Smithsonian anthology of hip-hop and rap
Music - 2020
This collection includes 129 tracks on 9 CDs and a book with original design by Cey Adams, artist and founding creative director of Def Jam Recordings, as well as essays by some of hip-hop's leading writers and critics and hundreds of photographs spanning decades of history. Through the music, writing, and extensive liner notes, the Anthology reveals the many trends within this multifaceted genre, its social and political implications, and its influence on popular culture.
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- Rap (Music)
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Popular music
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Washington, DC :
Smithsonian Folkways
[2020]
Washington, DC : [2020] - Language
- English
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- [Explicit version]
- Item Description
- Title from container.
"[A] colloboration between Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and the National Museum of African American History & Culture."
Packaged as a boxed set.
Contains material previously released 1979-2013. - Physical Description
- 9 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (298 pages : illustrations, some color ; 32 cm)
- Audience
- [Parental advisory; explicit content].
- Production Credits
- Compilation producer: Beshou Gedamu, Cey Adams, Dwandalyn Reece, Huib Schippers, Kate Harrington, Mary Monseur, Richard James Burgess, Timothy Anne Burnside ; executive producers: Lonnie G. Bunch III, Daniel E. Sheehy.
- ISBN
- 9781734130508
- Disc 1 (1979-1982). King Tim III (Fatback)
- Rapper's delight (7" single version) (Sugarhill Gang)
- Funk you up (12" sngle-short version) (The Sequence)
- The breaks (Kurtis Blow)
- That's the joint (Funky Four +1)
- Monster jam (Spoonie Gee meets The Sequence)
- The body rock (Treacherous Three)
- Rapture (2001 remaster) (Blondie)
- The adventures of grandmaster flash on the wheels of steel (Grandmaster Flash)
- Planet rock (Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force)
- Disc 2 (1982-1984). The message (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five)
- Rockin' it (The Fearless Four)
- Punk rock rap (Cold Crush Brothers)
- Rockit (Herbie Hancock)
- Looking for the perfect beat (Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force)
- It's like that (Run-DMC)
- Friends (Whodini)
- Fresh, wild, fly and bold (Cold Crush Brothers)
- It's yours (12" radio mix) (T La Rock & Jazzy Jay)
- Hey DJ (original 12" mix) (The World's Famous Supreme Team)
- Jam on it (Newcleus)
- Roxanne, Roxanne (UTFO)
- Disc 3 (1984-1988). Roxanne's revenge (Roxanne Shanť)
- La-Di-Da-Di (Doug E. Fresh & MC Ricky D)
- I can't live without my radio (LL Cool J)
- P.S.K. 'What does it mean'? (Schoolly-D)
- Walk this way (Run-DMC ; feat. Aerosmith)
- Paul Revere (Beastie Boys)
- Ego tripping (Ultra Magnetic MC's)
- 6 'N the mornin' (Ice-T)
- How ya like me now (Kool Moe Dee)
- I need love (LL Cool J)
- Eric B. is president (Eric B. ; feat. Rakim)
- King of the beats (Mantronix)
- Disc 4 (1987-1989). A.F.R.I.C.A. (Stetsasonic ; feat. the Rev. Jesse Jackson & Olatunji)
- Parents just don't understand (Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
- Top billin' (Audio Two)
- Lyte as a rock (MC Lyte)
- Raw (Big Daddy Kane)
- The symphony (Marley Marl ; feat. Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane)
- I Cram to Understand U (Sam) (MC Lyte)
- Wild thing (Tone-LMc)
- It take two (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock)
- I'll house you (Jungle Brothers)
- Fuck tha police (N.W.A.)
- Fight the power (Public Enemy)
- Self destruction (The Stop the Violence Movement)
- Life is...too short (Too Short)
- Children's story (Slick Rick)
- The gas face (radio edit) (3rd Bass).
- Disc 5 (1989-1991). Ladies first (Queen Latifah ; feat. Monie Love)
- Bring the noise (Public Enemy)
- Me myself and I (remastered single version) (De La Soul)
- Just a friend (Biz Markie)
- It's funky enough (The D.O.C.)
