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ARTIST
CLAY, CASSIUS
TITLE
I Am The Greatest!
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
HONEY PIE RECORDS
CATALOG #
HONEY 027LP
HONEY 027LP
GENRE
COMEDY
RELEASE DATE
5/21/2021
Honey Pie Records present a reissue of
I Am the Greatest!
, a comedy album by boxer
Cassius Clay
, released in August 1963. Released six months before he won the world heavyweight championship, publicly announced his conversion to Islam, and changed his name to
Muhammad Ali
. It was released by CBS Columbia. The album helped establish Ali's reputation as an eloquently poetic "trash talker". The album has also been identified as an early example of rap music and a precursor to hip-hop music. The liner notes were written by the American poet
Marianne Moore
, a longstanding fan of Clay. Clay collaborated on the writing for the album with the comedy writer
Gary Belkin
, who was listed as producer on the original release. The album idea had been proposed to Clay by the William Morris Agency, and the recording was conducted at Columbia Records' 30th Street New York Studio before an audience of 200 people. Rather than being listed as "tracks", the first 8 entries on the album were listed with "rounds" numbers.
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