Classic Hip Hop: Definitive Hip Hop Mastercuts, Volume 1

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

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1My Philosophy (original 12" version)
Boogie Down Productions6:39
2It's My Beat (original 12" version)
Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce5:00
3Strictly Business (original 12" version)
recording of:
Strictly Business
writer:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist), Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith (US rapper aka PMD)
EPMD6:33
4Peter Piper (original 12" version)
engineer:
Steve Ett
co-producer:
Jason Mizell and Joseph Simmons (US rapper Rev. Run of Run-D.M.C)
producer:
Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records) and Russell Simmons
keyboard and percussion:
Jason Mizell
samples:
Take Me to the Mardi Gras by Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer)
recording of:
Peter Piper
writer:
Darryl McDaniels (rapper Darryl McDaniels) and Joseph Simmons (US rapper Rev. Run of Run-D.M.C)
Run‐D.M.C.3.553:24
5Strong Island (original 12" version)
J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E.6:06
6Eric B. Is President (album mix)
engineer:
Patrick Adams (US disco, soul, boogie songwriter and producer) and Elai Tubo
producer:
Eric Barrier and Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper)
remixer:
Marley Marl (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records, Inc. (US, Island holding) (in 1986)
recorded at and mixed at:
Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States
music videos:
Eric B. Is President by Eric B. & Rakim
recording of:
Eric B. Is President
writer:
Eric B. and Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper)
Eric B. & Rakim36:19
7Have a Nice Day (original 12" version)
producer:
Marley Marl (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew)
vocals:
Roxanne Shanté (QB rapper of Juice Crew)
recording of:
Have a Nice Day
lyricist:
Roxanne Shanté (QB rapper of Juice Crew)
composer:
Marley Marl (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew)
Roxanne Shanté5:12
8Serious (12" BDP remix version)
Steady B4:29
9Jimbrowski (album mix)
Jungle Brothers4:30
10Description of a Fool (12" Talkie version)
recording of:
Description of a Fool
writer:
Roy Ayers, Edwin Birdsong, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (American rapper) and Ali Shaheed Muhammad
A Tribe Called Quest3:05
11Talkin' All That Jazz (original 12" version)
recording of:
Talkin’ All That Jazz
lyricist and composer:
Glenn K. Bolton
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd. and Tee Girl Music
Stetsasonic7:02
12King of the Beats (original 12" version)
producer:
Kurtis Mantronik (the individual) and Bryce "Luvah" Wilson
recording of:
King of the Beats
writer:
Touré Embden and Kirk Khaleel
Mantronix5:56