The Blak’s Lair Family Presents Urbantopia

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Humpty Dance
recording engineer and mixer:
Steve Counter
producer:
The Underground (Digital Underground, hip hop)
vocals:
Fuze (US hip-hop DJ/producer David Elliot), Humpty Hump, Money B (of Digital Underground) and Shock‐G (of Digital Underground)
recorded at and mixed at:
Starlight Sound (San Francisco) in Richmond, California, United States
music videos:
The Humpty Dance by Digital Underground (hip hop)
part of:
A.Side: 10 Songs That Have Their Own Dance Moves (number: 8) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 241)
recording of:
The Humpty Dance
writer:
George Clinton (US funk musician), Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter), Humpty Hump and Junie Morrison
Digital Underground3.756:26
2Summertime
producer:
Hula & Fingers
mixer:
D.J. Jazzy Jeff (DJ/turntablist) and Def Geoff Hunt
background vocals arranger:
LaVette
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1991)
samples:
Summer Madness by Kool & the Gang
recording of:
Summertime
lyricist:
Will Smith (US actor aka The Fresh Prince)
writer:
Hula & K. Fingers
composer:
Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown (US percussionist of Kool & the Gang), Lamar Hula Mahone, Robert Spike Mickens, Craig Simpkins, Claydes Smith, Will Smith (US actor aka The Fresh Prince), Alton Taylor, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas (Kool & The Gang) and Ricky West (Kool & The Gang member)
is based on:
Summer Madness
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince4.454:32
3Around the Way Girl
recording of:
Around the Way Girl
lyricist:
James Todd Smith
composer:
Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer) and Marlon Williams (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew)
LL Cool J3:48
4My Mind’s Playing Tricks on Me (radio)
recording of:
Mind Playing Tricks on Me
writer:
Brad Jordan (US rapper & record producer) and Doug King
publisher:
N‐The‐Water Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
B. Mikulski Publ. (Bernhard Mikulski Publishing)
Geto Boys5:04
5Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Digable Planets4:06
6They Reminisce Over You
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth4:30
7The World Is Yours
Nas feat. Pete Rock4:42
8Back to the Hotel
N2Deep5:04
9Situation: Grimm
Mista Grimm feat. Val Young43:52
10You Know How We Do It (remix)
Ice Cube4:22
11Rump Shaker
Wreckx‐N‐Effect feat. Teddy Riley5:12
12Expression (remix)
recording of:
Expression
lyricist and composer:
Cheryl James (Member of Salt-n-Pepa)
publisher:
Next Plateau Music Inc. and Sons of K-oss Music
Salt‐n‐Pepa5:51
13People Everyday
producer:
Speech (US rapper & musician)
recording of:
People Everyday
lyricist:
Speech (US rapper & musician)
composer:
Arrested Development
Arrested Development3.54:03
14O.P.P.
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Tommy Boy Music, Inc. (in 1991) and Tommy Boy Music, LLC (not for release label!) (in 2004)
samples:
ABC by The Jackson 5 (The Jacksons, formerly “The Jackson 5”)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 96)
recording of:
O.P.P.
composer:
Anthony Criss, Berry Gordy, Keir Gist (Naughty by Nature’s DJ Keir Gist), Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards (American songwriter and record producer) and Vincent Brown
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Naughty Music (associated with Naughty By Nature)
Naughty by Nature44:29
15Breakadawn
additional producer:
Bob Power
producer:
De La Soul and Prince Paul (US hip hop DJ & producer)
mixer:
De La Soul, Bob Power and Prince Paul (US hip hop DJ & producer)
recorded at:
Sorcerer Studio in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Battery Studio (mastering/archival/digitization studio located at 321 W 44th Street, NYC) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
samples:
I Can’t Help It by Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”), Quiet Storm by Smokey Robinson, Sang and Dance by The Bar-Kays and Yes We Can Can by The Pointer Sisters
recording of:
Breakadawn
writer:
Susaye Greene, Dave Jolicoeur (Plug 2 of De La Soul), Rose Ella Jones, Kelvin Mercer (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos), Paul Huston (US hip hop DJ & producer), Smokey Robinson, Vincent Mason (US rapper Vincent Mason, member of De La Soul) and Stevie Wonder
quotes lyrics from:
Rapper’s Delight
De La Soul54:14
16U.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 Latifah3.54:11
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