| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Hard Knock Life- recording engineer:
- Paul Falcon
- producer:
- The 45 King
- mixer:
- Ken “DURO” Ifill
- recorded at:
- The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Platinum Island in New York, New York, United States
- samples:
- It’s the Hard‐Knock Life by Andrea McArdle, Orphans
- recording of:
- Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
- writer:
- Martin Charnin, Mark Howard James, Shawn Carter and Charles Strouse
- publisher:
- 45 Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Helene Blue Musique Ltd., Lil Lulu Music and MPL Communications Inc.
| Jay‐Z | 3:59 |
| 2 | Walk This Way- engineer:
- Steve Ett
- co-producer:
- Jason Mizell and Joseph Simmons
- producer:
- Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons
- guest guitar:
- Joe Perry
- keyboard and percussion:
- Jason Mizell
- guest background vocals:
- Steven Tyler
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Arista Records, Inc. (in 1986, in 1989) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1986)
- music videos:
- Walk This Way by Run‐D.M.C.
- part of:
- VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 9), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 30) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 287)
- recording of:
- Walk This Way
- writer:
- Joe Perry and Steven Tyler
- publisher:
- Daksel LLC, Daksel Music Corp., Music of Stage Three, Music of Stage Three Aerosmith Account, Song and Dance Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Stage Three Music Ltd., Stage Three Music Publishing Limited and Vindaloo Productions, Inc.
| Run‐D.M.C. | 5:11 |
| 3 | Nuthin' but a G Thang | Dr. Dre | 3:59 |
| 4 | Express Yourself | N.W.A | 4:22 |
| 5 | Ms. Jackson | OutKast | 4:31 |
| 6 | California Love (remix) | 2Pac | 5:29 |
| 7 | Regulate | Warren G feat. Nate Dogg | 4:08 |
| 8 | It Was a Good Day | Ice Cube | 4:20 |
| 9 | My Philosophy | Boogie Down Productions | 4:03 |
| 10 | White Lines | Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel | 4:26 |
| 11 | Rapper’s Delight | The Sugarhill Gang | 5:02 |
| 12 | They Reminisce Over You | Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth | 4:24 |
| 13 | Who Am I (What's My Name?) | Snoop Dogg | 4:07 |
| 14 | You Played Yourself- programming:
- Afrika Islam (in 1989)
- producer:
- Afrika Islam (in 1989) and Ice‐T (in 1989)
- mixer:
- Vachik Aghaniantz (in 1989) and Mark Wolfon (in 1989)
- lead vocals:
- Ice‐T (in 1989)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sire Records Company (in 1989) and WEA International (in 1989)
- produced for:
- Rhyme Syndicate Productions
- recorded at:
- Syndicate Studios West in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1989) and Wide Tracks in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1989)
- mixed at:
- Milagro Sound Recorders in Glendale, California, United States (in 1989) and Soundcastle in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1989)
- samples:
- The Boss by James Brown
- recording of:
- You Played Yourself (in 1989)
- lyricist:
- Tracy Lauren Marrow
- writer:
- Charles Bobbitt, James Brown and Fred Wesley
- composer:
- Charles Andre Glenn and Tracy Lauren Marrow
- is based on:
- The Boss
| Ice‐T | 4:14 |
| 15 | Gossip Folks- artist & repertoire support:
- Merlin Bobb and Jay Brown
- assistant engineer:
- Demacio “Demo” Castellón and Cory Williams
- engineer:
- Josh Butler, Carlos “El Loco” Bedova and Jimmy Douglass
- co-producer:
- Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot
- executive producer:
- Missy Elliott and Timbaland
- producer:
- Timbaland
- assistant mixer:
- Steamy
- mixer:
- Jimmy Douglass and Timbaland
- guest performer:
- Ludacris
- performer:
- Ludacris
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (in 2003) and WEA International, Inc. (in 2003)
- co-produced for:
- Mass Confusion Productions, Inc.
- executive produced for:
- Mass Confusion Productions, Inc. and Timbaland Productions
- produced for:
- Timbaland Productions, Inc.
- recorded at:
- Patchwerk Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and The Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, Florida, United States
- mixed at:
- Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- samples:
- Double Dutch Bus by Frankie Smith
- recording of:
- Gossip Folks
- writer:
- Christopher Bridges, Melissa Elliott and Timothy Mosley
- publisher:
- EMI April Publishing, Ludacris Music, Mass Confusion Music, Virginia Beach Music and WB Music Corp.
- quotes lyrics from:
- She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
- quotes lyrics from:
- Double Dutch Bus
- quotes lyrics from:
- Pick a Bale of Cotton
| Missy Elliott | 3:55 |
| 16 | Know How | Young MC | 3:50 |
| 17 | Wild Thing | Tone‐Lōc | 4:00 |