Essential Hip Hop Collection (Box) (2006)

Product Summary Label: Warlock Records UPC: 00026656295522 Release Date: 5/2/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202475301 Item#: M2WKV9 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25530 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Needle To The Groove - Mantronix ~ Various Artists 2. Lyrical King - T La Rock ~ Various Artists 3. Johnny The Fox - Tricky Tee ~ Various Artists 4. Latoya - Just-Ice ~ Various Artists 5. Ugly People Be Quiet - Cash Money & Marvelous ~ Various Artists 6. I've Got It Good - Tricky Tee ~ Various Artists 7. Cold Getting Dumb - Just-Ice ~ Various Artists 8. Strictly Business - EPMD ~ Various Artists 9. Moshitup - Just-Ice ~ Various Artists 10. No Delayin - Nice & Smooth ~ Various Artists 11. Back To Burn - T La Rock ~ Various Artists 12. Fresh Is The Word - Mantronix ~ Various Artists 13. It's Yours - T La Rock ~ Various Artists 14. We Control The Dance - Mantronix ~ Various Artists 15. Freak The Funk - Stezo ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Heartbeat Rap, A - Sweet G ~ Various Artists 2. Games People Play - Sweet G ~ Various Artists 3. Games Females Play - Gigolette ~ Various Artists 4. Starski Live At The Disco Fever - Lovebug ~ Various Artists 5. You've Gotta Believe - Lovebug ~ Various Artists 6. Bust This Rhyme - MC Chill ~ Various Artists 7. Gucciman, The - MC Holiday ~ Various Artists 8. Me & You (Getting It On) - Gucciman ~ Various Artists 9. MC Story - MC Chill ~ Various Artists 10. Calm Down - III Most Wanted ~ Various Artists 11. Nitty Gritty - III Most Wanted ~ Various Artists 12. All Night Long - Nayobe ~ Various Artists 13. Sukiyaki - The Cover Girls ~ Various Artists 14. I Am Woman - The Cover Girls ~ Various Artists 15. Starski Live At The Disco Fever - Lovebug ~ Various Artists 16. Games People Play - Sweet G ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Party Train - The Gap Band ~ Various Artists 2. Give It To Me Baby - Rick James ~ Various Artists 3. Let It Whip - Dazz Band ~ Various Artists 4. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force ~ Various Artists 5. Dream Team Is In The House, The - L.A. Dream Team ~ Various Artists 6. Message, The - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five ~ Various Artists 7. Hey DJ - World Famous Supreme Team ~ Various Artists 8. Al Naayfish (The Soul) - Hashim ~ Various Artists 9. Jam On It - Newcleus ~ Various Artists 10. I Need A Freak - Sexual Harassment ~ Various Artists 11. Joy & Pain - Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock ~ Various Artists 12. White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Audio Mixers: Larry Smith ; Sam Jacobs; Tony "A.D." Perez; Jellybean; Kevin Perez; Kurtis Blow; Andrew Milano; Rich Keller. Liner Note Author: Carol Cooper. Arrangers: Larry Smith ; Kurtis Blow; Russell Simmons. While there is little rhyme or reason to this set -- not all of it is essential, and not all of it is hip-hop -- Warlock's three-disc Essential Hip Hop provides too much fun to dismiss. Flipping through funk, electro, old-school rap, and even the late-'80s/early-'90s era, the set features L.A. Dream Team's "The Dream Team Is in the House," Sexual Harassment's "I Need a Freak," and Rick James' "Give It to Me Baby," as well as Stezo's "Freak the Funk," EPMD's "Strictly Business," Lovebug Starski's "Starski Live at the Disco Fever" (vocal and instrumental), and Mantronix's "Needle to the Groove." Not the place to begin for newcomers to hip-hop, but it certainly holds enough variety and quality content to plug quite a few gaps in one's collection. ~ Andy Kellman Producer: Doug Lazy; Kyle Christmas; Larry Smith; Sam Jacobs; John "Gungie" Rivera; Henry Batts; Kenton Nix; Tony "A.D." Perez; KRS-One; Kevin Perez; Kurtis Blow; Kurtis Mantronik; Andrew Milano; Russell Simmons; Sam Hernandez; Sam Sever; Tony Moran; Carlos Reyes; Engineer: Andrew Milano   Technical Info Release Date : 05/02/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 29552 Label : Warlock Records Number of Discs : 3 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00026656295522