Lyricist Lounge, Volume One

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Street Promoters (skit)
Wise Guy0:44
2Intro
producer:
88-Keys (US producer/rapper Charles M. Njapa)
De La Soul1:41
3Bring Hip Hop Back
producer:
Dorsey Wesley (US hip-hop producer Dorsey Wesley)
Cipher Complete3:55
4Keep Pouring
producer:
Kenny Diaz
performer:
A‐Butta and Matrix (hip hop artist, Diaz brothers member)
Diaz Brothers feat. Matrix & A‐Butta5:29
5Blood
producer:
Native Sun (90s US hip-hop producer) and Stix Bones
membranophone:
Stix Bones
Sarah Jones5:13
6Body Rock
producer:
Shawn J Period
performer:
Q‐Tip (American rapper) and Tash (of Tha Alkaholiks)
Mos Def feat. Q‐Tip & Tash55:11
7Bathroom Cipher
producer:
88-Keys (US producer/rapper Charles M. Njapa)
vocals:
Kwest Tha Madd Lad (East Coast hip-hop artist)
performer:
I.G. Off (rapper from Queens, NY), J-Treds and Thirstin Howl III
J-Treds, Thirstin Howl III, Kwest & I.G. Off & Hazadous4:24
8Da Cipher
producer:
Curt Gowdy
Punch & Wordsworth4:10
9Famous Last Words
producer:
Will Tell (Puerto Rican hip-hop producer)
Word A’ Mouth55:05
10No MatterPrime5:20
11Action Guaranteed
producer:
Shawn J Period
guest background vocals:
Kimberly Diamonds
performer:
Ras Kass (US West Coast MC/producer John Austin IV)
O.C. & Ras Kass35:24
12All in My Own
producer:
Shawn J Period
background vocals:
Shawn J Period
Mike Zoot7:33
13The Phone Call (skit)
Wise Guy & Wordsworth1:03
14Live From the DJ Stretch Armstrong Show With Your Host Bobbito “The Barber”
producer:
Shawn J Period and V.I.C. (US hip hop producer Victor Padilla)
performer:
Common (US rapper) and Pharoahe Monch (American rapper)
Black Thought, Common, Pharoahe Monch & Absolute10:09
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ohm
co-producer:
Native Sun (90s US hip-hop producer)
producer:
Saul Williams
Saul Williams3:28
2Intro
producer:
Survival Soundz
vocals:
De La Soul and Kool Keith
performer:
Sir Menelik
Kool Keith & Sir Menelik1:35
3Mayday
producer:
Charlemagne (hip hop producer Henri Charlemagne)
background vocals:
Ka (US rapper)
vocals:
Kool Keith and Sir Menelik
Natural Elements5:38
4The Manifesto
producer:
Hi‐Tek (US rapper & producer)
turntable:
Hi‐Tek (US rapper & producer)
vocals:
Kool Keith and Sir Menelik
Talib Kweli45:44
5Be OK
producer:
DJ Scratch
vocals:
De La Soul, Kool Keith and Sir Menelik
performer:
Rah Digga (US rapper)
Bahamadia & Rah Digga45:44
6LyricsA.L.3:48
7Outside the Lounge
producer:
Will Tell (Puerto Rican hip-hop producer)
vocals:
Kool Keith and Sir Menelik
performer:
Building Block, Lil’ Sci, Mr. Metaphor (US underground hip hop MC, aka Metaphor), Shabaam Sahdeeq and Wiseguy (Rapper)
Talib Kweli, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Wiseguy, Building Block, Mr. Metaphor & Lil’ Sci7:08
8Holy Water
producer:
Nottz (US rapper and hip-hop producer aka Nottz Raw)
vocals:
Kool Keith and Sir Menelik
performer:
D.V. Alias Khrist
Lord Have Mercy & D.V. Alias Khrist6:23
9Jayou
producer:
Cut Chemist and DJ Nu‐Mark
vocals:
Kool Keith and Sir Menelik
recording of:
Jayou
writer:
Akil (US rapper, a.k.a. Akil the MC, member of Jurassic 5), Courtenay Henderson (L.A. rapper), Lucas MacFadden, Marc 7, Mark Potsic and Charles Stewart (US rapper Chali 2na of Jurassic 5)
Jurassic 54:04
10C.I.A. (Criminals in Action)
producer:
Keith Horne
turntable:
DJ Daze and DJ Spinbad
lead vocals:
KRS‐One, The Last Emperor and Zack de la Rocha
samples:
Da Enemy by D.I.T.C. (hip-hop collective / New York, NY), It’s Funky Enough by The D.O.C. (rapper Tracy Curry of N.W.A, fka Doc T), La murga by Willie Colón canta Héctor Lavoe, La Murga Pana Mena by Cal Tjader and Sound of da Police by KRS‐ONE
recording of:
C.I.A. (Criminals in Action)
lyricist:
Jamal Gray, Lawrence Parker and Zack de la Rocha
composer:
Keith Horne
Zack de la Rocha, KRS‐One & The Last Emperor4.55:21
11SocietyProblemz5:16
12Weight
co-producer:
Mr. Len (US hip-hop DJ, member of Company Flow)
producer:
El‐P
turntable:
Mr. Len (US hip-hop DJ, member of Company Flow)
vocals:
Kool Keith and Sir Menelik
Indelible MC’s6:14
13After the Show
producer:
GE‐OLOGY (US hip‐hop producer, DJ & visual artist)
performer:
A.L. (US rapper Alex Mosquera), Jedi (Marcel Duffoo), Punchline (US rapper) and Rise (US rapper Jean Myrthil, member of Demigodz)
Wordsworth, Rise, Punchline, Jedi & A.L.8:08

Credits

Release group

part of:Lyricist Lounge (order: 1)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/83721 [info]
Wikidata:Q6710025 [info]