Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials, Volume 3 (1979-1991)

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1Microphone Fiend
recording of:
Microphone Fiend
lyricist:
William Griffin
writer:
Eric Barrier and William Griffin
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Eric B. & Rakim5:25
2Bonita Applebaum
produced for:
The Ummah
samples:
Why (radio edit) by Carly Simon
recording of:
Bonita Applebum
writer:
William Allen, Roy Ayers, Edwin Birdsong, Walter Booker, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Charles Stepney
A Tribe Called Quest3:39
3Parents Just Don't Understand
producer:
Pete Q. Harris, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and Bryan “Chuck” New
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Rap Performance nominees (number: 1989 winner)
recording of:
Parents Just Don’t Understand
writer:
Pete Q. Harris, Jeff Townes and Will Smith
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince5:12
4Funky Cold Medina
engineer:
Mario Caldato Jr.
producer and mixer:
Matt Dike and Michael Ross
arranger:
Matt Dike and Michael Ross
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Bicycle Music Company (in 1989)
samples:
Hot Blooded by Foreigner
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Rap Performance nominees (number: 1990)
recording of:
Funky Cold Medina
lyricist:
Marvin Young
composer:
Matt Dike, Marvin Young and Michael Ross
Tone‐Lōc4:10
5Gold Digger
EPMD5:02
6Fuck tha Police
producer:
Dr. Dre and Yella
samples:
Funky Drummer, Part 1 by James Brown and It's My Thing, Part 1 by Marva Whitney
part of:
Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 1), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 190) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 417)
recording of:
Fuck tha Police
writer:
Eazy‐E, Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
N.W.A5:46
7The 900 Number
The 45 King3:04
8Bitch Betta Have My Money
producer:
DJ Quik
samples:
A Bitch Iz a Bitch by N.W.A, Listen to Me by Al Wilson and Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy by Big Daddy Kane
recording of:
Bitch Betta Have My Money
writer:
I. Lorenzo, J. Atkins and R. Mays
AMG3:18
9This Cut's Got Flavor
Latee4:14
10Ain't No Half Steppin'
producer:
Marley Marl
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (in 1988)
recording of:
Ain't No Half-Steppin'
lyricist:
Antonio Hardy
Big Daddy Kane5:21
11The Humpty Dance
recording engineer and mixer:
Steve Counter
producer:
The Underground
vocals:
Fuze, Humpty Hump, Money B and Shock‐G
recorded at and mixed at:
Starlight Sound in Richmond, California, United States
music videos:
The Humpty Dance by Digital Underground
part of:
A.Side: 10 Songs That Have Their Own Dance Moves (number: 8) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 241)
recording of:
The Humpty Dance
writer:
George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Humpty Hump and Junie Morrison
Digital Underground6:28
12Pee Wee's Dance
Joeski Love4:38

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part of:Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials (number: 3) (order: 3)