Pure Urban Essentials

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Favourite Things
Big Brovaz3:39
2Get Busy
producer:
Steven “Lenky” Marsden
music videos:
Get Busy by Sean Paul (Jamaican reggae/dancehall)
part of:
VH1’s Big Song of 2003 (number: 7) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 341)
recording of:
Get Busy
lyricist:
Sean Paul (Jamaican reggae/dancehall)
composer:
Sean Paul (Jamaican reggae/dancehall) and Steven Marsden
Sean Paul3.53:30
3No Letting Go
Wayne Wonder3:22
4Gossip Folks (Fatboy Slim radio remix)
artist & repertoire support:
Merlin Bobb (producer and engineer) and Jay Brown (A&R for Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Rihanna)
engineer and mixer:
Simon Thornton (Big beat mixing engineer)
executive producer:
Missy Elliott (American rapper, singer, dancer & record producer) and Timbaland
remixer:
Fatboy Slim
performer:
Ludacris (US rapper & actor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (not for release label use! a division of Warner Music Group) (in 2003) and WEA International, Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2003)
executive produced for:
Mass Confusion Productions, Inc. and Timbaland Productions
mixed at and engineered at:
HMS House (Norman Cook's studio) in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom
remix of:
Gossip Folks (explicit) by Missy Elliott (American rapper, singer, dancer & record producer) featuring Ludacris (US rapper & actor)
edit of:
Gossip Folks (Fatboy Slim remix) by Missy Elliott (American rapper, singer, dancer & record producer) feat. Ludacris (US rapper & actor)
recording of:
Gossip Folks
writer:
Christopher Bridges (Ludacris, US rapper & actor), Melissa Elliott (American rapper, singer, dancer & record producer) and Timothy Mosley
publisher:
EMI April Publishing, Ludacris Music, Mass Confusion Music, Virginia Beach Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
quotes lyrics from:
She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
quotes lyrics from:
Double Dutch Bus
quotes lyrics from:
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris3:28
5Can U Feel It (Stanton Warriors re-edit) (Mr Reds vs. DJ Skribble)
mash-up of:
Everybody, Come On by DJ Skribble feat. Busta Rhymes, Consequence (US rapper), Ed Lover, Rampage (US rapper of Flipmode Squad) & Spliff Star (New York based rapper)
Stanton Warriors2:56
6Why? (Looking Back) (Sticky Refix vocal)
Heartless Crew4:49
7Imagine (Club Asylum remix)
recording of:
Imagine
composer:
Shola Ama, LaShawn Daniels (US contemporary R&B songwriter), Fred Jerkins and Harvey Mason Jr. (hip hop/R&B producer, part of Underdogs)
Shola Ama5:27
8Mundian to bach ke
recording of:
Mundian To Bach Ke
writer:
Glen Larson, Stu Phillips (US TV/film composer, conductor & producer) and Rajinder Rai
is based on:
Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up
Panjabi MC33:18
9Woo Hah! Got You All in Check
recording engineer and mixer:
Rick St. Hillaire
assistant engineer:
Vinny Nicoletti
producer:
Busta Rhymes and Rashad Smith (US hip-hop & R&B record producer)
vocals and performer:
Rampage (US rapper of Flipmode Squad)
recorded at and mixed at:
The Music Palace in West Hempstead, New York, United States
samples:
Space by Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
recording of:
Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check
writer:
Busta Rhymes and Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
publisher:
MacDermot Music (SOCAN), T’ziah’s Music, Third Side America and Zadiyah's Music (BMI)
Busta Rhymes feat. Rampage the Last Boy Scout3.954:27
10Shake Ya Ass
recording engineer:
Andrew Coleman (recording/mix engineer, Neptunes-associated) and Pat Viala
producer:
The Neptunes (US producer duo Chad Hugo & Pharrell Williams)
mixer:
Supa Engineer Duro (mix engineer Ken Ifill)
instruments:
Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
instruments arranger:
Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 2000)
mixed for:
Loreal Inc. and No Question Entertainment
recorded at:
Battery Recording Studios (NYC; not to be confused with the mastering studio located at 321 W 44th Street) in New York, New York, United States and Mastersound Studios (Virginia) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
mixed at:
Right Track Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Shake Ya Ass
writer:
Charles Edward Hugo, Michael Lawrence Tyler (US rapper) and Pharrell Williams
publisher:
Chase Chad Music (BMI) (ended), EMI April Music Inc. (ended), The Braids Publishing (ended), Zomba Music Enterprises Inc. (ended), EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Universal Music – Z Tunes and Waters of the Nazareth Publishing
Mystikal44:14
11Rapper's Delight
recording of:
Rapper’s Delight
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 Gang35:02
12The Magic Number
recording of:
The Magic Number
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Johnny Cash (country music legend), Bob Dorough, Dave Jolicoeur (Plug 2 of De La Soul), Kelvin Mercer (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos), Paul Huston (US hip hop DJ & producer) and Vincent Mason (US rapper Vincent Mason, member of De La Soul)
publisher:
ABC Circle Music Inc., American Broadcasting Music, Inc., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Golo Publishing (BMI-affiliated)
De La Soul3:13
13Bonita Applebum
recording of:
Bonita Applebum
writer:
William Allen (bassist), Roy Ayers, Edwin Birdsong, Walter Booker, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (American rapper), Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Charles Stepney (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter)
A Tribe Called Quest3:17
14Talkin' All That Jazz
recording of:
Talkin’ All That Jazz
lyricist and composer:
Glenn K. Bolton
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd. and Tee Girl Music
Stetsasonic4:26
15Gangsta's Paradise
producer:
Doug Rasheed
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
Coolio3.954:00
16Fu-Gee-La
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (from 1994 to present)
recording of:
Fu-Gee-La
composer:
Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor), Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees) and Salaam Remi
Fugees34:06
17There You Go
recording of:
There You Go
lyricist and composer:
Alecia Moore (American singer/songwriter), Kandi Burruss (US R&B singer-songwriter, actress & record producer Kandi Burruss) and Kevin Briggs
publisher:
Air Control Music, Inc., EMI April Music Inc., Hitco South and Kandacy Music Inc.
P!nk3:20
18No Scrubs
assistant recording engineer:
Ty Hudson
recording engineer:
Carlton Lynn
sound engineer:
Shekspere
producer:
Kevin “She’kspere” Briggs
assistant mixer:
Vernon J. Mungo
mixer:
Leslie Brathwaite
background vocals:
Chilli (Rozonda Thomas, member of TLC), Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, Kandi (US R&B singer-songwriter, actress & record producer Kandi Burruss) and Debra Killings
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 303)
recording of:
No Scrubs
additional writer:
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes
writer:
Kandi Burruss (US R&B singer-songwriter, actress & record producer Kandi Burruss), Kevin Briggs and Tameka Cottle
TLC43:33
19Ain't Nobody
edit of:
Ain’t Nobody by Rufus (70s/80s USA funk band) & Chaka Khan
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody
lyricist and composer:
David Wolinski
publisher:
Overdue Music
Rufus4:22
20Bootylicious
recording engineer:
Dan Workman (lead vocals [vocals])
producer:
Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari and Falonte Moore
assistant mixer:
Flip Osman
mixer:
Tony Maserati (engineer / mixer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 2000, in 2001)
produced for:
Lonte Music (Falonte Moore), Music World Productions, Inc. and White Chocolate Productions
samples:
Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks
music videos:
Bootylicious by Destiny’s Child
recording of:
Bootylicious
writer:
Beyoncé Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore and Stevie Nicks
is based on:
Edge of Seventeen
Destiny’s Child3.453:27
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