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Genre: Rap
Release Date: 11/27/2001

Old School Jams, Vol. 3 expands upon preceding volumes, featuring not one but two discs of late-'70s to late-'80s urban dance classics. Furthermore, these aren't the widely known album or radio versions but rather the extended dance mixes, many of which are quite difficult to find. There's no shortage of classics here: Cameo's "Word Up," Rick James' "Super Freak," the Gap Band's "You Dropped a Bomb on Me," and Blondie's "Rapture" are just a sample of the many longtime favorites featured on this double-disc collection. This collection should appeal to not one but two different audiences, those looking for a one-stop collection of late-'70s to late-'80s urban dance favorites and those looking for the many hard-to-find extended mixes featured here. In fact, this volume is so impressive that you'll want to skip the first two volumes and head straight for this one. It's so loaded with great music that you may not even need to bother with the other volumes.

~Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

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Blondie - Performer
Cameo - Performer
Gwen Guthrie - Performer
Rick James - Performer
Kool & the Gang - Performer
The Mary Jane Girls - Performer
Midnight Star - Performer
Planet Patrol - Performer
Shalamar - Performer
The Whispers - Performer
D Train - Performer
Newcleus - Performer
Indeep - Performer
Jermaine Stewart - Performer
Timex Social Club - Performer
Dazz Band - Performer
Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three - Performer

Central Heating
    Heatwave / CD / 1977
Old School, Vol. 2
    Various Artists / CD / 1994
Old School, Vol. 3
    Various Artists / CD / 1994
Only Dance: 1980-1984
    Various Artists / CD / 1995

Release Date: 11/27/2001
Genre: rap