City Life | ||||
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Released | November 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
Studio | Sound Factory (Hollywood) | |||
Genre | Jazz-funk[1] | |||
Label | Fantasy | |||
Producer | Donald Byrd | |||
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City Life is the third studio album by the American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group the Blackbyrds. It was produced by Donald Byrd and includes the popular singles "Happy Music" and "Rock Creek Park." "Happy Music" was first given a limited released as a six-minute remix on 12-inch vinyl for club deejays,[3] then in early 1976 was released on standard 7-inch vinyl. "Rock Creek Park" has been sampled repeatedly by hip hop musicians.[4]