Hip Hop Connection

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Tracklist

1CD
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1If I Ruled the World
producer:
Poke and Tone
guest vocals:
Lauryn Hill
vocals and performer:
Nas (US rapper)
samples:
Friends by Whodini, If I Ruled the World by Kurtis Blow and Walk Right Up to the Sun by The Delfonics
recording of:
If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (Nas, from album "it was written")
lyricist:
Lauryn Hill and Nas (US rapper)
composer:
Poke (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone) and Tone (hip-hop producer Samuel Barnes (Poke & Tone/Trackmasters))
Nas4.54:43
2Fu-Gee-La
engineer:
Gary Noble
producer:
Salaam Remi
lead vocals:
Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
performer:
Fugees
recorded at and mixed at:
The Crib in New York, New York, United States
samples:
If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right by Ramsey Lewis and Ooo La La La by Teena Marie
recording of:
Fu-Gee-La
composer:
Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor), Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees) and Salaam Remi
Fugees3.84:17
3Tha Crossyards
Bone Thugs‐n‐Harmony3:47
4Sittin' on the Top of the World
Da Brat3:58
5Boom-Biddy Bye Bye (Fugees mix)
Cypress Hill3:34
6Get Money
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bad Boy Records LLC (in 2007) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2007)
samples:
Don’t Look Any Further by Dennis Edwards (US soul & R’n’B singer) & Siedah Garrett and You Can't Turn Me Away by Sylvia Striplin
recording of:
Get Money
Junior M.A.F.I.A.3.54:35
7C.R.E.A.M.
programming:
Prince Rakeem (American rapper and actor)
engineer:
Ethan Ryman
executive producer:
Dennis Coles, Mitchell Diggs (producer), Oli Grant and Robert Diggs, Jr. (American rapper and actor)
producer and mixer:
Prince Rakeem “The RZA” (American rapper and actor)
lead vocals:
Inspectah Deck (east coast hip hop), Method Man (of the Wu‐Tang Clan) and Raekwon (US rapper, Wu-Tang Clan)
arranger:
Prince Rakeem “The RZA” (American rapper and actor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1993) and Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1993)
samples:
As Long as I’ve Got You by The Charmels and Money (Dollar Bill Y'all) by Jimmy Spicer
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 107)
recording of:
C.R.E.A.M.
writer:
Clifford Smith (of the Wu‐Tang Clan), Corey Woods (US rapper, Wu-Tang Clan), Dennis Coles, Gary Grice, Isaac Hayes, Jason Hunter (east coast hip hop), Lamont Hawkins, David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter), Robert Diggs, Jr. (American rapper and actor) and Russell Jones (Wu‐Tang founder, NYC rapper/producer)
is based on:
Paper Trail$
Wu‐Tang Clan44:11
8Dirty South
Goodie Mob3:33
9ElevatorsOutKast4:23
101, 2, 3, 4
Coolio3:22
11All I See
recording engineer:
Michael Gilbert (recording/mixing engineer) and John Kogan (Engineer)
assistant producer:
Charles McCrorey and Daniel Wierup
producer:
Carl Carr
mixer:
Michael Gilbert (recording/mixing engineer)
background vocals:
Shakira Atily
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Kedar Entertainment (in 1996) and Universal Records Inc. (not for release label use! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1996)
recorded at:
Battery Recording Studios (NYC; not to be confused with the mastering studio located at 321 W 44th Street) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
All I See
writer:
Carl Carr, Rodney Jerkins, Joe Smith (producer), Charles Smith (producer, songwriter) and Elliot Smith (producer)
publisher:
Born First Music, EMI Publishing, Second Cometh Music and Shantav Publishing
A+4:27
12Music Makes Me High
Lost Boyz3:47
13Danger
recording of:
Danger
Blahzay Blahzay3:46
14Just tha Let You Know
Eazy‐E3:57
15Hip Hop Hooray
recording of:
Hip Hop Hooray
writer:
Anthony Criss, Vincent Brown, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper and Keir Gist (Naughty by Nature’s DJ Keir Gist)
Naughty by Nature4:24
16I Got 5 on It
producer:
Tone Capone
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
No̅o̅ Trybe Records, Inc. (in 1995)
samples:
Jungle Boogie by Kool & the Gang, Top Billin’ by Audio Two (Brooklyn, NY hip-hop duo) and Why You Treat Me So Bad by Club Nouveau
recording of:
I Got 5 on It
writer:
Anthony Gillmour, Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, Don Boyce, George Brown (US percussionist of Kool & the Gang), Denzil Foster, Garrick Husband, Jerold Ellis Jr. (US rapper), Jay King, Michael Marshall (US hip-hop/R&B vocalist/producer, member of Timex Social Club), Thomas McElroy, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Smith, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas (Kool & The Gang) and Ricky West (Kool & The Gang member)
Luniz4.54:15
171nce Again
producer:
The Ummah (90s US hip hop production trio)
mixer:
Bob Power and The Ummah (90s US hip hop production trio)
guest vocals:
Tammy Lucas
recorded at and mixed at:
Battery Recording Studios (NYC; not to be confused with the mastering studio located at 321 W 44th Street) in New York, New York, United States
samples:
I’m Your Pal by Gary Burton (jazz vibraphonist and composer) / Chick Corea (jazz pianist) and Untitled by Cannonball Adderley
recording of:
1nce Again
writer:
James Yancey (US producer and rapper aka Jay Dee), Kamaal Fareed (American rapper), Malik Taylor, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Steve Swallow
A Tribe Called Quest4.13:50
18Choppin' It Up
Dru Down4:55