Hip Hop: The Golden Era 1979–1999

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1It’s Like That
Run‐DMC4:48
2Brass Monkey
engineer:
Steve Ett
co-producer:
Beastie Boys
producer:
Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Def Jam Recordings (US) (in 1986)
samples:
Bring It Here by Wild Sugar
recording of:
Brass Monkey
lyricist:
Adam Horovitz, Michael Diamond (member of Beastie Boys) and Adam Yauch
composer:
Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records)
Beastie Boys4.12:39
3Rock the Bells
recording of:
Rock the Bells
composer:
James Todd Smith and Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records)
LL Cool J4:02
4It’s Yours
T La Rock4:22
5Boyz‐n‐the‐Hood
recording of:
Boyz-N-The Hood
writer:
Eric Wright, Ice Cube and Henrik Rasmussen
Eazy‐E5:38
6South Bronx
Boogie Down Productions5:10
7Strong Island
J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E.5:58
8I Know You Got Soul
engineer:
Patrick Adams (US disco, soul, boogie songwriter and producer) and Elai Tubo
producer:
Eric B. and Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records, Inc. (US) (in 1987)
recorded at and mixed at:
Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States
samples:
I Know You Got Soul by Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown's vocal group)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 386)
recording of:
I Know You Got Soul
writer:
Eric B. and Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper)
Eric B. & Rakim3.54:47
9Children’s Story
recording of:
Children’s Story
writer:
Richard Walters (US rapper Slick Rick)
Slick Rick3:59
10U.N.I.T.Y.
producer:
Kay Gee (Naughty by Nature’s DJ Keir Gist) and Mufi
mixer:
Ron Allaire and Patrick Dillett
lead vocals:
Queen Latifah
samples:
A Message From the Inner City by The Crusaders (US jazz group)
recording of:
U.N.I.T.Y.
writer:
Queen Latifah and Joe Sample
publisher:
Four Knights Music, Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?) and Queen Latifah Music, Inc
Queen Latifah54:11
11Back to the Grill
MC Serch5:04
12Don’t Curse
Heavy D. & the Boyz feat. Pete Rock5:53
13The Mad Scientist
Large Professor4:00
14Sugar Hill
AZ4:07
15Where My Homiez? (Come Around My Way)
Ill Al Skratch5:37
16Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka
Heltah Skeltah5:00
17How High (remix)
Method Man & Redman4:01
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