosh’

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Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’

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Robert Harris

Ozric Tentacles ‘Sploosh’

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Cabaret Voltaire ‘Nag Nag Nag’

Richard X ‘Being Scrubbed’

Janine Rainforth ‘Stretch’

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Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’

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