The Awesome 2 Present: The History of Rap

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

℗ «1991 Select»

Countries excluded (iTunes)

(As of 2024-08-16).

  • Northern America: 🇧🇲 Bermuda (bm) 🇺🇸 United States (us)
  • Central America: 🇧🇿 Belize (bz)
  • Caribbean: 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda (ag) 🇦🇮 Anguilla (ai) 🇧🇧 Barbados (bb) 🇧🇸 Bahamas (bs) 🇩🇲 Dominica (dm) 🇬🇩 Grenada (gd) 🇯🇲 Jamaica (jm) 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis (kn) 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (ky) 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia (lc) 🇲🇸 Montserrat (ms) 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (tc) 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago (tt) 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and Grenadines (vc) 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands (vg)
  • South America: 🇬🇾 Guyana (gy) 🇸🇷 Suriname (sr) 🇺🇾 Uruguay (uy)
  • Northern Europe: 🇮🇸 Iceland (is)
  • Southern Europe: 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (ba) 🇲🇪 Montenegro (me) 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (mk) 🇷🇸 Serbia (rs)
  • Eastern Europe: 🇧🇾 Belarus (by) 🇲🇩 Moldova (md) 🇷🇺 Russia (ru) 🇺🇦 Ukraine (ua) 🇽🇰 Kosovo (xk)
  • Northern Africa: 🇩🇿 Algeria (dz) 🇪🇬 Egypt (eg) 🇱🇾 Libya (ly) 🇲🇦 Morocco (ma) 🇹🇳 Tunisia (tn)
  • Western Africa: 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso (bf) 🇧🇯 Benin (bj) 🇨🇮 Cote D’Ivoire (ci) 🇨🇻 Cape Verde (cv) 🇬🇭 Ghana (gh) 🇬🇲 Gambia (gm) 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau (gw) 🇱🇷 Liberia (lr) 🇲🇱 Mali (ml) 🇲🇷 Mauritania (mr) 🇳🇪 Niger (ne) 🇳🇬 Nigeria (ng) 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone (sl) 🇸🇳 Senegal (sn)
  • Eastern Africa: 🇰🇪 Kenya (ke) 🇲🇬 Madagascar (mg) 🇲🇺 Mauritius (mu) 🇲🇼 Malawi (mw) 🇲🇿 Mozambique (mz) 🇷🇼 Rwanda (rw) 🇸🇨 Seychelles (sc) 🇹🇿 Tanzania (tz) 🇺🇬 Uganda (ug) 🇿🇲 Zambia (zm) 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (zw)
  • Middle Africa: 🇦🇴 Angola (ao) 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo (cd) 🇨🇬 Congo (cg) 🇨🇲 Cameroon (cm) 🇬🇦 Gabon (ga) 🇹🇩 Chad (td)
  • Southern Africa: 🇧🇼 Botswana (bw) 🇳🇦 Namibia (na) 🇸🇿 Eswatini (sz) 🇿🇦 South Africa (za)
  • Western Asia: 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (ae) 🇦🇲 Armenia (am) 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (az) 🇧🇭 Bahrain (bh) 🇬🇪 Georgia (ge) 🇮🇱 Israel (il) 🇮🇶 Iraq (iq) 🇯🇴 Jordan (jo) 🇰🇼 Kuwait (kw) 🇱🇧 Lebanon (lb) 🇴🇲 Oman (om) 🇶🇦 Qatar (qa) 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (sa) 🇹🇷 Türkiye (tr) 🇾🇪 Yemen (ye)
  • Central Asia: 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan (kg) 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (kz) 🇹🇯 Tajikistan (tj) 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan (tm) 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (uz)
  • Southern Asia: 🇧🇹 Bhutan (bt) 🇮🇳 India (in) 🇲🇻 Maldives (mv) 🇳🇵 Nepal (np)
  • Eastern Asia: 🇨🇳 China (cn) 🇰🇷 South Korea (kr) 🇲🇳 Mongolia (mn)
  • South-Eastern Asia: 🇧🇳 Brunei (bn) 🇮🇩 Indonesia (id) 🇲🇲 Myanmar (mm)
  • Polynesia: 🇹🇴 Tonga (to)
  • Melanesia: 🇫🇯 Fiji (fj) 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea (pg) 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands (sb) 🇻🇺 Vanuatu (vu)
  • Micronesia: 🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia (fm)

Countries where available (iTunes)

(As of 2024-08-16).