- Me so horny (The 2 Live Crew)
- The humpty dance (Digital Underground)
- U can't touch this (MC Hammer)
- Ice ice baby (Vanilla Ice)
- All for one (Brand Nubian)
- Mind playing tricks on me (Geto Boys)
- Scenario (LP Mix) (A Tribe Called Quest)
- The choice Is yours (Black Sheep)
- Let's talk about sex (Salt-N-Pepa)
- You can't play with my Yo-Yo (Yo-Yo ; feat. Ice Cube)
- O.P.P. (Naughty By Nature).
- Disc 6 (1992-1994). Nuthin' but a 'G' thang (Dr. Dre ; feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg)
- It was a good day (Ice Cube)
- Baby got back (Sir Mix-A-Lot)
- Tennessee (Arrested Development)
- Rebirth of slick (cool like dat) (Digable Planets)
- Jump around (House of Pain)
- I Got a Man (Positive K)
- They reminisce over you (T.R.O.Y.) (Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth)
- Pocket full of stones (UGK)
- C.R.E.A.M. (Wu-Tang Clan)
- Insane in the brain (radio edit) (Cypress Hill)
- Passin' me by (The Pharcyde)
- Comin' out hard (Eightball & MJG)
- I used to love H.E.R. (Common Sense)
- Funkdafied (Da Brat)
- N.Y. state of mind (Nas)
- Flava in ya ear (remix) (Craig Mack ; feat. The Notorious B.I.G., Rampage, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes).
- Disc 7 (1994-1997). Sabotage (Beastie Boys)
- Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G.)
- DWYCK (Gang Starr ; feat. Nice & Smooth)
- Regulate (Warren G ; feat. Nate Dogg)
- Murder was the case (Snoop Doggy Dogg)
- Sprinkle Me (E-40 ; feat. Suga T)
- Cell therapy (Goodie Mob)
- Gangsta's paradise (Coolio ; feat. L.V.)
- Dear mama (2Pac)
- Shook ones, part 2 (Mobb Deep)
- I'll be there for you (You're all I need to get by (Razor Sharp mix) (Method Man ; feat. Mary J. Blige)
- I'll be (Foxy Brown ; feat. Jay-Z)
- No time (Lil' Kim ; feat. Puff Daddy)
- Tha crossroads (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)
- Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan ; feat. Cappadonna)
- Put your hands where my eyes could see (Busta Rhymes)
- Make 'em say uhh! (Master P ; feat. Silkk the Shocker, Mia X, Fiend).
- Disc 8 (1997-2003). The rain (supa dupa fly) (Missy Elliott)
- Doo wop (that thing) (Lauryn Hill)
- Ruff Ryders' anthem (DMX)
- The next movement (The Roots)
- Mathematics (Mos Def)
- Bling bling (BG)
- Hip-hop (dead prez)
- Stan (Eminem ; feat. Dido)
- Ms. Jackson (OutKast)
- Country grammar (hot shit) (Nelly)
- Southern hospitality (Ludacris ; feat. Pharrell)
- One mic (Nas)
- In da club (50 Cent)
- Get low (Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz ; feat. Ying Yang Twins).
- Disc 9 (2004-2013). Black girl pain (Talib Kweli)
- Jesus walks (Kanye West)
- Stay fly (Three 6 Mafia ; feat. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG)
- Hustlin' (Rick Ross)
- Hop-hop saved my life (Lupe Fiasco ; feat. Nikki Jean)
- My president (Young Jeezy ; feat. Nas)
- Get like me (David Banner ; feat. Chris Brown & Yung Joc)
- Tie my hands (Lil Wayne ; feat. Robin Thicke)
- Exhibit C (Jay Electronica)
- Super bass (Nicki Minaj)
- Thrift shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ; feat. Wanz)
- Crooked smile (J. Cole ; feat. TLC)
- Blood on the leaves (Kanye West)
- Started from the bottom (Drake).