South Bronx (song)

"South Bronx" is a single by Hip hop group Boogie Down Productions from their 1987 debut album Criminal Minded.[1] This is also the South Bronx's representative anthem.

"South Bronx"
Single by Boogie Down Productions
from the album Criminal Minded
B-side"The P is Free"
Released1986
Recorded1986
GenreHardcore hip hop
Length5:10
LabelB-Boy
Songwriter(s)KRS-One, Scott La Rock
Producer(s)Ced Gee, DJ Scott La Rock, KRS-One
Audio sample
Excerpt from South Bronx
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BDP singles chronology
"Say No Brother (Crack Attack Don't Do It)"
(1986)
"South Bronx"
(1986)
"Super Hoe"
(1987)

The song was produced by Ced Gee, DJ Scott La Rock and KRS-One. The song was a diss track aimed at MC Shan in response to his song "The Bridge" and is part of what became known as The Bridge Wars.

History

KRS-one reports that DJ Red Alert played this song three times in a row and that the crowd was very engaged. The song had an influence on the new jack swing genre.

Musical ideas

The song samples "Get Up Offa That Thing" and does so through the use of a sampler, where the horn bar is available in several different pitches. Eleven different pitches are used throughout the recording including the actual one, 7 of which were used altogether to create a threatening effect. The first is an interpolation of Public Enemy's "Rebel Without a Pause". The two other samples are "Funky Drummer" and "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved".

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