| Product Summary | | Label: Cleopatra Records | | UPC: 00741157134926 | | Release Date: 4/20/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 60631175 | | Item#: MP2XCV | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Bring Tha Noize - Public Enemy/Anthrax ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. We Will Rock You - KRS-One ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Deep Cover - Candiria ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Immigrant Song, The - Jackin From Psycho Realm/David Victor ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Baby Got Back - Throwdown ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Round & Round - KRS-One ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Beat On The Brat - Willie Maze ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Hey Joe - Big B/John E. ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Paranoid - Blunts LLA ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Devil's Crown, The - KRS-One ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Hot Shit, The - Mellow Man Ace/Willie Maze ~ Various Artists | | | 12. I'm Eighteen - o.Brown/333 ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Ace Of Spades - Sen Dog/Kurt Gravelle ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Unclean - KRS-One VS. Pitbull Daycare ~ Various Artists | | | 15. God Save The Queen - Shifty Shellshock/TC & Wolfgang ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Paul Shortino (vocals); Lanny Cordola (guitar); Pat Torpey (drums); DJFM (scratches). | | Recording information: Headroom Studios, North Hollywood, CA (08/2003-09/2003); Stealth Bombaz Studios, Granada Hills, CA (08/2003-09/2003). | | The men behind most of the tracks on this faux mash-up of rap and rock are the nearly forgotten rapper Mellow Man Ace and guitarist Lanny Cordola, who not only appeared on Dave Coulier's Songs in the Key of Beaver but also the Cleopatra compilations A Tribute to Garth Brooks and The Complete Tribute to Garth Brooks. A real "mash-up" would mean original tracks are mixed together, but almost everything on Rock vs. Rap is re-recorded. The highlight for sure has to be the original team-up version of "Bring the Noise" by Anthrax and Public Enemy, but some of Cordola and Mellow Man Ace's productions are worth checking out. KRS-One's "The Devil's Crown" is actually his "Ah Yeah" with a new rocking backing track that improves on the original. Kottonmouth Kings' good buddy Big B delivers "Hey Joe" in a pleasing and lazy Sublime style, and D. Brown's rap over Cordola's take on Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen" is a winning combination. Too bad the limp version of Ratt's "Round & Round" from Stephen Pearcy and KRS-One (who was signed to Cleopatra, meaning he's doomed to keep turning up on their compilations) is one of the best examples how "mash-ups" should be left to irreverent bootleggers and not hair metal hangers-on. Worse yet, the lyrics to the Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen" get "updated" to "Everybody dies alone/So get stoned!" Cordola can certainly shred on guitar but too much of the album is a loud and rebellious mess with too much swagger and no soul. ~ David Jeffries | | The men behind most of the tracks on this faux mash-up of rap and rock are the nearly forgotten rapper Mellow Man Ace and guitarist Lanny Cordola, who not only appeared on Dave Coulier's Songs in the Key of Beaver but also the Cleopatra compilations A Tribute to Garth Brooks and The Complete Tribute to Garth Brooks. A real "mash-up" would mean original tracks are mixed together, but almost everything on Rock vs. Rap is re-recorded. The highlight for sure has to be the original team-up version of "Bring the Noise" by Anthrax and Public Enemy, but some of Cordola and Mellow Man Ace's productions are worth checking out. KRS-One's "The Devil's Crown" is actually his "Ah Yeah" with a new rocking backing track that improves on the original. Kottonmouth Kings' good buddy Big B delivers "Hey Joe" in a pleasing and lazy Sublime style, and D. Brown's rap over Cordola's take on Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen" is a winning combination. ~ David Jeffries |
Producer: Fred Coury; Lanny Cordola; Mark Dodson; Mellow Man Ace; Anthrax; Tom Lilly |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/20/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 1349 | | Label : Cleopatra | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00741157134926 |
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