Kings of the Streets: The Definitive Anthology

~ Release by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Super Rappin’ No. 1
producer:
Bobby Robinson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Enjoy Records (New York based label started by Bobby Robinson) (in 1979)
samples:
Seven Minutes of Funk by The Whole Darn Family
instrumental versions:
Superappin’ Theme (instrumental) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
recording of:
Superappin’
writer:
Edward Morris (80s US MC Edward Morris, aka Mr. Ness of Furious Five), Guy Todd Williams, Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel), Nathaniel Glover (80s US hip hop MC), Robert Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five) and Bobby Robinson
12:03
2Pump Me Up
producer:
Joey Robinson, Jr. (US Electro funk/hip hop producer, songwriter & engineer) and Sylvia Robinson
instruments and vocals:
Clayton Savage (artist, writer, producer, musician)
recording of:
Pump Me Up
writer:
James Avery, Edward Morris (80s US MC Edward Morris, aka Mr. Ness of Furious Five), Tony Fisher (Big Tony of Trouble Funk), Keith Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five), Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel), Emmett Nixon, Robert Reed (member of Trouble Funk, engineer at Mad Hatter Studio) and Taylor Reed (of Trouble Funk)
publisher:
Hugabut Music, IQ Music Ltd., Island Music Ltd. and Maxx Kidds Music
is based on:
Pump Me Up
4:43
3Showdown
recording of:
Showdown
lyricist:
Big Bank Hank, Edward Morris (80s US MC Edward Morris, aka Mr. Ness of Furious Five), Master Gee (US rapper Guy Anthony O’Brien), Guy Todd Williams, Keith Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five), Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel), Nathaniel Glover (80s US hip hop MC) and Wonder Mike
composer:
Larry Johnson (Sugar Hill producer), Michael Johnson and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
5:41
4Jesse
recording of:
Jesse
writer:
Reggie Griffin, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
6:11
5We Don’t Work for Free
5:02
6She’s Fresh
recording of:
She’s Fresh
writer:
Milton Edwards and Bobbie Knight
54:57
7Internationally Known
6:52
8King of the Streets
producer:
Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Leland Robinson
mixer:
Sylvia Robinson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sugar Hill Records, Ltd. (not for release, copyright etc.) (in 1985)
partial recording of:
King of the Streets
writer:
Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Leland Robinson
5:14
9Freestyle
4:47
10World War III
recording of:
World War III
writer:
Edward Morris (80s US MC Edward Morris, aka Mr. Ness of Furious Five), Keith Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five) and Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel)
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
8:51