Essential Hip Hop

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1▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	It’s Like That recording of: It’s Like That writer: Darryl McDaniels (rapper Darryl McDaniels), Joseph Simmons (US rapper Rev. Run of Run-D.M.C) and Larry Smith (US hip hop producer) publisher: Protoons Inc., Rush-Groove and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)	Run‐D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins		8:21
2	Gangsta’s Paradise producer: Doug Rasheed background vocals: Trinna Simmons vocals: L.V. (US R&B singer Larry Sanders, known for “Gangsta’s Paradise”) samples: Pastime Paradise by Stevie Wonder music videos: Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio (US rapper, actor, chef & record producer) feat. L.V. (US R&B singer Larry Sanders, known for “Gangsta’s Paradise”) part of: Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 98) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 166) recording of: Gangsta’s Paradise writer: Artis L. Ivey Jr. (US rapper, actor, chef & record producer), Larry James Sanders (US R&B singer Larry Sanders, known for “Gangsta’s Paradise”), Doug Rasheed and Stevie Wonder publisher: IQ Music Ltd., Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Polygram International (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) is based on: Pastime Paradise	Coolio	3.95	4:02
3	Gettin’ Paid	Raw Killa		3:59
4	Question Why?	Cryme		3:50
5	All Funked Up	The Funkmaster		3:55
6	Year of the Tiger	Nick Stansby		4:36
7	The Bomb	Vinyl Media		4:15
8	Addict	MC Mowgli		4:09
9	Cold Chillin’	Dusk Til Dawn		6:06
10	The Juice	Chronic Crew		4:15

2▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Runnin’ additional vocals: Deetah (Swedish MC) background vocals [chorus backing vox]: Paula Lobos lead vocals: 2Pac (US rapper), K‐Dog (of the Outlawz), The Notorious B.I.G., Stretch (US rapper Randy Walker) and Young Hollywood (Yaki Kadafi, of the Outlawz) remixer: StoneBridge (Swedish producer Sten Hallström) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Black Jam (in 1998) recorded at: The Stone Room in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden produced at: The Stone Room in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden recording of: Runnin’ (Stone’s remix) writer: Christopher Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G.), Katari Cox (of the Outlawz), Randy Walker (US rapper Randy Walker), Tupac Shakur (2Pac’s personal identity) and Yafeu Fula (Yaki Kadafi, of the Outlawz) is based on: Runnin’ (from the Police)	2Pac & Notorious B.I.G.	4	4:46
2	The G File	Kool G Rap		4:01
3	Trigonometry	Tyrant		3:42
4	Mono Train	Solo		4:10
5	Suzie	MC Scott		4:27
6	Stone Jam	Pulse feat. J.P.		4:05
7	Curiosity	Intrigue feat. Jenny Bean		3:48
8	The Sequel	Zaki		3:58
9	Armageddon	MC Science		4:09
10	Natural Law	Code Red		3:58

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Barcode:: 5016553870927
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 1:28:32

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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ESSECD9

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United Kingdom
1998

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