Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials, Volume 4 (1979-1991)

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1White Lines
engineer and mixer:
E.T. Thorngren and Sylvia Robinson
producer:
Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel), Joey Robinson, Jr. (US Electro funk/hip hop producer, songwriter & engineer) and Sylvia Robinson (Sylvia Inc.)
arranger:
Reggie Griffin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sugar Hill Records Ltd. (not for release, copyright etc.) (in 1983)
recording of:
White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)
writer:
Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
Four Hills Music Ltd and IQ Music Ltd.
is based on:
Cavern
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel47:39
2Roxanne Roxanne
UTFO5:11
3Don't Believe the Hype
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
samples:
I Got Ants in My Pants, Part 1 by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Synthetic Substitution by Melvin Bliss
recording of:
Don’t Believe the Hype (in 1987)
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler, Hank Shocklee and William Jonathan Drayton
Public Enemy3.55:23
4Ego Trippin'
Ultramagnetic MC’s5:27
5Raw
Big Daddy Kane5:46
6Mentirosa
Mellow Man Ace4:18
7Around the Way Girl
samples:
Impeach the President by The Honey Drippers (70s US funk band, backing band for Roy C. Hammond)
recording of:
Around the Way Girl
lyricist:
James Todd Smith
composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer) and Marlon Williams (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew)
LL Cool J44:04
8It's Yours
performer:
Jazzy Jay
recording of:
It's Yours
composer:
Kevin Keaton (producer/rapper Kevin Keaton of Treacherous Three) and Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records)
T La Rock4:22
9Sucker MCs
assistant producer:
Roddey Hui
producer:
Larry Smith (US hip hop producer) and Russell Simmons
performer:
Orange Krush
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 406)
recording of:
Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1)
writer:
Darryl McDaniels (rapper Darryl McDaniels), Joseph Simmons (US rapper Rev. Run of Run-D.M.C) and Larry Smith (US hip hop producer)
Run‐D.M.C.3.53:09
108 Million Stories
recording of:
8 Million Stories (Kurtis Blow song)
writer:
Steve Breck, Danny Harris (US guitarist, songwriter and producer), Kurtis Blow and William Waring
Kurtis Blow8:00
11Go See the Doctor
producer:
LaVaba, M. Dewese and Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer)
Kool Moe Dee5:32
12Me So Horny
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Skyywalker Records (in 1989)
recording of:
Me So Horny
writer:
Brother Marquis, Chris Wong Won, David Hobbs (US hip-hop DJ and producer Mr. Mixx), Luther Campbell (US rapper Luther Campbell (2 Live Crew); aka Luke Skyywalker, Uncle Luke) and Ricardo Williams
publisher:
Pac-Jam Publishing
The 2 Live Crew4:27

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ASIN:US: B000BKSJ5C [info]

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part of:Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials (number: 4) (order: 4)