Best Of The Bay (Cln) (2006)

Product Summary Label: Jive UPC: 00886970274920 Release Date: 12/12/2006 Buy.com Sku: 203369018 Item#: M39S3K Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Sprinkle Me - E-40/Suga-T ~ Various Artists 2. 2 Bitches - Too $hort ~ Various Artists 3. Hector da Ho Protector - The Click ~ Various Artists 4. Automatic - E-40/Fabolous ~ Various Artists 5. 93 'Til Infinity - Souls Of Mischief ~ Various Artists 6. Can't Stay Away - Too Short ~ Various Artists 7. Trigga Gots No Heart - Spice 1 ~ Various Artists 8. Big Badass, The - Ant Banks ~ Various Artists 9. Quarterbackin' - E-40/The Clipse ~ Various Artists 10. Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches - Too $hort ~ Various Artists 11. Welcome To the Ghetto - Spice 1 ~ Various Artists 12. Pop Ya Collar - The Click/E-40 ~ Various Artists 13. Bay, The - Celly Cel ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Audio Mixers: Ant Banks; E-A-Ski. Best of da Bay: A Series of Slaps is one of those fairly common compilations where a major label attempts to cash in on a trend, in this case the 2006 explosion of Bay Area hip-hop, which happened primarily because of the Bay's hyphy movement. The word "hyphy" isn't on the cover because folks like the hard-thugging Spice 1 don't represent the "get dumb" attitude of hyphy, but put "da Bay" on the cover and people get it because a big part of being hyphy is being proud of the Bay Area and its hip-hop history. Luckily, Jive has two of the true hyphy godfathers on its roster, E-40 and Too Short. E-40's slang slinging and Too Short's irresponsible hedonism are key ingredients to hyphy, and their tracks included here are well chosen and representative. The rest of the disc bounces around some other flavors in the Bay's history, but it's really just the Bay music owned by the Jive/Zomba group. Still, it's a good time if you have your "stunna shades" and "thizz face" on and are ready to get "purkin" -- just don't call it "definitive." [Best of da Bay: A Series of Slaps was also made available in a clean version, with all explicit material removed.] ~ David Jeffries Best of da Bay: A Series of Slaps is one of those fairly common compilations where a major label attempts to cash in on a trend, in this case the 2006 explosion of Bay Area hip-hop, which happened primarily because of the Bay's hyphy movement. The word "hyphy" isn't on the cover because folks like the hard-thugging Spice 1 don't represent the "get dumb" attitude of hyphy, but put "da Bay" on the cover and people get it because a big part of being hyphy is being proud of the Bay Area and its hip-hop history. Luckily, Jive has two of the true hyphy godfathers on its roster, E-40 and Too Short. E-40's slang slinging and Too Short's irresponsible hedonism are key ingredients to hyphy, and their tracks included here are well chosen and representative. The rest of the disc bounces around some other flavors in the Bay's history, but it's really just the Bay music owned by the Jive/Zomba group. Still, it's a good time if you have your "stunna shades" and "thizz face" on and are ready to get "purkin" -- just don't call it "definitive." ~ David Jeffries Best of da Bay: A Series of Slaps is one of those fairly common compilations where a major label attempts to cash in on a trend, in this case the 2006 explosion of Bay Area hip-hop, which happened primarily because of the Bay's hyphy movement. The word "hyphy" isn't on the cover because folks like the hard-thugging Spice 1 don't represent the "get dumb" attitude of hyphy, but put "da Bay" on the cover and people get it because a big part of being hyphy is being proud of the Bay Area and its hip-hop history. Luckily, Jive has two of the true hyphy godfathers on its roster, E-40 and Too Short. E-40's slang slinging and Too Short's irresponsible hedonism are key ingredients to hyphy, and their tracks included here are well chosen and representative. The rest of the disc bounces around some other flavors in the Bay's history, but it's really just the Bay music owned by the Jive/Zomba group. Still, it's a good time if you have your "stunna shades" and "thizz face" on and are ready to get "purkin" -- just don't call it "definitive." [Best of da Bay: A Series of Slaps was also made available in a clean version, with all explicit material removed.] ~ David Jeffries Producer: Ant Banks; Jay Mac; Erick Sermon; EA Ski; Tone Capone; Spice 1; Rick Rock; Jazze Pha; Sam Bostic; A Plus; Ant Banks; Jay Mac; A-Plus; Erick Sermon; Studio Ton; Mark D; EA Ski; Tone Capone; Spice 1; Rick Rock; Jazze Pha; Sam Bostic; CMT; Matt Fowler (Compi   Technical Info Release Date : 12/05/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 02749 Label : Jive Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 56m : 2s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00886970274920