The History of Hip-Hop

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Planet Rock
Afrika Bambaataa5:19
2The Message
producer:
J. Chase and Sylvia Robinson
vocals:
Duke Bootee and Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel)
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 Flash & The Furious Five4.353:11
3The Magic Number
recording of:
The Magic Number
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Johnny Cash (country music legend), Bob Dorough, Dave Jolicoeur (Plug 2 of De La Soul), Kelvin Mercer (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos), Paul Huston (US hip hop DJ & producer) and Vincent Mason (US rapper Vincent Mason, member of De La Soul)
publisher:
ABC Circle Music Inc., American Broadcasting Music, Inc., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Golo Publishing (BMI-affiliated)
De La Soul3:15
4It Takes Two
recording of:
It Takes Two (It Takes Two/2 Way)
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Robert Ginyard
Rob Base & DJ E‐Z Rock4:09
5Warm It Up, Kane
Big Daddy Kane4:07
6The Humpty Dance
Digital Underground4:38
7Mistadobalina
recording of:
Mistadobalina
composer:
Del the Funky Homosapien and Ice Cube
Del the Funky Homosapien4:17
8Talkin' All That Jazz
keyboard programming:
Donald "Kid Wonder" Newkirk
engineer:
Bob Coulter
producer:
Delite
editor:
"Oh Oh" Omar Santana
additional remixer:
Daddy‐O (Glenn K. Bolton of Stetsasonic), DBC (Stetsasonic member Marvin Nemley), Rodd Houston and Tyrone Perkins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Tommy Boy Music, Inc. (in 1988)
samples:
Expansions by Lonnie Liston Smith
recording of:
Talkin’ All That Jazz
lyricist and composer:
Glenn K. Bolton
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd. and Tee Girl Music
Stetsasonic34:46
9All for One
Brand Nubian4:50
10I 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, Island holding) (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. & Rakim3.54:44
11The 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 Blow4:26
12Back by Dope Demand (Funky Bass mix)
recording of:
Back By Dope Demand (Dope by Demand/By Any Demand)
writer:
King Bee
composer:
Guan Elmzoom and MC Pryme (Dutch rapper Armand Corneille)
publisher:
Roadster Music B.V.
King Bee3:12
13One for the Treble
Davy DMX4:49
14Eighth Wonder
The Sugarhill Gang5:51
15They Want EFX
arranger:
Chris Charity and Derek Lynch (member of Solid Scheme)
recording of:
They Want EFX
writer:
Andre Weston, Charles Bobbitt, James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Fred Wesley and Willie Hines (member of Das EFX)
Das EFX4.353:40
16The 900 Number
The 45 King3:00
17King of the Beats
recording of:
King of the Beats
writer:
Touré Embden and Kirk Khaleel
Mantronix5:08
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