  • Northern America: 🇨🇦 Canada (ca) 🇲🇽 Mexico (mx)
  • Central America: 🇨🇷 Costa Rica (cr) 🇬🇹 Guatemala (gt) 🇭🇳 Honduras (hn) 🇳🇮 Nicaragua (ni) 🇵🇦 Panama (pa) 🇸🇻 El Salvador (sv)
  • Caribbean: 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (do)
  • South America: 🇻🇪 Venezuela (ve) 🇦🇷 Argentina (ar) 🇧🇴 Bolivia (bo) 🇧🇷 Brazil (br) 🇨🇱 Chile (cl) 🇨🇴 Colombia (co) 🇪🇨 Ecuador (ec) 🇵🇪 Peru (pe) 🇵🇾 Paraguay (py)
  • Western Europe: 🇦🇹 Austria (at) 🇧🇪 Belgium (be) 🇨🇭 Switzerland (ch) 🇩🇪 Germany (de) 🇫🇷 France (fr) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg (lu) 🇳🇱 Netherlands (nl)
  • Northern Europe: 🇩🇰 Denmark (dk) 🇪🇪 Estonia (ee) 🇫🇮 Finland (fi) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (gb) 🇮🇪 Ireland (ie) 🇱🇹 Lithuania (lt) 🇱🇻 Latvia (lv) 🇳🇴 Norway (no) 🇸🇪 Sweden (se)
  • Southern Europe: 🇨🇾 Cyprus (cy) 🇪🇸 Spain (es) 🇬🇷 Greece (gr) 🇭🇷 Croatia (hr) 🇮🇹 Italy (it) 🇲🇹 Malta (mt) 🇵🇹 Portugal (pt) 🇸🇮 Slovenia (si)
  • Eastern Europe: 🇧🇬 Bulgaria (bg) 🇨🇿 Czechia (cz) 🇭🇺 Hungary (hu) 🇵🇱 Poland (pl) 🇷🇴 Romania (ro) 🇸🇰 Slovakia (sk)
  • Southern Asia: 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka (lk)
  • Eastern Asia: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong (hk) 🇯🇵 Japan (jp) 🇲🇴 Macao (mo) 🇹🇼 Taiwan (tw)
  • South-Eastern Asia: 🇰🇭 Cambodia (kh) 🇱🇦 Laos (la) 🇲🇾 Malaysia (my) 🇵🇭 Philippines (ph) 🇸🇬 Singapore (sg) 🇹🇭 Thailand (th) 🇻🇳 Vietnam (vn)
  • Oceania: 🇦🇺 Australia (au) 🇳🇿 New Zealand (nz)
Annotation last modified on 2024-08-16 10:09 UTC.

Tracklist

1Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Message
producer:
Clifton Chase and Ed Fletcher
vocals:
Duke Bootee and Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel)
music videos:
The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
a cappella versions:
The Message (a cappella) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat. Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) & Duke Bootee
instrumental versions:
The Message (instrumental) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 51) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 59)
recording of:
The Message (in 1982)
writer:
Edward Fletcher, Jiggs Chase, Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five4.47:11
2The Breaks
recording of:
The Breaks
writer:
James B. Moore (producer, composer), Kurtis Walker, Lawrence Smith (US hip hop producer), Robert Arthur Ford, Jr. (hip hop writer and producer) and Russell W. Simmons
publisher:
Neutral Gray Music
Kurtis Blow7:43
3Love Rap
Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three5:39
4Feel the Heartbeat
The Treacherous Three5:35
5Funk You Up (long version)
producer:
Sylvia Inc.
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sugar Hill Records Ltd. (not for release, copyright etc.) (in 1979)
recording of:
Funk You Up
writer:
Gwendolyn Chisolm, Cheryl Lorraine Cook, Sylvia Robinson and Angie Stone
The Sequence10:52
6Rapper’s Delight (original version)
recording of:
Rapper’s Delight (on 1979-08-02)
writer:
Bernard Edwards (American bassist and record producer), Guy O'Brien (US rapper Guy Anthony O’Brien), Henry Jackson, Michael Wright, Sylvia Robinson and Nile Rodgers
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
is based on:
Good Times
The Sugarhill Gang2.514:34
7Planet Rock (original version)
engineer:
B. Rosa, J. Burnett (US engineer) and Jan D. Burnett (UK producer/remixer/mastering engineer)
executive producer:
Tom Silverman
producer and mixer:
Arthur Baker (American record producer and DJ)
performer:
Planet Patrol
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Tommy Boy Music (folded 2002)
engineered at:
Intergalactic Music in New York, New York, United States
samples:
Trans Europa Express by Kraftwerk
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
recording of:
Planet Rock
writer:
Afrika Bambaataa (US DJ singer, songwriter & producer), Robert Darrell Allen, Arthur Baker (American record producer and DJ), John Miller (MC G.L.O.B.E. (Soulsonic Force)), John Robie and Ellis Williams
publisher:
Bambaataa Music, No Hassle Music, Shakin’ Baker Music, Sony/ATV Songs (SOCAN) and T-Girl Music LLC
quotes music from:
Trans Europa Express
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force36:22
8Rockin’ It
The Fearless Four6:32
9That’s the Joint
producer:
Jigsaw Inc. and Sylvia Inc.
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sugar Hill Records Ltd. (not for release, copyright etc.) (in 1980)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 288)
recording of:
That’s the Joint
writer:
Keith Caeser, Clifton “Jiggs” Chase, Sharon Green, Jeffrey Myree, Kevin Smith, Sylvia Robinson and Rodney Stone
Funky 4 + 19:21