| Product Summary | | Label: Battle Axe Records | | UPC: 00800867100222 | | Release Date: 4/17/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60475080 | | Item#: M9GFQ9 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Full Monty, The - Non Phixion ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Worst Enemy - Buc Fifty ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Bottle Rocket - Evidence/Mad Child/Everlast/Divine Styler ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Cookin Up Your Brain - Defari ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Pow Wow - Psycho Realm ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Variety - Moka Only ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Get Off My Elevator - Kool Keith ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Switchblade - Swollen Members ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Work The Angels - Dilated Peoples (remix) ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Trinity Lost - Pep Love ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Fat Laces - The Arsonists ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Endangered Species - Swollen Members ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Hoe - Del ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Buck Fifty 2 Ya Face - Son Doobie ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Skills - Mr. Brady/Evidence ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Super Human Hip Hop Head - Aceyalone ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Hip-hop fans would be forgiven for quickly passing over this independent rap compilation; after all, the cover photo of a Norse god makes the album a natural for a death-metal compilation. For those who manage to find it though, Defenders of the Underworld is a good compilation charting the breadth of the growing hip-hop underground, courtesy of a few unreleased tracks from notables like Kool Keith, Swollen Members, Divine Styler, Aceyalone, the Arsonists, and Dilated Peoples, plus plenty of new names contributing great tracks of their own. The vibes are dark and the grooves and rhymes are tight on excellent debuts from Defari ("Cookin' Up Your Brain"), Buc Fifty ("Worst Enemy"), Pycho Realm ("Pow Wow"), and Moka Only ("Variety") -- the latter a real wonder in late-'90s hip-hop of any stripe, a great positive-minded track. From the familiar names, best is Kool Keith's "Get off My Elevator," a brilliant, hilarious moment of paranoid bliss with some of the best rhymes he's come up with in awhile. ~ John Bush |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/17/2001 | | Original Release Date : 1999 | | Catalog ID : 1002 | | Label : Battle Axe Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00800867100222 |
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