The Blackbyrds on CASHBOX Music Trade Magagzine

The Blackbyrds are an American rhythm and blues and jazz-funk fusion group, formed in Washington, D.C., in 1973 and reformed in 2012 by Keith Killgo.^{[1]The Blackbyrds have influenced the} hip-hop generation, with Gang Starr, Da Lench Mob, and Full Force sampling their music.[4] In particular, their 1975 song "Rock Creek Park" from the City Life album has been sampled numerous times by groups and artists such as MF Doom, De La Soul, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, N.W.A, Massive Attack, Ice Cube, Heavy D, Nas and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Tone Lōc, Mac Dre, and Wiz Khalifa

Cashbox, also known as Cash Box, was a music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. A decade after its dissolution, it was revived and now continues as Cashbox Magazine, an online magazine with weekly charts and occasional special print issues.