Greatest Hits (2002)

Product Summary Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records UPC: 00696998707627 Release Date: 11/26/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60582160 Item#: MW3DNG Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble - (1988 extended remix) ~ Will Smith 2. Parents Just Don't Understand - (single edit) ~ Will Smith 3. Nightmare On My Street, A - (single version) ~ Will Smith 4. Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, ~ Will Smith 5. Summertime ~ Will Smith 6. Just Cruisin' ~ Will Smith 7. 1,000 Kisses - (featuring Jada) ~ Will Smith 8. Men In Black ~ Will Smith 9. Gettin' Jiggy Wit It ~ Will Smith 10. Miami ~ Will Smith 11. Freakin' It ~ Will Smith 12. Will 2K - (featuring K-Ci) ~ Will Smith 13. Wild Wild West - (featuring Dru Hill/Kool Mo Dee) ~ Will Smith 14. Nod Ya Head - (remix, featuring Christina Vidal/Tra-Knox) ~ Will Smith 15. Just The Two Of Us ~ Will Smith (C) (P) 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 Zomba Recording LLC, 1997 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., 1997, 1999, 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel includes: Will Smith, Jada, K-Ci, Dru Hill, Kool Mo Dee, Christina Vidal, Tra-Knox. Producers inlcude: Jazzy Jeff, Fresh Prince, Hula, Fingers, L.E.S. Recorded between 1988 & 2002. Personnel: Love Fellowship Tabernacle Children's Choir (vocals); Poke (programming, drum programming); DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jazzy Jeff (scratches); Coko, Mai Huggins, LaVette, Tichina Arnold (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Commissioner Gordon; Richard Travali; Rob Chiarelli; Tony Maserati. Recording information: Battery Chicago. Photographers: Reisig; Michael Lavine. When Will Smith first entered the public consciousness in the '80s as half of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, few could imagine that a decade later he'd be one of the biggest stars on the planet, both in film and music. His GREATEST HITS collection appropriately begins with the good-time work of the aforementioned hip-hop duo (the teen plaints "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble" and "Parents Just Don't Understand"), but in due course gets around to the theme from Smith's successful TV comedy THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR and his later solo work. Smith's film successes are represented by the soundtrack cuts "Men in Black" and "Wild Wild West," while the balance of the tunes show why he was the hottest rap-pop crossover act of the '90s. "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" was quickly adapted into the public consciousness and vocabulary, and "Miami" is as effective a summer-fun tune as one could want. Smith's iconic stature is all spelled out across the 15 cuts that make up GREATEST HITS, a journey recommended to both fans and first-timers. Producer: The Fresh Prince; Hula; Jazzy Jeff; Mark Wilson; Pete Harris; Poke; Rob Chiarelli; Rob Fusari; Sauce Engineer: Chris Trevett; John Shrive; Arty Skye; Joe the Butcher; Ken "Duro" Ifill; Kevin Crouse; Rob Chiarelli; Michael Goods Musical Guests Dr Hill Kool Moe Dee Jada K-CI Dru Hill Christina Vidal Tra-Knox   Artist Overview Will Smith first reached a wide audience as the rapping half of the poppy, late-1980s hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. He soon crossed over to TV, with a starring role in the popular comedy series THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR. His subsequent path to movie stardom in the '90s (INDEPENDENCE DAY, MEN IN BLACK, etc.) seems inevitable in retrospect, but Smith never forgot his rap roots, continuing his recording career as a solo artist and notching up even more chart hits in the late '90s and into the next decade. Artist Influences Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five | Jazzy Jay | Kool Moe Dee | Kurtis Blow | LL Cool J | MC Hammer | Run-D.M.C. | Slick Rick | Spoonie Gee | Stetsasonic | Stevie Wonder | The Fat Boys | The Sugarhill Gang | Tone-Loc | Whodini Artist Contemporaries Black Eyed Peas | Busta Rhymes | De La Soul | Digable Planets | Foxy Brown (Rap) | Lauryn Hill | Mary J. Blige | Puff Daddy | Shaggy | Sisq¢ | The Fugees | Usher | Wyclef Jean Artist Followers Bow Wow (Rap) | Chingy | Nelly   Compilation Appearances Men In Black Vol. 4-Jock Jams Radio Disney Jams: Vol. 2 90s Pop Hits Box Set Shark Tale Vol. 19-Now That's What I Call Music R b Dance Mix So Fresh:hits Of Winter 2005 Jill Scott Collaborations   Associated Artists and Works Kubota, Toshinobu Kubota, Toshinobu Kubota, Toshinobu Kubota, Toshinobu Kubota, Toshinobu   Technical Info Release Date : 11/26/2002 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 87076 Label : Columbia (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00696998707627    Product Image