Godfathers of Rap

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Tracklist

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1Walk This Way
engineer:
Steve Ett
co-producer:
Jason Mizell and Joseph Simmons (US rapper Rev. Run of Run-D.M.C)
producer:
Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records) and Russell Simmons
guest guitar:
Joe Perry (guitarist for Aerosmith)
keyboard and percussion:
Jason Mizell
guest background vocals:
Steven Tyler
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1986, in 1989) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1986)
music videos:
Walk This Way by Run‐D.M.C.
part of:
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 30) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 287)
recording of:
Walk This Way
writer:
Joe Perry (guitarist for Aerosmith) and Steven Tyler
publisher:
Daksel LLC, Daksel Music Corp., Music of Stage Three, Music of Stage Three Aerosmith Account, Song and Dance Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Stage Three Music Ltd. and Vindaloo Productions, Inc.
Run‐D.M.C.4.055:11
2Rapper's Delight
recording of:
Rapper’s Delight
writer:
Bernard Edwards, 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 Gang4:16
3Sound of da Police
producer:
Showbiz
mixer:
KRS‐ONE
samples:
Inside Looking Out by Grand Funk Railroad
part of:
Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 16)
recording of:
Sound of da Police
writer:
Eric Burdon, Bryan “Chas” Chandler, KRS‐ONE, Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and Showbiz
publisher:
Carbert Music Inc., London Music UK, Ludlow Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Universal Music – Z Tunes LLC
KRS‐One4.754:18
4The Message
producer:
J. Chase and Sylvia Robinson
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 Flash4.353:14
5The Haunted House of Rock
Whodini6:32
6The 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 Blow4:40
7Paid in Full
recording of:
Paid in Full
writer:
Eric B. and Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper)
Eric B. & Rakim3:50
8Ring Ring Ring
recording of:
Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
writer:
Julian Godfrey Brookhouse, Michael Drummond, Dave Jolicoeur (Plug 2 of De La Soul), Kelvin Mercer (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos), Paul Huston (US hip hop DJ & producer), Glenn Skinner, Nicholas Bernard Thorp, Vincent Mason (US rapper Vincent Mason, member of De La Soul) and Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot (singer from Curiosity Killed the Cat)
De La Soul4:05
9Jump Around
House of Pain3:30
10Hip Hop Hooray
Naughty by Nature4:05
11You Played Yourself
programming:
Afrika Islam
producer:
Afrika Islam and Ice‐T
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sire Records Company (not for release label use!) (in 1989) and WEA International (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1989)
samples:
The Boss by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
You Played Yourself
writer:
Ice‐T
Ice‐T4:12
12Mr. Wendal
additional engineer:
Tom Held and Richard Wells (engineer)
engineer:
Alvin Speights
executive producer:
Michael T. Mauldin (record executive)
producer and mixer:
Speech (US rapper & musician)
arranger:
Arrested Development
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis Records, Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1992)
recording of:
Mr. Wendal
lyricist:
Speech (US rapper & musician)
composer:
Arrested Development
Arrested Development44:06
13Knick Knack Patty Wack
EPMD4:54
14White Lines
producer:
J. Chase and Sylvia Robinson
mixer:
Shameek
edit of:
White Lines (Don’t Do It) by Grandmaster & Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel)
recording of:
White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)
writer:
Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
Four Hills Music Ltd and IQ Music Ltd.
is based on:
Cavern
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel34:29
15F.. tha police
recording of:
Fuck tha Police
writer:
Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
N.W.A5:45
16Wrath of My Madness
Queen Latifah4:12
17It Was a Good Day
recording of:
It Was a Good Day
lyricist and composer:
Ice Cube
Ice Cube4:27