POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS - Boom Bap Classics Vol 10 [7" Vinyl]

Format: 7" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: BBC010
Release Date: 17 Mar 2026
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B

New Jersey crew Poor Righteous Teachers get the Boom Bap Classics treatment with volume ten in the series, pairing 'Shakiyla' and 'Easy Star' on a DJ-friendly 7". The group - Wise Intelligent, Father Shaheed and DJ Culture Freedom - emerged from the Newark scene at the start of the 90s with a run of politically charged albums on Profile Records, closely tied to the Five Percent Nation-influenced strand of hip-hop which also ran through artists like Brand Nubian and Lakim Shabazz. 'Shakiyla' comes from their 1990 debut album Holy Intellect, a stripped boom bap cut built around one of the record's most memorable hooks, while 'Easy Star' traces back to the same early period when the group were carving out their identity within conscious East Coast rap.

Side 1
A1. "Shakiyla"
Side 2
B1. "Easy Star"