Neighborhood Hip

Neighborhood Hip is a Lovian hip-hop song recorded and released in 1981 by group Too Short and JTC and released on the Abby Spring label. This is considered to be the first recorded rap/hip-hop song in Lovia and a precursor to the music of modern groups such as Naselni Jazzeek and First Fold Then Tear.

Background and history
Too Short (Curtis King) and JTC (Jarrod T. Carter) were one of several DJ and MC groups in Lovia in the late 1970s. They were from Abby Springs and performed at street parties and slowly began to be noticed.

In April 1981 they were hired to play a night at the Headless in Noble City where the owner, Jack Harrison, enjoyed their music so much he wished to have them record music.

They went to a studio to record music in the summer but due to a lack of interest or understanding of hip-hop by the record companies prompted Harrison to create a label for their music, Abby Spring.

In October they released the song "Neighborhood Hip", as a 9 minute, 12 inch single, with the B-side a funk instrumental titled "Upside". A shortened 4:27 7 inch single was released in December.

Legacy
Neighborhood Hip became an underground success, particularly among Noble City clubs. Nationally, it was moderately successful but further records by the duo were not as successful and they broke up in early 1983, with Abby Spring records folding in 1984.

Lyrics
Everybody clap your hands, listen to this real hip band Coming to your neighborhood, with new sounds across the land Too Short is the name i use, Curtis in my passport book Here with my friend JTC, come on down and take a look Here we come from Abby Springs, where we talk behind this beat Grew up in a one room place, barely had enough to eat We were roaming in the streets, in a very boring trip Now with TSJTC, we make our town really hip

Neighborhood, really hip Everyday, it's a trip With the beat, move it slow Everyone, don't you know