NEW YORK (Tommy Boy Official Website) - Happy 25th Anniversary, Tommy Boy! The long awaited third and final installation of Tommy Boy's "Hip Hop Essentials: 1979 - 1991" twelve-disc compilation is here! Volumes 9 - 12 have just been released and are available on-line and through all of your favorite retailers. All volumes are available separately and the fully packaged complete set will be available soon. Visit www.HipHopEssentials.net for audio samples, liner notes and more!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 1 vol1 1. Rockin' It (Fearless Four) 2. Hey Ladies (Beastie Boys) 3. South Bronx (Boogie Down Productions) 4. Egypt Egypt (Egyptian Lover) 5. Tramp (Salt-N-Pepa) 6. The Symphony (Marley Marl) 7. La Di Da Di (Doug E. Fresh) 8. Rapper's Delight (Sugar Hill Gang) 9. Genius Rap (Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde) 10. The Ghetto (Too Short) 11. Scorpio (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. 12. Supersonic (JJ Fad)
Volume 1 Available Now!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 2 Vol2 1. Rebel Without a Pause (Public Enemy) 2. Last Night (Kid 'N Play) 3. Nobody Beats the Biz (Biz Markie) 4. Paper Thin (MC Lyte) 5. Goin' Back to Cali (LL Cool J) 6. Plug Tunin' (De La Soul) 7. Bust a Move (Young MC) 8. Looking at the Front Door (Main Source) 9. Cinderfella (Dana Dane) 10. Be a Father to Your Child (Ed OG & Da Bulldogs) 11. Just Buggin' (Whistle) 12. F**k Compton (Tim Dog)
Volume 2 Available Now!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 3 Vol3.jpg 1. Microphone Fiend (Eric B & Rakim) 2. A Tribe Called Quest (Bonita Applebaum) 3. Parents Just Don't Understand (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince) 4. Funky Cold Medina (Tone Loc) 5. Gold Digger (EPMD) 6. F**k the Police (N.W.A.) 7. The 900 Number (45 King) 8. B*tch Betta Have My Money (AMG) 9. This Cut's Got Flavor (Latee) 10. Ain't No Half Steppin' (Big Daddy Kane) 11. Humpty Dance (Digital Underground) 12. Pee Wee's Dance (Joeski Love)
Volume 3 Available Now!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 4 Vol4 1. White Lines (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five) 2. Roxanne Roxanne (UTFO) 3. Don't Believe the Hype (Public Enemy) 4. Ego Trippin' (Ultramagnetic MCs) 5. Raw (Big Daddy Kane) 6. Mentirosa (Mellow Man Ace) 7. Around the Way Girl (LL Cool J) 8. It's Yours (T–La Rock) 9. Sucker MCs (Run-DMC) 10. 8 Million Stories (Kurtis Blow) 11. Go See the Doctor (Kool Moe Dee) 12. Me So Horny (2 Live Crew)
Volume 4 Available Now!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 5 Vol5 1. That's The Joint (Funky 4 + 1) 2. Freedom (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five) 3. Bring The Noize (Public Enemy) 4. It Takes Two (Rob Base And DJ E-Z Rock) 5. Wild Wild West (Kool Moe Dee) 6. Fat Boys (Fat Boys) 7. Making Cash Money (Busy Bee) 8. Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) (De La Soul) 9. Jimbrowski (Jungle Brothers) 10. Ladies First (Queen Latifah Feat. Monie Love) 11. Hey DJ (World Famous Supreme Team) 12. Money (Dollar Bill Y'all) (Jimmy Spicer)
Volume 5 Available Now!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 6 Vol6 1. The Godfather (Spoonie Gee) 2. Children's Story (Slick Rick) 3. My Philosophy (Boogie Down Productions) 4. New York, New York (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five) 5. Just to Get a Rep (Gang Starr) 6. My Melody (Eric B. & Rakim) 7. King of Rock (Run-DMC) 8. Wild Thing (Tone Loc) 9. Just a Friend (Biz Markie) 10. The Lover in You (Sugar Hill Gang) 11. Funk Box Party (Masterdon Committee) 12. We Want Some P (2 Live Crew)
Volume 6 Available Now!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 7 Vol7 1. I'm Your Pusher (Ice-T) 2. Talkin' All That Jazz (Stetsasonic) 3. Planet Rock (Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force) 4. The Bubble Bunch (Jimmy Spicer) 5. My Mic Sounds Nice (Salt-N-Pepa) 6. Fight The Power (Public Enemy) 7. Walk This Way (Run-D.M.C.) 8. Joy & Pain (Rob Base And DJ E-Z Rock) 9. Sweet Black P***y (DJ Quick) 10. Wrath Of My Madness (Queen Latifah) 11. On The Radio (Crash Crew) 12. Doowutchyalike (Digital Underground)
