| Product Summary | | Label: Hip-O Records | | UPC: 00044006958828 | | Release Date: 4/20/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 60631020 | | Item#: MDFWSK | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang (short 12" version) ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Breaks, The - Kurtis Blow (extended version) ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Body Rock, The - The Treacherous Three ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Message, The - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five/Melle Mel/Duke Bootee ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Sucker M.C.'s (Krush Groove 1) - Run-DMC ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Roxanne Roxanne - UTFO ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Roxanne's Revenge - Roxanne Shante ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Push It - Salt 'N Pepa ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Freaky Tales - Too $hort ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Wild Wild West - Kool Moe Dee ~ Various Artists | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Follow The Leader - Eric B. & Rakim ~ Various Artists | | | 2. My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions (12" version) ~ Various Artists | | | 3. I'm Your Pusher - Ice-T ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Turn This Mutha Out - M.C. Hammer ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Fight The Power - Public Enemy (soundtrack version) ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Me So Horny - The 2 Live Crew ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Just A Friend - Biz Markie ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Buddy - De La Soul/Jungle Brothers/Q-Tip/Phife/Queen Latifah/Monie Love (Native Tongue Decision Version) ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Gas Face, The - 3rd Bass ~ Various Artists | | | 10. I Left My Wallet In El Segundo - A Tribe Called Quest ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Looking At The Front Door - Main Source ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Treat 'Em Right - Chubb Rock ~ Various Artists | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature ~ Various Artists | | | 2. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Tonite - DJ Quik ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Choice Is Yours, The - Black Sheep (revisited) ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Tennessee - Arrested Development ~ Various Artists | | | 6. They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) - Digable Planets ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Slam - Onyx ~ Various Artists | | | 10. U.N.I.T.Y. - Queen Latifah ~ Various Artists | | | 11. C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Regulate - Warren G/Nate Dogg ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Flava In Ya Ear - Craig Mack ~ Various Artists | | | 14. I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need To Get By - Method Man/Mary J. Blige - (Puff Daddy mix) ~ Various Artists | |
(P) 2004 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 2004 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| Twenty-five years after 1979’s “Rapper’s Delight” broke open the floodgates, hip hop’s influence is everywhere--from music to movies, fashion to vocabulary. Now, honoring the past, celebrating the present and anticipating the future, the four-CD The Hip Hop Box (Hip-O Records/UMe), released April 20, 2004, brings together 51 of the genre’s greatest turning points, highlights, landmarks and breakthroughs, each digitally remastered. Starring most of hip hop’s greatest artists, from the Sugarhill Gang of 1979 to the 50 Cent of 2003, the tracks were culled from dozens of record labels.
For the first time, as journalist Tom Terrell writes in the liner notes, The Hip Hop Box allows fans to “follow the drumbeat from Genesis to Revelation, innocence to hedonism, playfulness to violence, happiness to bitterness, self-hate to self-love.” Along with Terrell’s historical essay, the box set features notes by Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Michael A. Gonzales (co-author of the classic text on rap Bring The Noise), plus an essay by one of the set’s compilers, paying tribute to hip hop’s reggae heritage. The Hip Hop Box continues the Hip-O Records tradition of genre box sets, including The Funk Box (2000) and The Reggae Box (2001).
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Hip-O's Hip Hop Box is patterned much like the same label's Funk Box, consisting of four discs and a booklet loaded with information. And much like The Funk Box, this set functions as a starter kit with some considerable blind spots. Hip-hop fanatics will no doubt put the track selections under deep scrutiny, but this is certainly intended to be an introduction, not a be-all and end-all statement. The tracks run in rough chronological order, from the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" to Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode"; between these two, nearly every stripe of rap music from the past 25 years receives some attention, and the listener can chart the form's evolution, even though this particular time line tends to overemphasize safe critics' darlings. To be fair to the compilers, there's no way a definitive set could've been made within the span of four discs; more importantly, licensing material from big names and certain labels can put you over budget with the quickness. There are some definite blunders -- the Notorious B.I.G. represented only by a Junior M.A.F.I.A. track, very little Southern rap, no N.W.A. or Jay-Z -- but the package was put together with such care that some of the mistakes can be forgiven. ~ Andy Kellman |
Producer: Dana G. Smart (Compilation) |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/20/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 069 588 | | Label : Hip-O Records | | Number of Discs : 4 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00044006958828 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.76)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "THE HIP HOP BOX provides ample chance to revel in its glory days." |
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