The Roots Of Hip Hop [Digipak]Various Artists
Release Date: 09/23/2008
Original Release:
n/a
# of Discs:
2
J&R Item # 1037780_VY
UPC # 824247016729
Label: Harte Recordings
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Disc: 1
1.
Baby Baby - Ashton Conroy/Katie Webster
2.
Caught - Young Wolf/Mamie Ree/Gus Jenkins Band
3.
These Hard Times - Rev. J.M. Gates
4.
Why I Like Roosevelt Pt. 1 - The Soul Stirrers
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Why I Like Roosevelt Pt. 2 - The Soul Stirrers
6.
Syncopator In Dat Morning - Jimmie Lunceford & His Chickasaw
7.
Terrible Operation Blues - Famous Hokum Boys
8.
Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer
9.
Hello, Sue - Butterbeans
10.
Number Writer - Dan Pickett
11.
Swamp Root - Harmonica Frank Floyd
12.
Slow Boogie - Champion Jack Dupree
13.
Hambone - Dolores Hawkins & the Hambone Kid/Red Saunders
14.
Puerto Vootie - Slim Gaillard Trio
15.
When I'M In My Tea - Jo Jo Adams/Maxwell Davis & His All-Stars
16.
Road House Boogie - Big Jay McNeely
17.
Thunderbird - William "Thunderbird" Walker
18.
Uh Oh (Get Out of the Car) - The Treniers
19.
Hot Mama - Ethel Brown/Brother Woodman & the Chanters
20.
You Can'T Bring Me Down - Little Caesar
21.
Goodbye Baby - Little Caesar
22.
Letter, The - Vernon Green & The Medallions
23.
No One To Love Me - The Shaweez
24.
Gotta Let You Go - Joe Hill Louis
25.
Just Can'T Say - Willie Nix & His Combo
26.
Big Break, The - Richard Berry
27.
Chinatown, My Chinatown - Slim & Slam
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African Jive - Slim Gaillard
29.
Hopped U Mustang - Arlen Spector
30.
Long Man, The - Dennis Binder
Performer: Various Artists
Distributor: NAIL Distribution
Rolling Stone (p.70) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "It's not the first hip-hop archaeological dig. But this mix of proto-rap testifying, trash-talking and gibberish from the Twenties to the Sixties may be the most far-ranging one yet."
Spin (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his scholarly comp proves its relevance with unwavering and often hilarious topical familiarity."
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