Who's Hard?

~ Release by Big Shug (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

Bonus DVD disc featuring special guests live tour performances & exclusive behind the boards footage of Preemo.

2005 Sure Shot Recordings.

Rights Society: SABAM/BIEM
Matrix / Runout (CD): ['Sonopress Arvato' logo] 51618042/0059020033CD 21
Mastering SID Code (CD): IFPI LB 45
Mould SID Code (CD): IFPI 0753
Matrix / Runout (DVD): ['Sonopress Arvato' logo] 51618039/0059020033DVD CC 21
Mastering SID Code (DVD): IFPI LB 45
Mould SID Code (DVD): IFPI 0701

Annotation last modified on 2023-11-30 19:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Who's Hard?
producer:
The Alchemist (hip hop DJ & producer)
recording of:
Who’s Hard?
Big Shug23:07
2Tha Way It Iz
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
samples:
B-Boy Document ’99 by The High & Mighty (underground hip hop duo from Philadelphia) feat. Mos Def (Yasiin Bey, fka Mos Def) & Skillz (US rapper, fka Mad Skillz), Battle (explicit) by Gangstarr (US hip hop duo, Guru & DJ Premier) and Rock the House by Run‐D.M.C.
recording of:
The Way It Iz
Big Shug23:42
3Counter Punch
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
samples:
Backwards by 1st Infantry (a.k.a “The Alchemist”) feat. Mobb Deep (QB hip hop duo Prodigy & Havoc) and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by The Chi‐Lites
recording of:
Counter Punch
Big Shug feat. Guru24:03
4On the Record
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
samples:
Baby I Owe You Something Good by Funkadelic (original funk band) and Put the Needle to the Record by Criminal Element Orchestra
recording of:
On the Record
Big Shug23:23
5Bang Em' Down
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
samples:
Brooklyn Took It by Jeru the Damaja, Dune, Part II: Sandworms by David Matthews (US jazz/bop keyboardist, pianist, and arranger) and Prove Your Love by Fleetwood Mac
recording of:
Bang Em Down
Big Shug23:08
6Do Ya
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
samples:
No Tricks by Latee, Somehow by Shirley Bassey (Welsh singer) and What's the Deal by AZ (US rapper)
recording of:
Do Ya
Big Shug33:51
7Tha 3 Shugs
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
recording of:
Tha 3 Shugs
Big Shug23:07
8Sic a Niguz
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
recording of:
Sic a Nigguz
Big Shug feat. Bumpy Knuckles22:54
9No Mother, No Father
producer:
Bless (Montreal-born MC & producer, worked with Guru)
recording of:
No Mother, No Father
Big Shug25:16
10We Gangsta
producer:
MoSS (hip hop producer)
recording of:
We Gangstas
Big Shug feat. Singapore Cane & T-Wes25:46
11Who? (Got My Back)
producer:
The Alchemist (hip hop DJ & producer)
samples:
Fell for You by The Dramatics (US soul music vocal group)
recording of:
Who? (Got My Back)
Big Shug13:32
12Militant Soldiers
producer:
MoSS (hip hop producer)
recording of:
Militant Soldiers
Big Shug feat. Singapore Cane & T-Wes24:09
13Too Hot
producer:
Saki (producer, "A Manazis")
recording of:
Too Hot
Big Shug22:54
14Trees
producer:
Big Shug
recording of:
Trees
Big Shug21:21
15Life on Wax
producer:
Crux (producer, James Loisel)
recording of:
Life on Wax
Big Shug feat. Singapore Cane34:39
16Shuggy Diamonds
producer:
Charles Roane
recording of:
Shuggy Diamonds
Big Shug3:25
17Take It Back
producer:
Bravo (alias of US hip hop producer Tavish Graham)
recording of:
Take It Back
quotes lyrics from:
Take You Back (Rocky, 1976)
Big Shug33:49
18NFL
producer:
Bless (Montreal-born MC & producer, worked with Guru)
samples:
Hold Back the Night by Zulema (US disco, R&B singer-songwriter)
recording of:
NFL
Big Shug23:12
19Dirt
producer:
DJ Premier (US hip hop producer & DJ)
recording of:
Dirt
Big Shug feat. H Stax & Smiley the Ghetto Child4:33
20What's Really Real?
recording of:
What’s Really Real?
Big Shug3:26
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