ESSENTIAL HIP HOP 6 (2006)

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Label: Tommy Boy
UPC: 00661868163926
Release Date: 1/26/2006
Buy.com Sku: 202144318
Item#: M2SNXW
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Godfather, The - Spoonie Gee ~ Various Artists
2. Children's Story - Slick Rick ~ Various Artists
3. My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions ~ Various Artists
4. New York, New York - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five ~ Various Artists
5. Just To Get A Rep - Gang Starr ~ Various Artists
6. My Melody - Eric B. & Rakim ~ Various Artists
7. King Of Rock - Run-DMC ~ Various Artists
8. Wild Thing - Tone Loc ~ Various Artists
9. Just A Friend - Biz Markie ~ Various Artists
10. Lover In You, The - The Sugarhill Gang ~ Various Artists
11. Funk Box Party - Masterdon Committee ~ Various Artists
12. We Want Some P - The 2 Live Crew ~ Various Artists



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Liner Note Authors: Davey D; Nelson George.
Photographer: Martha Cooper.
A track listing on any volume in Tommy Boy's Hip Hop Essentials series could not possibly be met with across-the-board approval by a group of hip-hop scholars. That's part of the charm -- these discs, for better or worse, are representative, not definitive. A hip-hop fan, whether knowledgeable or relatively new to the form, will likely think that at least a couple tracks on each disc are garbage. This is more true with the sixth volume of the series than any other, as there are some really polarizing tracks in the latter half of its duration. Tone-Loc's "Wild Thing," a major mainstream hit, is often seen as hip-hop carpetbaggery at its worst, with its Run-D.M.C.-lite backing made all the more revolting by sleaze ball MCing. (Sinisterly enough, it follows Run-D.M.C.'s "King of Rock" here.) 2 Live Crew's "We Want Some P" was effective in its goal to shock and offend, but since it's a victim of Tommy Boy's selective censoring, it's stripped of its point and seems like a pointless inclusion. (And following years of countless strides in crude extremism, the track sounds less like a bold innovation and more like a withered curiosity.) That said, there are several tracks that no hip-hop head should live without, including Slick Rick's "Children's Story," Boogie Down Productions' "My Philosophy," Gang Starr's "Just to Get a Rep," and the aforementioned "King of Rock." ~ Andy Kellman

Producer: DJ Premier; David "Mr. Mixx" Hobbs; Larry Smith; Eric "Vietnam" Sadler; Eric B.; Hank Shocklee; KRS-One; Marley Marl; Matt Dike; Michael C. Ross; Pete Wingfield; Russell Simmons; Biz Markie; Stu Fine (Compilation); Victor Lee (Compilation)

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 01/24/2006
Original Release Date : 2006
Catalog ID : 1639
Label : Tommy Boy
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00661868163926

  


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