Artist Name Hip Hop Essentials Box Set		Street Date 12/5/2006		UPC 661868166026
		Selection Title Hip Hop Essentials Box Set		Label Tommy Boy Entertainment		List Price 99.98
				Format CD A

Label Description

From the biggest radio hits to the underground club favorites, the early days of hip-hop featured some of the best music ever recorded. Now Tommy Boy has compiled its critically acclaimed "Essential Hip Hop" series, Volumes 1-12, into one limited edition box set. Compiled by Tommy Boy founder Tom Silverman himself, from a great assortment of hip-hop labels including many long unavailable tracks, each volume contains twelve hits plus eye-catching graphics, archival photos, and extensive liner notes. 144 songs. 1979-1991. Limited edition/numbered. Black velvet/gold foil stamp. "Street Cred 101 students, class is now in session" - Pitchforkmedia.com. "An unforgettable hip-hop primer" - Filter.

Track Listing

•  0. DISC 8: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 8:
•  0. DISC 12: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 12:
•  0. DISC 5: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 5:
•  0. DISC 3: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 3:
•  0. DISC 7: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 7:
•  0. DISC 9: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 9:
•  0. DISC 2: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 2:
•  0. DISC 11: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 11:
•  0. DISC 1: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 1:
•  0. DISC 4: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 4:
•  0. DISC 6: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 6:
•  0. DISC 10: HIP HOP ESSENTIAL 1979-1991 VOL. 10:
•  1. That's the Joint - Various Artists/Funky 4 + 1
•  1. Opp - Various Artists/Naughty by Nature
•  1. Godfather, The - Various Artists/Spoonie Gee
•  1. Rebel Without a Cause - Various Artists/Public Enemy
•  1. Top Billin' - Various Artists/Audio Two
•  1. I'm Your Pusher - Various Artists/Ice-T
•  1. Tracks 1-144
•  1. It's My Thing - Various Artists/EPMD
•  1. Funk You Up - Various Artists/The Sequence
•  1. White Lines - Various Artists/Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
•  1. Microphone Fiend - Various Artists/Eric B. & Rakim
•  1. Breaks, The - Various Artists/Kurtis Blow
•  2. Message, The - Various Artists/Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
•  2. Freedom - Various Artists/Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
•  2. Talkin' All That Jazz - Various Artists/Stetsasonic
•  2. La Raza - Various Artists/Kid Frost
•  2. Roxanne Roxanne - Various Artists/U.T.F.O.
•  2. Bonita Applebaum - Various Artists/A Tribe Called Quest
•  2. Words I Manifest - Various Artists/Gang Starr
•  2. Last Night - Various Artists/Kid 'N Play
•  2. Hold It Now, Hit It! - Various Artists/Beastie Boys
•  2. Hey Ladies - Various Artists/Beastie Boys
•  2. It's Funky Enough - Various Artists
•  2. Childern's Story - Various Artists/Slick Rick
•  3. Psk What Does It Mean? - Various Artists/Schoolly D
•  3. Bring the Noize - Various Artists/Public Enemy
•  3. Parents Just Don't Understand - Various Artists/DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
•  3. Nobody Beats the Biz - Various Artists/Biz Markie
•  3. It's a Demo - Various Artists/Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
•  3. Gucci Time - Various Artists/Schoolly D
•  3. South Bronx - Various Artists/Boogie Down Productions
•  3. My Philosophy - Various Artists/Boogie Down Productions
•  3. Vapors - Various Artists/Biz Markie
•  3. Planet Rock - Various Artists/Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force
•  3. Looking For the Perfect Beat - Various Artists/Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force
•  3. Don't Believe the Hype - Various Artists/Public Enemy
•  4. I Cram 2 Understand U - Various Artists/MC Lyte
•  4. Can I Kick It? - Various Artists/A Tribe Called Quest
•  4. It's Like That - Various Artists/Run-D.M.C.
•  4. Colors - Various Artists/Ice-T
•  4. Rock Box - Various Artists/Run-D.M.C.
•  4. Bubble Bunch, The - Various Artists/Jimmy Spicer
•  4. It Takes Two - Various Artists/Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
•  4. Ego Trippin' - Various Artists/Ultramagnetic MC's
•  4. Paper Thin - Various Artists/MC Lyte
•  4. Egypt Egypt - Various Artists/The Egyptian Lover
•  4. New York, New York - Various Artists/Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
•  4. Funky Cold Medina - Various Artists/Tone-Loc
•  5. Push It - Various Artists/Salt-N-Pepa
•  5. Cold Getting Dumb - Various Artists/Just-Ice
•  5. Adventures of Super Rhymes, The - Various Artists/Jimmy Spicer
•  5. Spoonin Rap - Various Artists/Spoonie Gee
•  5. Raw - Various Artists/Big Daddy Kane
•  5. My Mic Sounds Nice - Various Artists/Salt-N-Pepa
•  5. Wild Wild West - Various Artists/Kool Moe Dee
