| Product Summary | | Label: Tommy Boy | | UPC: 00016998134726 | | Release Date: 3/4/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 60399387 | | Item#: MPPNGC | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24293 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Toca's Intro - (featuring Baby Touch/Bonz Malone/Pedro Albizu Campos) ~ Tony Touch |  | | 2. Piece Maker, The - (featuring Gang Starr) ~ Tony Touch | | | 3. Set It On Fire - (featuring Flipmode Squad) ~ Tony Touch | | | 4. U Know The Rules (Mi Vida Loca) - (featuring Cypress Hill) ~ Tony Touch | | | 5. Abduction, The - (featuring Wu-Tang Clan) ~ Tony Touch | | | 6. Likwit Rhyming - (featuring Xzibit/Tash/Defari) ~ Tony Touch | | | 7. Royce The 5'9 (Interlude) ~ Tony Touch | | | 8. Return of Diaz Brothers, The - (featuring Doo Wop/Pain In Da Ass) ~ Tony Touch | | | 9. No, No, No - (featuring Heltah Skeltah/Starang Wondah) ~ Tony Touch | | | 10. I Wonder Why? (He's The Greatest DJ) - (featuring Keisha/Pam) ~ Tony Touch | | | 11. Basics - (featuring The Prodigy) ~ Tony Touch | | | 12. Pit Fight - (featuring Greg Nice/Psycho Les) ~ Tony Touch | | | 13. What's That? (Que Eso?) - (featuring De La Soul/Mos Def) ~ Tony Touch | | | 14. Club, The - (featuring DITC/Kid Capri/Party Artie) ~ Tony Touch | | | 15. Cornega (Interlude) ~ Tony Touch | | | 16. Foundation, The - (featuring Big Pun/Sunkiss/Reif Hustle) ~ Tony Touch | | | 17. Get Back - (featuring D-12/Eminem) ~ Tony Touch | | | 18. Adolf "B-Off" Agallar (Interlude) ~ Tony Touch | | | 19. Class Of '87 - (featuring Big Daddy Kane/Kool G. Rap/KRS-One) ~ Tony Touch | | | 20. P.R. All-Stars - (featuring Mexicano 777/Don Chezina/Rey Pirin/Winchester Yankee/La Queen) ~ Tony Touch | | | 21. Borinquen Outro - (featuring Mayowaken Drums/Nixwei/Waribonex) ~ Tony Touch | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks & multimedia computer files. | | Personnel includes: Tony Touch, Gang Starr, Flipmode Squad, Baby Touch, Cypress Hill, Wu-Tang Clan, Doo Wop, Pain In Da Ass, Keisha, Pam, Heltah Skeltah, Starang Wonduh, Prodigy, Greg Nice, Psycho Les, De La Soul, Mos Def, | | DITC, Kid Capri, Party Artie, Big Pun, Sunkiss, Reif-Hustle, D-12, Eminem, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, KRS-One, Mexicano 777, Don Chezina, Rey Prin, Winchester Yankee, La Queen. | | Producers include: Psycho Les, DJ Premier, DJ Shok, DJ Muggs, DJ Scratch. | | Engineers include: Asif Ali, Troy Stanton, Arden Altino. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Hip-hop icon Tony Touch has been a b-boy since the age of 15, and by 1991 his mix tapes had won him international fame. On THE PIECE MAKER, his first commercial mix tape, the turnout of artists collaborating with Touch is a tribute to his skills and the respect he commands within the hip-hop community. | | Tracks like "Basics," from Prodigy of Mobb Deep, "The Abduction," from GZA, RZA, Masta Killah, Inspectah Deck & Ghostface Killah, and "Pit Fight," including Greg Nice & Psycho Les of the Beatnuts, are instant street classics. The old-school "Class of '87" features Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap & KRS-One, while other guest MC's include Eminem ("Get Back"), D.I.T.C ("The Club"), Gang Star ("The Piece Maker"), and Flipmode Squad ("Set It on Fire"). Touch uses his mix skills to make THE PIECE MAKER one of the better mix/compilation albums to come out in a while. |
Musical Guests | | Pedro Albizu Campos | | Baby Touch | | Bonz Malone | | Gang Starr | | The Flipmode Squad | | Cypress Hill | | Wu-Tang Clan | | Defari | | Tash | | Xzibit | | Doo Wop | | Pain In Da Ass | | Heltah Skeltah | | Starang Wondah | | Keisha | | Pam | | The Prodigy | | Greg Nice | | Psycho Les | | De La Soul | | Mos Def | | |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/18/2000 | | Original Release Date : 2000 | | Catalog ID : 1347 | | Label : Tommy Boy | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00016998134726 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (6/8/00, pp.124-6)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Bouncy and intelligent....A diverse battalion of lyrical heavyweights works all the angles....reminding us why Tony is a street legend - he gives people what they want."CMJ (5/1/00, p.30)
- "...Inundated with jaw-dropping cameos and collaborations from some of the hottest names in hip-hop..." Vibe (5/00, p.178)
- "...'Tony Toca' flexes his skills on the 1's and 2's as well as on the production board and the mike....the big guns...show up ready to party - dropping punchline-filled knockout verses over Tony's mercilessly pounding melodies..." The Source (6/00, pp.216-18)
- 4 mics out of 5 - "...Touch does the mic justice....with Touch applying his trademark sound, you'll have a difficult time finding any major leaks. This opus sounds like the best of [his] mixtapes - and is long overdue." Rap Pages (7/00, p.55)
- "...Flows like liquid with strong contributions from Total's Pam and Keisha, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, KRS-One, Cypress Hill, The Likwit Crew and Eminem..." |
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