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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Intro - Cipha Sounds/Mr. Choc ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Life, The - P. & Pharoahe Monch ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Freak Daddy - Mos Def ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Skit ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Crew Deep - Skillz/Missy Elliott/Kandi ~ Various Artists | | | 6. My Life - Kool G. Rap/CNN ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Round & Round - Jonell/Method Man/Kool G. Rap/Pharoahe Monch (remix) ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Yelling Away - Zap Mama/Common/Talib Kweli ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Skit ~ Various Artists | | | 10. What Lies Beneath - Q-Tip ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Trouble Is..., The - The Beatnuts ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Put It In The Air - Talib Kweli/DJ Quick ~ Various Artists | | | 13. They Don't Flow - Novel/Skillz ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Rhymes And Ammo - The Roots/Talib Kweli ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Spit Again - Cocoa Brovaz/Dawn Penn ~ Various Artists | | | 16. On The Block - R.A. The Rugged/L. Dionne ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Outro - Cipha Sounds/Mr. Choc ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Cipha Sounds & Mr. Choc. | | Like soul music in the '60s and '70s, rap is full of regional styles. In classic soul, it is easy to tell a Memphis sound from a Philly or Detroit sound -- similarly, rappers from the West Coast, the Northeast, and the South tend to have different ways of flowing. Released in 2002, Vol. 3 of Rawkus' rap-oriented Soundbombing series is heavily northeastern -- and yet, the compilation does acknowledge hip-hop styles from other parts of the United States. RA the Rugged Man's nostalgic "On the Block (Golden Era)" salutes New York rappers of the '80s and mentions many of that era's top MCs, although RA's rhyming style is quite contemporary (by early-2000s standards). And Vol. 3 is equally Northeastern-sounding on tracks by the Roots ("Rhymes and Ammo"), Q-Tip ("What Lies Beneath"), and Kool G Rap ("My Life"). The East Coast school of thinking-man's rap receives a fair amount of attention on this release, thanks to material by the Roots, Q-Tip, Mos Def, and Talib Kweli, who the Roots feature on "Rhymes and Ammo." And Chicago native Common, who Zap Mama employs on "Yelling Away," is to the Midwest what Q-Tip is to New York. Here's where things get especially interesting: On "Put It in the Air," Kweli performs a duet with DJ Quik. Hip-hoppers couldn't have asked for a more unlikely combination -- while Kweli is often hailed as athinking man's rapper, Compton, CA's DJ Quik is the essence of West Coast gangsta rap. But Kweli and Quik manage to find some common ground, and "Put It in the Air" turns out to be one of the album's best tracks. Usually decent and occasionally excellent, Soundbombing, Vol. 3 is among 2002's more noteworthy rap compilations. ~ Alex Henderson | | The SOUNDBOMBING series features some of the hottest underground rap artists gathered under one sonic roof. On the third volume, the bi-coastal collaboration of New York hip-hop producer Cipha Sounds and California cat Mr. Choc yields yet another impressive batch of tracks full of atmosphere and punch. While individual artists do have their spotlight moments here (Mos Def turns in a typically commanding performance on the murky but arresting "Freak Daddy," for example), the collaborative spirit is encouraged and winds up as the reigning aesthetic. On "Round & Round Remix," the melodic vocals of Jonell are offset by the tag-team raps of no less impressive a cabal than Method Man, Lool G Rap, and Pharoahe Monch. The spiritual concerns and transcendent vocal harmonies of Zap Mama are countered by the earthly interjections of Common and Talib Kweli on "Yelling Away." Like its predecessors, SOUNDBOMBING III represents the inevitable forward motion of the hip-hop community, with East and West Coast crews eschewing rivalry in favor of the common good. |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/04/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 112917 | | Label : Rawkus Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00008811291723 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | CMJ (6/3/02, p.18)
- "...This one's a classic already..." |
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