•  5. Goin' Way Back - Various Artists/Just-Ice
•  5. Tramp - Various Artists/Salt-N-Pepa
•  5. Gold Digger - Various Artists/EPMD
•  5. Going Back to Cali - Various Artists/LL Cool J
•  5. Just to Get a Rep - Various Artists/Gang Starr
•  6. I Know You Got Soul - Various Artists/Eric B. & Rakim
•  6. Symphony, The - Various Artists/Marley Marl
•  6. F**K Tha Police - Various Artists/N.W.A.
•  6. Fight the Power - Various Artists/Public Enemy
•  6. Plug Tunin' - Various Artists/De La Soul
•  6. Bridge, The - Various Artists/MC Shan
•  6. Gas Face, The - Various Artists/3rd Bass
•  6. Fat Boys - Various Artists/The Fat Boys
•  6. Pickin' Boogers - Various Artists/Biz Markie
•  6. Have a Nice Day - Various Artists/Roxanne Shant�
•  6. Mentirosa - Various Artists/Mellow Man Ace
•  6. My Melody - Various Artists/Eric B. & Rakim
•  7. Me, Myself & I - Various Artists/De La Soul
•  7. Bust a Move - Various Artists/Young MC
•  7. Around the Way Girl - Various Artists/LL Cool J
•  7. 900 Number, The - Various Artists/The 45 King
•  7. I Got It Made - Various Artists/Special Ed
•  7. Making Cash Money - Various Artists/Busy Bee
•  7. Walk This Way - Various Artists/Run-D.M.C.
•  7. Slow Down - Various Artists/Brand Nubian
•  7. King of Rock - Various Artists/Run-D.M.C.
•  7. P Is Free - Various Artists/Boogie Down Productions
•  7. La di da Di - Various Artists/Doug E. Fresh
•  7. Eric B. Is President - Various Artists/Eric B. & Rakim
•  8. Live at the Barbeque - Various Artists/Main Source
•  8. Rapper's Delight - Various Artists/The Sugarhill Gang
•  8. Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) - Various Artists/De La Soul
•  8. It's Yours - Various Artists/T la Rock
•  8. Treat 'Em Right - Various Artists/Chubb Rock
•  8. Looking at the Front Door - Various Artists/Main Source
•  8. Wild Thing - Various Artists/Tone-Loc
•  8. Body Rock - Various Artists/Treacherous Three
•  8. Bitch Betta Have My Money - Various Artists/AMG
•  8. Mr. Big Stuff - Various Artists/Heavy D & the Boyz
•  8. Bridge Is Over, The - Various Artists/Boogie Down Productions
•  8. Joy & Pain - Various Artists/Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
•  9. Wild Thang - Various Artists/2 Much
•  9. Check the Rhyme - Various Artists/A Tribe Called Quest
•  9. Girls Ain't Nuthin' But Trouble - Various Artists/DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
•  9. Sweet Black P***Y - Various Artists/DJ Quick
•  9. Genius Rap - Various Artists/Dr. Jeckel
•  9. Just a Friend - Various Artists/Biz Markie
•  9. Played Like a Piano - Various Artists/King Tee
•  9. This Cut's Got Flavor - Various Artists/Latee
•  9. Jimbrowski - Various Artists/Jungle Brothers
•  9. Do This My Way - Various Artists/Kid 'N Play
•  9. Sucker MC's - Various Artists/Run-D.M.C.
•  9. Cinderfella - Various Artists/Dana Dane
•  10. Ghetto, The - Various Artists/Too $hort
•  10. Let's Talk About Sex - Various Artists/Salt-N-Pepa
•  10. Ain't No Half-Steppin' - Various Artists/Big Daddy Kane
•  10. Buffalo Gals - Various Artists/Malcolm McLaren & The World Famous Supreme Team
•  10. We Got Our Own Thang - Various Artists/Heavy D & the Boyz
•  10. Lover in You, The - Various Artists/The Sugarhill Gang
•  10. Be a Father - Various Artists/Ed O.G & da Bulldogs
•  10. Ladies First - Various Artists/Queen Latifah
•  10. Wrath of My Madness - Various Artists/Queen Latifah
•  10. Jazzy Sensation - Various Artists/Afrika Bambaataa/The Jazzy Five
•  10. Posse on Broadway - Various Artists/Sir Mix-A-Lot
•  10. 8 Million Stories - Various Artists/Kurtis Blow
•  11. 8th Wonder - Various Artists/The Sugarhill Gang
•  11. Scorpio - Various Artists/Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
•  11. Power, The - Various Artists/Chill Rob G.
•  11. Humpty Dance - Various Artists/Digital Underground
•  11. It's Magic - Various Artists/Fearless Four
•  11. Funk Box Party - Various Artists/Masterdon Committee
•  11. Breakin' Bells (Take Me to the Mardi Gras) - Various Artists/Crash Crew
•  11. Just Buggin' - Various Artists/Whistle
•  11. Go See the Doctor - Various Artists/Kool Moe Dee
•  11. Hey DJ - Various Artists/World Famous Supreme Team
•  11. On the Radio - Various Artists/Crash Crew
•  11. Buddy - Various Artists/De La Soul
•  12. Doowutchyalike - Various Artists/Digital Underground
•  12. Money (Dollar Bill Y'All) - Various Artists/Jimmy Spicer
•  12. We Want Some P - Various Artists/2 Live Crew
•  12. Fresh Is the Word - Various Artists/Mantronix
•  12. Supersonic - Various Artists/J.J. Fad
•  12. F**K Compton - Various Artists/Tim Dog
•  12. Pee Wee's Dance - Various Artists/Joeski Love
•  12. Catch the Beat - Various Artists/T-Ski Valley
•  12. Weekend - Various Artists/Cold Crush Brothers
•  12. Me So Horny - Various Artists/2 Live Crew
•  12. Unity - Various Artists/Afrika Bambaataa/James Brown
•  12. If I Ruled the World - Various Artists/Kurtis Blow

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