Countdown to Christmas #15

I have covered more reggae and Hip-Hop on 17 Seconds as the years have gone by, I promise to try and do much better on this front in years to come.

So, Christmas tracks from two pioneers today, Run DMC and Kurtis Blow.



Run DMC -'Christmas In Hollis.' mp3



Kurtis Blow -'Christmas Rappin.' mp3

And please, if you like these tracks support the artists involved!

Songs For Christmas XIV

Two very different tracks for you today.

I'm not aware of many Hip-Hop Christmas tracks (note: I didn't say there weren't many, I said I wasn't aware of many, which is something else entirely). This one dates from about 1986 or 1987, I think, as a kid at school stuck it on a tape for me (as in when I was at school, not the kids I teach, who are probably now only vaguely aware of either cassettes or Run DMC). Anyway, this is Run DMC's Christmas in Hollis:

Run DMC -'Christmas in Hollis.' mp3

As to whether this track is a Christmas one...well, it was a Christmas no.1 for East 17 and it sounded vaguely Christmassy, and maps have stuck this out as a free download. Only became aware of this today, but I rather like it.

Maps -'Stay Another Day.' mp3

There will be more Christmas stuff on here, for those of you interested in that sort of stuff, and when I finally work them out, my albums of the year. I got taken to task earlier for not including Arcade Fire in my Festive Fifty. Is it some kind of unwritten rule amongst mp3 bloggers that we have to praise them above all other bands?! Oh well, see you soon...