GRAFFITI ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL  Several days later, Ja Ja Ja had laid down two more tracks, “Katz Rap” (“Cat Rap”) and “Mom”; these were released in 1982 as their first single on Ata Tak Records. A later single called “Graffiti Artists International” was the first song in Europe to talk about graffiti artists. Mel Jefferson was the engineer for the Ja Ja Ja music; he later worked with the Sugarcubes and Björk. (February 2012) * * * I had to dig around some, but I did find some classy Ja Ja Ja videos on YouTube. I found a post by Julie Jigsawnovich on the Internet saying that this song, “Graffiti Artists International” is the first rap song that was completely about graffiti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEp__hk3Gi0 . (February 2014) |