Hip Hop:gold (2006)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602498368442 Release Date: 4/25/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202499999 Item#: M2W76E Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang (short 12" version) ~ Various Artists 2. Breaks, The - Kurtis Blow ~ Various Artists 3. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force ~ Various Artists 4. Message, The - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (clean single version, featuring Melle Mel/Duke Bootee) ~ Various Artists 5. It's Tricky - Run-DMC ~ Various Artists 6. Wild Wild West - Kool Moe Dee ~ Various Artists 7. It Takes Two - Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock ~ Various Artists 8. Follow The Leader - Eric B. & Rakim ~ Various Artists 9. Strictly Business - EPMD ~ Various Artists 10. I'm Your Pusher - Ice-T ~ Various Artists 11. Buddy - De La Soul (Native Tongue Decision version, featuring Jungle Brothers/Q-Tip/Phife/Queen Latifah/Monie Love) ~ Various Artists 12. Looking At The Front Door - Main Source ~ Various Artists 13. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince ~ Various Artists 14. O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Pop Goes The Weasel - 3rd Bass (album version) ~ Various Artists 2. Choice Is Yours, The - Black Sheep (revisted) ~ Various Artists 3. Sometimes I Rhyme Slow - Nice & Smooth ~ Various Artists 4. Tennessee - Arrested Development ~ Various Artists 5. Take It Personal - Gang Starr ~ Various Artists 6. Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde ~ Various Artists 7. Rump Shaker - Wreckx-N-Effect (radio mix) ~ Various Artists 8. Slam - Onyx (album version) ~ Various Artists 9. U.N.I.T.Y. - Queen Latifah (clean version) ~ Various Artists 10. Getto Jam - Domino ~ Various Artists 11. Regulate - Warren G/Nate Dogg ~ Various Artists 12. Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ~ Various Artists 13. He Got Game - Public Enemy (radio edit) ~ Various Artists 14. Superthug (What, What) - Noreaga ~ Various Artists 15. Light, The - Common ~ Various Artists 16. Six Days - DJ Shadow (remix, featuring Mos Def) ~ Various Artists 17. Seed, The (2.0) - The Roots (radio version, featuring Cody Chesnutt) ~ Various Artists 18. Hey Mama - Black Eyed Peas (radio version) ~ Various Artists (P) 2006 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2006 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Audio Mixer: Arthur Baker. Audio Remixer: DJ Shadow. Liner Note Author: Tom Terrell. Author: MC Wonder Mike. Photographers: Steve Double; Jeffrey Kane; Michael Wifling; Michael Malfer; Michael Schreiber; Angela Boatright; Eugene Adebari; Michael Benabib; Robin Kaplan; Monique Bunn; Ernie Paniccioli; David Corio; Janette Beckman. Arrangers: DJ Shadow; J.B. Moore; Larry Smith . Hip-O's Hip Hop: Gold, which looks a lot like a halved version of the same label's four-disc Hip Hop Box, is one of those garden-variety compilations that matches each good pick with a couple questionable picks that look a lot like lazy blunders. On this double-disc set, you get a few tracks that have appeared on well over 100 titles (such as "Rapper's Delight," "The Message," and "Planet Rock"), along with several others that will someday reach that milestone (such as Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two," Arrested Development's "Tennessee," and Naughty by Nature's "O.P.P."). A few picks make for bizarre representations of the groups in question. How many Public Enemy fans would pick "He Got Game" as one of the group's ten best tracks? Why is EPMD present in the form of "Strictly Business" instead of just about any other form? That said, there's no denying that most of these tracks should be owned by every hip-hop fanatic, or at least any hip-hop fanatic who quit paying attention once the South began to truly rise (unsurprisingly, there are only a few tentative and peculiar tracks picked from the late '90s and early 2000s). ~ Andy Kellman Producer: Cody Chesnutt; William Hamilton; DJ Premier; DJ Shadow; Domino; SD50 Stimulated Dummies; Edward Fletcher; Kay Gee; Eric B.; Robert Arthur Jr. Ford; Fingers; Kenny McCloud; D.R. Period; William McLean; Wayne Williams; Jiggs Chase; Jam Master Jay; Chyskillz Musical Guests Duke Bootee Melle Mel Jungle Brothers Monie Love Phife Q-Tip Queen Latifah Mos Def Cody Chesnutt   Technical Info Release Date : 04/25/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 0006320 Label : Hip-O Records Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498368442