Hip Hop Don’t Stop: The Ultimate Selection

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Message
producer:
Clifton Chase and Ed Fletcher
vocals:
Duke Bootee and Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel)
music videos:
The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
a cappella versions:
The Message (a cappella) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat. Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) & Duke Bootee
instrumental versions:
The Message (instrumental) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 51) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 59)
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 Five4.37:10
2Magic’s Wand
producer:
Thomas Dolby
mixer:
Nigel Green (engineer)
recording of:
Magic’s Wand
writer:
Thomas Dolby, Jalil Hutchins and John Rivas
Whodini55:35
3Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)Man Parrish4:18
4(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin’Whistle4:57
5The 900 Number
The 45 King2:59
6King of the BeatsMantronix5:07
7Strong Island
J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E.5:57
8The Bridge
performer:
MC Shan (old-school US rapper Shawn Moltke)
recording of:
The Bridge
dedicated to:
Queensbridge, New York, New York, United States
lyricist:
MC Shan (old-school US rapper Shawn Moltke)
composer:
Marley Marl (QB hip hop producer & DJ of Juice Crew)
Marley Marl feat. MC Shan6:28
9Last Night
Kid ’n Play4:21
10Saturday Night
Schoolly D5:17
11Because I Got It Like That (Ultimatum mix)Jungle Brothers5:16
12Bonita Applebum (Why version)
recording of:
Bonita Applebum
writer:
William Allen (bassist), Roy Ayers, Edwin Birdsong, Walter Booker, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (American rapper), Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Charles Stepney (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter)
A Tribe Called Quest4:02
13Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble
producer:
D.J. Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince (American hip hop duo) and Pete Q. Harris
mixer:
Nigel Green (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Battery Studios (London, owned by Zomba group) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Girls Ain’t Nothing but Trouble
writer:
Jeff Townes (DJ/turntablist) and Will Smith (US actor aka The Fresh Prince)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince4:04
14Wash Your Face in My Sink
engineer:
Maximum 60 (Richard Rodwell)
co-producer:
Maximum 60 (Richard Rodwell)
producer:
Dream Warriors (Canadian hip hop)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1962‐05‐08 to 1999‐03‐29, and since 2014‐06‐25) (in 1990)
recorded at:
BFP Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recording of:
Wash Your Face in My Sink
writer:
Bert Russell Berns, Wes Farrell, Andrew Gooden, Louie Robinson and Richard Rodwell
Dream Warriors33:39
15Cantaloop
programming, producer and mixer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
engineer:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Mel Simpson (Member of Us3)
sampler [samples] and turntable [scratches]:
Geoff Wilkinson
trumpet:
Gerard Presencer
other vocals [rap]:
Rahsaan (Rahsaan Kelly, appears on “Cantaloop” by Us3)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
recorded at and mixed at:
Flame Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On) by Lou Donaldson
recording of:
Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
writer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer), Rahsaan Kelly (Rahsaan Kelly, appears on “Cantaloop” by Us3), Mel Simpson (Member of Us3) and Geoff Wilkinson
publisher:
Us3 Music
is based on:
Cantaloupe Island
Us344:36
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