Essential Hip Hop Vol 2 (2005)

Product Summary UPC: 00661868163520 Release Date: 11/8/2005 Buy.com Sku: 202041880 Item#: M2QGV4 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy ~ Various Artists 2. Last Night - Kid 'N Play ~ Various Artists 3. Nobody Beats The Biz - Biz Markie ~ Various Artists 4. Paper Thin - MC Lyte ~ Various Artists 5. Goin' Back To Cali - LL Cool J ~ Various Artists 6. Plug Tunin' - De La Soul ~ Various Artists 7. Bust A Move - Young M.C. ~ Various Artists 8. Looking At The Front Door - Main Source ~ Various Artists 9. Cinderfella - Dana Dane ~ Various Artists 10. Be A Father To Your Child - Ed O.G./Bulldogs ~ Various Artists 11. Just Buggin' - Whistle ~ Various Artists 12. F**k Compton - Tim Dog ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Liner Note Authors: Dan Charnas; Nelson George. Photographer: Martha Cooper. Signaled by the instant-impression-leaving sample from Jesse Jackson's appearance at Wattstax, Public Enemy's "Rebel Without a Pause" opens the second volume of Tommy Boy's Hip Hop Essentials. One of the most startling tracks out of any genre -- whether you're hearing it for the 100th time and can't get enough or are hearing it for the first time and have heard enough -- it's an ideal way to introduce one of the best-selected volumes in the series. The disc contains several tracks that have deserved as much attention (or almost as much attention) as "Rapper's Delight." In addition to the PE cut, there's Ed O.G. & da Bulldogs' "Be a Father to Your Child," the epitome of conscious rap ("She had to bear it by herself and take care of it by herself/And givin' her some money for milk won't really help"); Main Source's "Looking at the Front Door," a sobering relationship sketch backed by a production that neither Kanye West nor Just Blaze have ever matched; MC Lyte's "Paper Thin," a fierce takedown move on par with the best Rakim; and Tim Dog's "F**k Compton" (one of the tracks to fall prey to the series' selective expletive removals), a roaring assault on the then-massive gangsta rap capital. On the lighter side, there's Kid 'N Play's "Last Night," De la Soul's "Plug Tunin'," Biz Markie's "Nobody Beats the Biz," and Young MC's "Bust a Move." ~ Andy Kellman Producer: Stu Fine (Compilation); Victor Lee (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 11/08/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 1635 Label : Tommy Boy Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00661868163520