Essential Hip Hop Vol 3 (2005)

Artist: Various
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UPC: 00661868163629
Release Date: 11/8/2005
Buy.com Sku: 202041875
Item#: M2QL9M
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Microphone Fiend - Eric B. & Rakim ~ Various Artists
2. Bonita Applebaum - A Tribe Called Quest ~ Various Artists
3. Parents Just Don't Understand - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince ~ Various Artists
4. Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc ~ Various Artists
5. Gold Digger - EPMD ~ Various Artists
6. F**k Tha Police - N.W.A. ~ Various Artists
7. 900 Number, The - 45 King ~ Various Artists
8. Bitch Betta Have My Money - AMG ~ Various Artists
9. This Cut's Got Flavor - Latee ~ Various Artists
10. Ain't No Half-Steppin' - Big Daddy Kane ~ Various Artists
11. Humpty Dance - Digital Underground ~ Various Artists
12. Pee Wee's Dance - Joeski Love ~ Various Artists



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Liner Note Authors: Raquel Cepeda; Nelson George.
Photographer: Martha Cooper.
With four nods on this third volume, the West Coast factors into Tommy Boy's Hip Hop Essentials series more than ever, indicating the shifting balance of power between the coasts that started in the late '80s. While a number of sources have made the rise of the West Coast synonymous with gangsta rap and nothing else, Tommy Boy helps remind those who forgot that there was also the Digital Underground (the lighthearted side of Parliament/Funkadelic in modernized hip-hop fatigues) and Tone-Loc (whose instant mainstream success uprooted him from his coastal affiliation). A somewhat sly move is the presence of both A Tribe Called Quest's "Bonita Applebum" ("I'd like to kiss you where some brothas won't") and AMG's "Bitch Betta Have My Money" ("Open up ya coach bag, bitch, so I can get laid"), two tracks with wildly divergent views of women. There's a healthy mix of hallmarks (Big Daddy Kane's "Ain't No Half Steppin'") and unexpected selections (at least six tracks are more representative of EPMD than "Gold Digger"). Again, the selective expletive censoring is baffling: "f*ck," "sh*t," "ass," and the "n"-word are removed (most of the time), while anything that could potentially offend gays and women stays. Another potential gripe for listeners is that Eric B. & Rakim's "Microphone Fiend" comes in its extended remix form with an entirely different beat (albeit a perfectly effective one), though it is not indicated in the track list. ~ Andy Kellman

Producer: Stu Fine (Compilation); Victor Lee (Compilation)

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 11/08/2005
Original Release Date : 2005
Catalog ID : 1636
Label : Tommy Boy
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00661868163629

  


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