In tha Beginning... There Was Rap (Tha Originals)

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Fuck Tha Police
producer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Yella (US hip-hop/electro producer Antoine Carraby)
samples:
Funky Drummer, Part 1 by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and It's My Thing, Part 1 by Marva Whitney
part of:
Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 1), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 190) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 417)
recording of:
Fuck tha Police
writer:
Eazy‐E, Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
N.W.A4.155:47
2Big Ole Butt
assistant producer:
Steve Ett and Brian Latture
co-producer:
Dwayne Simon
producer:
LL Cool J
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Def Jam Records, Inc. (in 1989)
recording of:
Big Ole Butt
writer:
James Todd Smith and Dwayne Simon
LL Cool J3.54:36
36 'N The Mornin'
producer:
The Unknown DJ
mixer:
Afrika Islam (in 1987) and Ice‐T (in 1987)
recording of:
6 in the Mornin’ (from 1986 until 1987)
lyricist:
Ice‐T
composer:
Andre Pierre and Ice‐T
Ice‐T7:13
4Freaky Tales
Too $hort9:34
5Knick Knack Patty Wack
producer:
EPMD
guest vocals:
K-Solo (US rapper, Hit Squad member)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, LLC (company credits only! do not file releases here) (in 1991)
EPMD4:57
6I'm Still #1
engineer:
Ivan “Doc” Rodriguez
producer and mixer:
KRS‐One
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
I’m Still #1
writer:
KRS‐One
publisher:
Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC
Boogie Down Productions55:11
7Knick Knack Patty Wack (Soopafly G-Mix)
EPMD5:20
8I Need a Freak
Sexual Harrassment5:59
9Dopeman
recording of:
Dopeman
composer:
Ant Banks, Dedrick Rolison (Mack 10) and Ice Cube
N.W.A5:49
10Money (Dollar Bill Y'all)
Jimmy Spicer4:28
11The Show (feat. Slick Rick)
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 47)
recording of:
The Show
lyricist:
Richard Walters (US rapper Slick Rick)
composer:
Douglas Davis
Doug E. Fresh46:39
12The Roof Is on Fire
recording of:
The Roof Is on Fire
writer:
Jerry Bloodrock, Celite Evans, Richard Fowler (Rock Master Scott And The Dynamic Three), Charles Pettiford and Gregory Wigfall
Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three5:33
13Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz
recording of:
Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz
composer:
Marcel Hall and Marlon Williams (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew)
Biz Markie45:04