The Best of Hip Hop

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
assistant producer:
Ricky Crespo and Alan Friedman
producer:
Robert Clivillés (record producer, songwriter, arranger, music video director) and David Cole (US musician/producer, member of C+C Music Factory)
additional drums (drum set):
Alan Friedman
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Robert Clivillés (record producer, songwriter, arranger, music video director)
keyboard:
Ricky Crespo and Dave Cole (US musician/producer, member of C+C Music Factory)
vocals:
Martha Wash and Freedom Williams
keyboard arranger:
Robert Clivillés (record producer, songwriter, arranger, music video director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
part of:
Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 116) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 402)
recording of:
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
writer:
Robert Clivillés (record producer, songwriter, arranger, music video director) and Frederick B. Williams (UK dance vocalist aka Freedom Williams)
publisher:
Cole/Clivillés Music, EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!), R.B.G. Dome Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Cole/Clivillés Music Enterprises (from 1990 to ????) and Virgin Music (publisher and label, only for releases with Virgin MUSIC logo) (from 1990 to ????)
C&C Music Factory4.154:05
2The Power
producer:
Snap! (Eurodance)
samples:
Love 's Gonna Get You by Jocelyn Brown (lead vocals) and Pumper Piper Beats by Frankie Bones (US house/techno DJ) & Lenny Dee (US techno/hardtechno/hardcore producer & DJ) (drums (drum set))
recording of:
The Power
writer:
Benito Benites, Antoinette Colandero and John Garrett III
publisher:
Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH (1964–2001), House of Fun Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Snap3.25:42
3Feels Good
engineer:
“Dr. Shaft” Ken “Bumrush” Kessie
producer:
Tony! Toni! Toné!
mixer:
Ken “Dr. Shaft” Kessie
guest vocals:
Mocedes
performer:
Tony! Toni! Toné!
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1990)
recording of:
Feels Good
writer:
Timothy Christian, Carl Wheeler (keyboards), D’wayne Wiggins and Randall Wiggins (Tony! Toni! Toné!)
arranger:
Tony! Toni! Toné!
publisher:
PRI Music, Inc. and Tony Toni Tone Music Publishing
Tony! Toni! Toné!4:54
4Pump Up the Jam
producer:
Jo Bogaert (Belgian producer)
vocals:
Ya Kid K (Belgian‐Congolese singer Manuela Kamosi)
performer:
Felly (Felly Kilingi, “frontwoman” for Technotronic in the early ’90s)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ARS Productions Benelux (in 1989)
recording of:
Pump Up the Jam
lyricist:
Manuela Kamosi (Belgian‐Congolese singer Manuela Kamosi)
composer:
Patrick de Meyer (Belgian electronic music producer) and Thomas de Quincey (Belgian producer Jo Bogaert [Technotronic])
is based on:
Technotronic
Technotronic3.653:37
5You Are My Heaven
engineer:
James Patrick Green
co-producer:
Fonke Socialistiks and James Patrick Green
producer:
Brian Alexander Morgan
background vocals:
LaChelle Mathenia and Brian Alexander Morgan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Priority Records, Inc. (company credits only! do not file releases here) (in 1991)
recorded at:
Greensweep Studio in Sacramento
Fonke Socialistiks5:05
6Humpty Dance
Digital Underground4:39
7Elevate My Mind
Stereo MC’s3:18
8The Boomin’ System
recording engineer and mixer:
George Karras, David Kennedy (Jamaican-American sound engineer/producer), Marley Marl (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew) and Ivan “Doc” Rodriguez
additional programming:
Darren Lighty
assistant engineer:
Scott Canit, DJ Clash and Everett Ramos
co-producer:
LL Cool J
producer:
Marley Marl (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990) and Def Jam Records, Inc. (in 1990)
produced for:
Marley Marl Productions, Inc.
recorded at:
House of Hits (Marley Marl's studio) in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States and Sound Traxx in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Boomin’ System
composer:
James Todd Smith and Marlon Williams (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew)
L.L. Cool J43:41
9Love’s Gonna Get’cha
Boogie Down Productions4:57
10Short but Funky
producer:
Keenan “The Maestro” Foster and Too Short (Too $hort)
mixer:
Al Eaton and Too $hort
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corp. (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1990, in 1991) and Zomba Recording LLC (in 1990)
recorded at and mixed at:
One Little Indian Studios in El Cerrito
samples:
High by Skyy
recording of:
Short but Funky
writer:
Damon Edwards and Keenan Foster
publisher:
Willesden Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated, merged into Zomba Enterprises, Inc.)
Too Short4:13

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