Classic Hip Hop 2: Definitive Hip Hop Mastercuts, Volume 2

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1It's Yours (radio mix)
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 Rock & Jazzy Jay44:30
2Chorus Line Pt. 1
recording of:
A Chorus Line
Ultramagnetic MC’s5:46
3It's the New Style (original version)
recording of:
It’s the New Style
lyricist:
Adam Horovitz, Michael Diamond (member of Beastie Boys), Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records) and Adam Yauch
composer:
Adam Horovitz and Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records)
Beastie Boys4:53
4The Humpty Dance (Hump mix)
Digital Underground6:32
5Buddy (Native Tongue Decision version)
mixer:
Posdnuos (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos)
guest performer:
Jungle Brothers (US hip hop group), Monie Love (English rapper, actress & radio personality), Phife Dawg, Q‐Tip (American rapper), Queen Latifah and A Tribe Called Quest
arranger:
Posdnuos (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos)
samples:
Heartbeat (club version) by Taana Gardner
recording of:
Buddy (original)
writer:
Dave Jolicoeur (Plug 2 of De La Soul), Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (American rapper), Kelvin Mercer (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos), Michael Small (US rapper Michael Small, member of Jungle Brothers), Nathaniel Hall (Nathaniel Hall), Paul Huston (US hip hop DJ & producer) and Vincent Mason (US rapper Vincent Mason, member of De La Soul)
publisher:
Daisy Age, Inc., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and We Blows Up Music
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
recording of:
Buddy (Native Tongue Decision)
writer:
Dave Jolicoeur (Plug 2 of De La Soul), Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (American rapper), Kelvin Mercer (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos), Michael Small (US rapper Michael Small, member of Jungle Brothers), Nathaniel Hall (Nathaniel Hall), Paul Huston (US hip hop DJ & producer) and Vincent Mason (US rapper Vincent Mason, member of De La Soul)
De La Soul47:17
6Rebel Without a Pause (vocal version)
recording of:
Rebel Without a Pause
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Norman Lee Rogers, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
Public Enemy4:18
7Paper Thin (album version)
MC Lyte5:14
8Wrath of Kane (vocal version)
Big Daddy Kane3:50
9Peace Is Not the Word to Play (12" remix version)
Main Source7:03
10Letter to the Better (vocal version)
Master Ace4:56
11Dope on Plastic (vocal version)
producer:
Dante Ross
mixer:
CJ Moore (vocalist/producer Black by Demand/Trio Connection) and Dante Ross
vocals:
Uptown (Brooklyn rapper Raie Dacosta)
performer:
CJ Moore (vocalist/producer Black by Demand/Trio Connection)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo) (in 1989)
recording of:
Dope on Plastic
lyricist:
Raie Dacosta (Brooklyn rapper Raie Dacosta)
composer:
Dante Ross
Uptown4:11
12The Choice Is Yours (Revisited version)
Black Sheep3:24