Rap Archives, Vol 1. 1996

What we're going to do right now is go back. If you never saw a good live hip-hop show then you never saw a real MC. It's never too late to find one. Here are some examples.

1. Intro
2. Doug E. Fresh/Slick Rick - Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh at the Lincoln Project, NY 1984
3. Zulu Nation - Zulu Nation Anniversary at the Roxy, Bronx, NY 1984
4. Force MC's - Force MC's at the Harlem World, Manhattan, NY 1981
5. Busy Bee/Kool Moe Dee - Kool Moe Dee vs Busy Bee at the Harlem World, Manhattan, NY 1981
6. Fu Kwan/The Real Roxanne - Fu Kwan vs Roxanne
7. Big Daddy Kane/Biz Markie - Biz Markie & Big Daddy Kane at the Mansonic Temple, NY 1986
8. Kool Moe Dee/TLA Rock - Kool Moe Dee & TLA Rock at LL Cool J's BDay 1987
9. LL Cool J - LL Cool J at LL Cool J's B'day Lan, Philly 1987
10. Master Don - Master Don at the Y.M.C.A., Manhattan, NY 1983
11. Run-DMC - Run-DMC at Madison Square Garden, NY 1986
12. DJ Cheese - DJ Cheese Live at UK Fresh, Wembley, London, England 1986
13. Boogie Down Productions - Boogie Down Productions at the Masonic Temple, NY 1986
14. The Message, the Word!!

Joshua Redman - Beyond 2000

1. Courage (Asymmetric Aria)
2. Belonging (Lopsided Lullaby)
3. Neverend
4. Leap of Faith
5. Balance
6. Twilight... And Beyond
7. Stoic Revolutions
8. Suspended Emanations
9. Last Rites of Rock 'N' Roll
10. A Life?

Insomnia - The Erick Sermon Compilation Album - 1996

1. Various Artists - Intro
2. Redman - Funkorama
3. Xross-Breed - The Vibe
4. Passion - As the...
5. Jamal & Calif - Beez Like That (Sometimes)
6. Keith Murray - It's That Hit
7. The Wixtons - Up Jump the Boogie
8. Various Artists - Caller's Interlude
9. L.O.D. - I Feel It
10. DuO - On the Regular
11. Tommy Gunn - Fear
12. Domo - Ready for War
13. Erick Sermon - Reign

We're Only in It for the Money 1967/1985

When this was released on CD in 1985 the censored bits from 1967 were restored but all new rhythm tracks were laid down as well. ... so it's not OG but still pretty good. For those that slept, Zappa was a sampler long before hip-hop. I'd like to think if he were still with us he'd be making lots of cash from those sampling his original work plus backing some massive cross-genre pieces. Since we'll never know, don't sleep.



1. Are You Hung Up?
2. Who Needs the Peace Corps?
3. Concentration Moon
4. Mom & Dad
5. Telephone Conversation
6. Bow Tie Daddy
7. Harry, You're a Beast
8. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
9. Absolutely Free
10. Flower Punk
11. Hot Poop
12. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
13. Let's Make the Water Turn Black
14. The Idiot Bastard Son
15. Lonely Little Girl
16. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
17. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (Reprise)
18. Mother People
19. The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny