Hip Hop: Gold

Performer: Various Artists
Artist: Duke Bootee; Melle Mel; Jungle Brothers; Monie Love; Phife; Q-Tip; Queen Latifah; Mos Def; Cody Chesnutt
Producer: Cody Chesnutt; William Hamilton; DJ Premier; DJ Shadow; Domino; SD50 Stimulated Dummies; Edward Fletcher; Kay Gee; Eric B.; Robert Arthur Jr. Ford; Fingers; Kenny McCloud; D.R. Period; William McLean; Wayne Williams; Jiggs Chase; Jam Master Jay; Chyskillz; Greg Nice; Hula; Guru; Hank Shocklee; 3rd Bass; Smooth Bee; Ice-T; DJ Battlecat; Mike "Mad Mike" Smith; J.B. Moore; Lavaba Mallison; Jason Mizell; Joseph Simmons; Afrika Islam; Keith Shocklee; Naughty By Nature; Andres Titus; Rick Rubin; Rob Base; Russell Simmons; Arthur Baker; Speech; Teddy Riley; The Neptunes; Warren G; Will.I.Am; Bryan New; D. Gregory Smart (Compilation)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Audio Mixer: Arthur Baker. Audio Remixer: DJ Shadow. Liner Note Author: Tom Terrell. Author: MC Wonder Mike. Photographers: Steve Double; Jeffrey Kane; Michael Wifling; Michael Malfer; Michael Schreiber; Angela Boatright; Eugene Adebari; Michael Benabib; Robin Kaplan; Monique Bunn; Ernie Paniccioli; David Corio; Janette Beckman. Arrangers: DJ Shadow; J.B. Moore; Larry Smith . Hip-O's Hip Hop: Gold, which looks a lot like a halved version of the same label's four-disc Hip Hop Box, is one of those garden-variety compilations that matches each good pick with a couple questionable picks that look a lot like lazy blunders. On this double-disc set, you get a few tracks that have appeared on well over 100 titles (such as "Rapper's Delight," "The Message," and "Planet Rock"), along with several others that will someday reach that milestone (such as Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two," Arrested Development's "Tennessee," and Naughty by Nature's "O.P.P."). A few picks make for bizarre representations of the groups in question. How many Public Enemy fans would pick "He Got Game" as one of the group's ten best tracks? Why is EPMD present in the form of "Strictly Business" instead of just about any other form? That said, there's no denying that most of these tracks should be owned by every hip-hop fanatic, or at least any hip-hop fanatic who quit paying attention once the South began to truly rise (unsurprisingly, there are only a few tentative and peculiar tracks picked from the late '90s and early 2000s). ~ Andy Kellman

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