- Audio CD (2 May 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Rawkus
- ASIN: B00004T9YZ
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 210,281 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Rawkus, RWK 1179-1, 2000
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A companion to Ego Trips Book of Rap Lists, this compilation CD goes way back in time to the mid to late 1980s New York to show how Rap started off and how it could find it's future. This is the sound of the city before everyone was either a gangsta or a bitch. With some impressive scratching and rhyming this makes a great addition to and rap collection - especially if you remember the greats like Eric B and Rakim as a number of the tracks remind of them in full flow. Buy this and you won't be disappointed.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This takes the definition of "old school rap collection" to a whole new level. It's put together by the U.S. team behind the legendary and infamous publication, not to mention the unforgettable Book Of Rap Lists (essential reading for both fact finders and comedy fans).
With so many gems to mention, top of the list is the extremely hard to find 'Droppin It' by the Bizzie Boys - absolute quality hip-hop from 1990. There's a pre-Bad Boy cut from Craig Mack under the guise of MZ EZ with the track 'Get Retarded', and there's more familiar names in the form of Marley Marl and Positive K.
Rawkus Records, the label this is on, rose to fame almost as quickly as it fell from grace - however this, together with their Lyricist Lounge and Soundbombing compilations, more than did the label proud.
With so many gems to mention, top of the list is the extremely hard to find 'Droppin It' by the Bizzie Boys - absolute quality hip-hop from 1990. There's a pre-Bad Boy cut from Craig Mack under the guise of MZ EZ with the track 'Get Retarded', and there's more familiar names in the form of Marley Marl and Positive K.
Rawkus Records, the label this is on, rose to fame almost as quickly as it fell from grace - however this, together with their Lyricist Lounge and Soundbombing compilations, more than did the label proud.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Eighties Hip Oddities, and Obscurities
13 Oct 2000
Format:Audio CD
This compilation is a companion to "Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists". The book is about three-hundred pages of hip-hop trivia, opinion, stories, and facts, in list form. The tracks here appear frequently in the book. They are each relatively obscure hip-hop songs from the eighties. Each track is in at least one list in the book. "Holy War (live)" by Divine Force and "My Mic is on Fire" by Lord Shafiyq are part of the list of DJ Premiere's "Quarterpound of Underacknowledged Eightees Hip-Hop Cuts". There are some common rap artists whose work, either under previous names or earlier bands, appears here. "Get Retarded" by MC EZ and Troup has rapping by a young Craig G, long before he hit it big with "Flava In Your Ear". This cd has some early material by producers who would later go on to success. "Im Not Playing" by Ultimate Force has beats done by Diamond D, prior to his fame in Digin In The Crates. Other producers present include Mark the 45 King and Marley Marl. You may recognize parts of some songs as they have been sampled often. "Get Retarded" is performed live by contemporary rap group Jurassic 5 as an intro to their performance, although hey change the lyrics only by inserting their names into the song. The gem of this compilation is "Beat Bop" by K-Rob vs. Rammellzee. It is a stunning ten minutes of psychedelic instruments and good versus evil in the ghetto lyrics. The liner notes in the cd booklet sort out just what wen on between Rammellzee and the producer Jean-Michel Basquiat as the track was made. This cd is a must for hip hop junkies who liked the book by Ego Trip. Hip hop junkies and real hip hop jingoists will find this to be a great cd.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
rare stuff
25 Jan 2001
Format:Audio CD
by their own ranking system (in the lists book) this c.d. would rate pretty low as hardly any of this stuff is really essential to a well rounded "history of rap" collection. But that's not the point, the good folks at ego trip (bonz malone excepted) have provided us with a nice little collection of hard to find on c.d. (where did all my vinyl go?)
if your like me, snatch it up.
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