Old School Hip Hop Jams (2007)

Product Summary Label: Spg Records UPC: 00773848707027 Release Date: 10/30/2007 Buy.com Sku: 205706254 Item#: M3T2XQ Buy.com Sales Rank: 25530 Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. O.P.P. ~ Naughty By Nature ------ 2. Choice Is Yours, The (Revisited) ~ Black Sheep ------ 3. Chief Rocka ~ Lords of the Underground (Rumblin' Mix) ------ 4. Just to Get a Rep ~ Gang Starr ------ 5. I Got A Man ~ Positive K ------ 6. They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) ~ Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth ------ 7. Slow Down ~ Brand Nubian ------ 8. 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) ~ Digable Planets ------ 9. Passin' Me By ~ The Pharcyde ------ 10. Buddy ~ De La Soul/Jungle Brothers/Monie Love/Q ------ 11. Live at the Barbeque ~ Main Source ------ 12. Jamaican Funk: Canadian Style ~ Michie Mee & L.A. Luv ------ Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Jump Around ~ House Of Pain ------ 2. Humpty Dance, The ~ Digital Underground (Hump Mix) ------ 3. Paid in Full ~ Eric B. & Rakim (Seven Minutes of Madness: The Coldcut Remix) ------ 4. Hip Hop Junkies ~ Nice & Smooth ------ 5. Treat 'Em Right ~ Chubb Rock ------ 6. Do This My Way ~ Kid 'N Play ------ 7. Express Yourself ~ N.W.A. (Extended Mix) ------ 8. Check Yo Self ~ Ice Cube ("The Message" Remix) ------ 9. So Wat Cha Sayin' ~ EPMD ------ 10. Come Clean ~ Jeru The Damaja ------ 11. Just A Friend ~ Biz Markie ------ 12. Symphony, Vol. 1, The ~ Craig G/Kool G Rap/Marley Marl/Masta Ace/Big Daddy Kane ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Though it's a budget compilation, the two-disc Old School Hip-Hop Jams is actually a pretty good collection of tracks from some of the more popular rap acts of the late '80s and early '90s. There are a few unnecessary remix versions included (Ice Cube's "Check Yo Self," Black Sheep's "The Choice Is Yours"), along with a typo (it's "Just to Get a Rep") and the requisite budget "huh?" cut (Michie Mee & L.A. Luv's "Jamaican Funk: Canadian Style"), but there are also a lot of really great selections, among them Main Source's "Live at the Barbeque," Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full," Naughty by Nature's "O.P.P.," and Jeru the Damaja's "Come Clean." Yeah, LL Cool J, KRS-One, Public Enemy, and Tribe are all excluded (though Q-Tip is featured on De La Soul's "Buddy"), but it's still pretty representative of hip-hop's golden age, and a pretty decent way to be exposed to what was happening during that time. ~ Marisa Brown   Technical Info Release Date : 10/30/2007 Original Release Date : 2007 Catalog ID : 7070 Label : SPG Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00773848707027