Die Hit-Giganten: Best Of Hip Hop & Rap

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Tracklist

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1The Message
producer:
J. Chase and Sylvia Robinson
vocals:
Duke Bootee and Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sugar Hill Records (US late 70s/early 80s rap) (from 1982 to present)
edit of:
The Message (original version) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
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 Five4.353:13
2Rapper's Delight
The Sugarhill Gang3:57
3Insane in the Brain
Cypress Hill3:29
4Jump (Radio Edit)
Kris Kross3:17
5It's Tricky
recording of:
It’s Tricky
writer:
Darryl McDaniels (rapper Darryl McDaniels), Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons (US rapper Rev. Run of Run-D.M.C) and Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records)
publisher:
Protoons Inc. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Run‐D.M.C.3:04
6Here Comes the Hotstepper
Ini Kamoze4:10
7Informer
Snow4:30
8Cold Rock a Party
MC Lyte4:16
9Mistadobalina
Del the Funky Homosapien4:17
10Boom! Shake the Room
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince3:47
11Magic's Wand
Whodini5:39
12Doin' Our Own Dang
Jungle Brothers4:18
13Can I Kick It?
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corp. (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1990) and Zomba Recording LLC (in 1990, in 2015)
samples:
Fried Okra by The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Hard Times by Baby Huey (US rock/soul singer James Ramey), Soul Concerto by The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Spinning Wheel by Dr. Lonnie Smith, Sunshower by Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band, The Way You Do The Things You Do by David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter), Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed, What a Waste! by Ian Dury & the Blockheads and You Sexy Thing (re‐released single version, a‐side/album version) by Hot Chocolate (70s and 80s British soul band)
music videos:
Can I Kick It? by A Tribe Called Quest
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 292)
recording of:
Can I Kick It?
lyricist:
Jonathan Davis (American rapper), Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Lou Reed
composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Metal Machine Music (US work publisher)
A Tribe Called Quest3.654:13
14Tres Delinquentes (Radio)
Delinquent Habits4:16
15They Want EFX
Das EFX3:40
16Who Got the Props
Black Moon4:29
17It Takes Two (Radio Edit)
Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z Rock4:01
18Shook Ones Part II
Mobb Deep4:24
19I Wish (Radio Edit)
recording of:
I Wish
writer:
Anne Dudley (English score composer), Alvin Flythe, Trevor Horn, Malcolm McLaren and Skee‐Lo
publisher:
Orange Bear Music
quotes lyrics from:
For What It’s Worth
Skee‐Lo4:12
20Gravel Pit (Radio Version)
Wu‐Tang Clan4:02
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