Volume 7 Available Now!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 8 Vol8 1. Funk You Up (Sequence) 2. The Message (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five) 3. Gucci Time (Schoolly D) 4. Colors (Ice-T) 5. Push It (Salt-N-Pepa) 6. The Gas Face (3rd Bass) 7. Slow Down (Brand Nubian) 8. Mr. Big Stuff (Heavy D & The Boyz) 9. Check The Rhyme (A Tribe Called Quest) 10. Buffalo Gals (Malcolm McLaren & The World's Famous Supreme Team) 11. Buddy "Native Tongue Decision" Version (De La Soul Feat. Jungle Brothers, Q-Tip, Phife, Queen Latifah & Monie Love) 12. If I Ruled The World (Kurtis Blow)
Volume 8 Available Now!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 9 Vol9 1. It's My Thing (EPMD) 2. It's Funky Enough (The DOC) 3. PSK What Does It Mean? (Schoolly D) 4. Can I Kick It? (A Tribe Called Quest) 5. Goin' Way Back (Just Ice) 6. Have a Nice Day (Roxanne Shante) 7. The P is Free (Boogie Down Productions) 8. Treat 'Em Right (Chubb Rock) 9. Girls Ain't Nuthin But Trouble (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince) 10. Let's Talk About Sex (Salt-N-Pepa) 11. Breakin' Bells (The Crash Crew) 12. Unity (Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown)
Volume 9 Available TODAY!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 10 Vol10 1. Top Billin' (Audio Two) 2. La Raza (Kid Frost) 3. It's a Demo (Kool G Rap & DJ Polo) 4. It's Like That (Run-DMC) 5. The Adventures of Super Rhymes (Jimmy Spicer) 6. Pickin' Boogers (Biz Markie) 7. Eric B is President (Eric B & Rakim) 8. The Bridge is Over (Boogie Down Productions) 9. Do This My Way (Kid 'N Play) 10. Jazzy Sensation (Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy Five) 11. The Power (Chill Rob G) 12. Catch the Beat (T-Ski Valley)
Volume 10 Available TODAY!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 11 Vol11 1. OPP (Naughty by Nature) 2. Words I Manifest (Gang Starr) 3. Vapors (Biz Markie) 4. I Cram 2 Understand U (MC Lyte) 5. Spoonin' Rap (Spoonie Gee) 6. I Know You Got Soul (Eric B & Rakim) 7. I Got It Made (Special Ed) 8. Body Rock (Treacherous Three) 9. Wild Thang (2 Much) 10. Posse on Broadway (Sir Mix-A-Lot) 11. 8th Wonder (Sugar Hill Gang) 12. Fresh is the Word (Mantronix)
Volume 11 Available TODAY!
Hip Hop Essentials Vol. 12 Vol12 1. The Breaks (Kurtis Blow) 2. Hold It Now, Hit It! (Beastie Boys) 3. Looking for the Perfect Beat (Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force) 4. Rock Box (Run-DMC) 5. Cold Getting Dumb (Just Ice) 6. The Bridge (MC Shan) 7. Me, Myself & I (De La Soul) 8. Live at the BBQ (Main Source) 9. Played Like a Piano (King Tee) 10. We Got Our Own Thang (Heavy D & The Boyz) 11. It's Magic (Fearless Four) 12. Weekend (Cold Crush Brothers)
Volume 12 Available TODAY!
"The Making of Planet Rock"
Please join us this year in celebrating Tommy Boy's 25th Anniversary and its significant contributions to the history of Hip Hop. On April 3rd, 2006 at 7 pm, you are invited to attend a panel/discussion titled: "The Making of Planet Rock." Panelists include Arthur Baker, Fab Five Freddy, Monica Lynch, John Robie, Tom Silverman and more to be announced with David Toop as moderator. The event will be held at The Skirball Performing Arts Center, at NYU, and will be the inaugural event of NYU's two week multi-media Hip Hop festival in April.
The Making of Planet Rock
What the Critics Are Saying! "The first two-thirds of this 12-volume series is instantly the best Golden Era survey ever. Each programmed with the logic of those old breakbeat comps (i.e., none in particular), the discs are interchangeably great, with excellent photos and notes from a wise army of hip-hop lifers....fun as a heat-wave fire-hydrant party and a cornerstone for that new nano." - Will Hermes for SPIN
"This set chronicles hip-hop's rise from New York-based folk art to global force, a rap-for-dummies comp that does all the crate-digging for you....All micro-trends are accounted for: smooth operators (LL Cool J), hippies (De La Soul), gangstas (N.W.A.), virtuosos (Rakim), radicals (Public Enemy) and the jokers (Biz Markie). A must-have for aging b-boys and 50 Cent-quoting teens." - Michael Endelman for ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Celebrating the 25th anniversary of hip-hop's signature label, this essential 12-disc set presents the foundation of a genre - from Kurtis Blow to Spoonie Gee. A magical Polaroid of a time when you didn't need a gun to prove your point." - Bart Blasengame for DETAILS
