Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Ya Playin' Yaself - Jeru The Damaja
2. All In - Q-Tip (1)
3. Runnin - Pharcyde & Mark 1/Funky Fresh Few
4. Hypnotic - Roots (3)
5. Connectivity - Dobie & Roots Manuva
6. Sittin' On Chrome - Masta Ace Inc.
7. Nah Mean - Will I Am & Phife
8. Way We Make Music - Detroit Experiment
9. Montego Slay - People Under The Stairs
10. Listening - J-Live & Kola Rock
11. Funshine - Yesterday's New Quintet
12. Play On - Rae & Christian/Jungle Brothers
13. Karma - Last Emperor
14. Come Close - Common & Mary J. Blige
15. Cheeba Cheeba - Tone Loc

Disc 2:

1. Microphone Mathematics - Quasimoto
2. Running From Love - Freddie Cruger
3. Fugee-La - Fugees
4. Return Of The Tres - Delinquent Habits
5. Answer - Foreign Exchange
6. Accordion - Madvillain
7. Fall Break - Aim (2)
8. Right Here - Symbolyc One & Illmind/Little Brother/Median
9. Family - Muhammed, Ali Shaheed & Kay Jay
10. Extra Extra - Mr. Complex
11. Keep On - Bone Idols & Aphletik/Ty
12. Memories - Only Child & Niko/Kriminul
13. Break It Down - Jazzy Jeff & J-Live
14. No More Words - Rock, Pete & InI
15. In/Flux - DJ Shadow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34229 in Music
• Released on: 2006-04-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

Mellow Hip Hop
This sessions CD is one in a big selection - and this time the main focus is on mellow him hop, with it's beautiful instrumentals and smooth lyrics, with masters of the style representing here - The Roots, J-Live and The Pharcyde. Some of the best tracks on here are the remix by Rae & Christian with The Pharcyde's Runnin' with it's smooth use of strings and beats; Detroit Experiment's featuring with Invincible, with it's funky keyboards and cool lyrics and DJ Shadow's 15 minute journey In-flux.

Both CDs are very good, though having two tracks primarily produced by Rae & Christian was a bit cheeky, but the music really does compensate for it, some really smooth grooves and soul samples make this a worthy look at hip hop without going all commercial on us. This isn't really for the 50 Cent lot, who like hard lyrics, sampleless instrumentals and cheesy keyboards.

Worth a listen after a hard day, or night.

Hip hop is rubbish, really, isn't it?
Apart from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, let's face it, the rest is boring noise. I've tried. I've subjected myself to about ten of these compilations in a desperate effort to like the phenomenon but as an expression of the African American consciousness and compared with it's forebears: Blues, Jazz, Soul, etc. - this stuff really is an insult to the spirit of Blind Willie McTell, all of it.