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    05/02/2006 | Warlock Records 

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    All Music Guide Review

    While there is little rhyme or reason to this set -- not all of it is essential, and not all of it is hip-hop -- Warlock's three-disc Essential Hip Hop provides too much fun to dismiss. Flipping through funk, electro, old-school rap, and even the late-'80s/early-'90s era, the set features L.A. Dream Team's "The Dream Team Is in the House," Sexual Harassment's "I Need a Freak," and Rick James' "Give It to Me Baby," as well as Stezo's "Freak the Funk," EPMD's "Strictly Business," Lovebug Starski's "Starski Live at the Disco Fever" (vocal and instrumental), and Mantronix's "Needle to the Groove." Not the place to begin for newcomers to hip-hop, but it certainly holds enough variety and quality content to plug quite a few gaps in one's collection. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Needle to the Groove
  • Mantronix
  • 6:25

  • 2
  • Lyrical King
  • T-La Rock
  • 4:35

  • 3
  • Johnny the Fox
  • Tricky Tee
  • 5:23

  • 4
  • Latoya
  • Just-Ice
  • 4:08

  • 5
  • Ugly People Be Quiet
  • 3:40

  • 6
  • I've Got It Good
  • Tricky Tee
  • 4:41

  • 7
  • Cold Getting Dumb
  • Just-Ice
  • 6:33

  • 8
  • Strictly Business
  • EPMD
  • 4:45

  • 9
  • Moshitup
  • 4:59

  • 10
  • No Delayin
  • Nice & Smooth
  • 3:37

  • 11
  • Back to Burn
  • T-La Rock
  • 3:37

  • 12
  • Fresh Is the Word
  • Mantronix
  • 5:31

  • 13
  • It's Yours
  • T-La Rock
  • 4:31

  • 14
  • We Control the Dice
  • Mantronix
  • 3:55

  • 15
  • Freak the Funk
  • Stezo
  • 3:26

  • 16 (2)
  • A Heartbeat Rap
  • Sweet G
  • 5:35

  • 17 (2)
  • Games People Play
  • Sweet G
  • 5:49

  • 18 (2)
  • Games Females Play
  • Gigolette
  • 4:24

  • 19 (2)
  • Starski Live at the Disco Fever
  • Starski, "Lovebug"
  • 2:32

  • 20 (2)
  • You Gotta Believe
  • Starski, "Lovebug"
  • 3:51

  • 21 (2)
  • Bust This Rhyme
  • MC Chill
  • 3:54

  • 22 (2)
  • The Gucciman
  • MC Holiday
  • 5:51

  • 23 (2)
  • Me & You (Getting It On)
  • Gucciman
  • 5:06

  • 24 (2)
  • MC Story
  • 4:35

  • 25 (2)
  • Calm Down
  • III Most Wanted
  • 5:12

  • 26 (2)
  • Nitty Gritty
  • III Most Wanted
  • 5:39

  • 27 (2)
  • All Night Long
  • 4:14

  • 28 (2)
  • Sukiyaki
  • 3:21

  • 29 (2)
  • I Am Woman
  • 4:04

  • 30 (2)
  • Starski Live at the Disco Fever (Instrumental)
  • Starski, "Love Bug"
  • 2:34

  • 31 (2)
  • Games People Play (Instrumental)
  • Sweet G
  • 8:58

  • 32 (3)
  • Party Train
  • Gap Band
  • 6:11

  • 33 (3)
  • Give It to Me Baby
  • James, Rick
  • 4:18

  • 34 (3)
  • Let It Whip
  • Dazz Band
  • 4:04

  • 35 (3)
  • Planet Rock
  • Bambaataa, Afrika & The Soul Sonic Force
  • 5:20

  • 36 (3)
  • The Dream Team Is in the House
  • LA Dream Team
  • 4:20

  • 37 (3)
  • The Message
  • 6:32

  • 38 (3)
  • Hey DJ
  • World Famous Supreme Team
  • 6:15

  • 39 (3)
  • Al Naafyish (The Soul)
  • Hashim
  • 7:46

  • 40 (3)
  • Jam on It
  • Newcleus
  • 6:24

  • 41 (3)
  • I Need a Freak
  • Sexual Harassment
  • 5:58

  • 42 (3)
  • Joy & Pain
  • 3:47

  • 43 (3)
  • White Lines (Don't Do It)
  • 7:30

    • Credits



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