Kurtis Blow

He has appeared in the films Krush Groove and The Show. He continues to record and tour on his own. The whole field was derided as a fad, though, and thus there was much resistance to signing Blow. Burdon reunited briefly with the other Animals in 1976 and 1983, but the band broke up again after both reunions. This occurred after recording "Christmas Rappin", his first single; during this time, "Rappers Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang became the first hit for hip hop. Burdon quit the group in 1971 for a solo career, although War continued without him. He was the first rapper to record a full lengh album on a major label (1980). This incarnation lasted until 1970 when Burdon formed a new band, War.

Blow began his career in New York in the mid-1970s, when he was a breakdancer until switching to DJing and then rapping. By 1966 the other members had left, and the band was reformed as Eric Burdon and the New Animals. Bob Dylan appeared on Kurtis Blow's 1986 album "Kingdom Blow". He was a founding member of the Animals, a band originally formed in Newcastle in the early 1960s. He was influenced by DJ Hollywood. Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941, Walker-on-Tyne, Northumberland) was the lead singer of The Animals and later of War. "The Breaks" (1979) is one of hip hop's undisputed classics (basically a catchy disco tune with rapping) and Nas made a new version of Blow's "If I Ruled The World". ISBN 0571134920.

Kurtis Blow, (born Curtis Walker on August 9, 1959), is one of the most influential early rappers and hip hop's first mainstream star. Faber and Faber. 1988 Back by Popular Demand. I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now. 1986 Kingdom Blow. Burdon, Eric (1986). 1985 America.

1984 Rapper in Town. 1984 Ego Trip. 1983 Party Time (EP). 1982 Tough.

1981 Deuce. 1980 Kurtis Blow (Mercury).