Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats, Vol. 1
Track Listings
| 1. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaataa, Soul Sonic Force |
| 2. Everything's Going to Be Alright - Naughty By Nature |
| 3. Doowutchyalike - Digital Underground |
| 4. Plug Tunin' (Are You Ready for This) [12" Version] - De La Soul |
| 5. Can't You See - The Notorious B.I.G., Total |
| 6. Move It Like This - K7 |
| 7. Gordy's Groove - Choice Mc, Fresh Gordon |
| 8. Play at Your Own Risk [12" Version] - Planet Patrol |
| 9. Sally - Stetsasonic |
| 10. Ladies First - Monie Love, Queen Latifah |
| 11. Renegades of Funk [12" Version] - Afrika Bambaataa, Soul Sonic Force |
| 12. Lean on Me - Club Nouveau |
| 13. Tears - Club Nouveau |
| 14. Unity, Pt. 1: The Third Coming - Afrika Bambaataa, James Brown |
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
One of the seminal hip-hop labels, Tommy Boy has turned to the successful MTV Party to Go and ESPN Jock Jams series as cash cows, but increasingly the label is also turning to its vaults. Following the Perfect Beats series, a four-volume collection of New York electro-funk and dance music of the early and mid 1980s, comes Greatest Beats, a four-volume series of the label's finest hip-hop, with a sprinkling of R&B. They've left the chronological approach to Ken Burns and his ilk and sought to make mixes that are equal parts historical documents and party tapes. Volume 1 launches with Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force doing "Planet Rock," a song that defined summer 1982. Then the disc seamlessly jumps into the 1990s for Naughty by Nature's "Everything's Going to Be Alright" and Digital Underground's "Doowhutchyalike." In all, it's surprising to see how well Latifah's "Ladies First" and K7's "Move It Like This" aged and how much better the Bambaataa-James Brown collaboration "Unity" sounds without the nearby shadow of "Planet Rock." The mixture of radio, 12-inch, and LP versions creates an interesting combination of funk, rap, and soul. --Martin Johnson
Spin
The four CDs of Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats aren't sequenced chronologically, but they tell the undeniable story of a music's growing pains, and they brilliantly trigger the nostalgic impulse. At the time, the fact that this music came from a zip code beginning with 9 just added to its novelty, but in retrospect it was a harbinger of the day when hip-hop would grow large enough to challenge New York chauvinism.
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Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats, Vol. 1
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ASIN: B00000DHU7 Release Date: 1998-11-03 |
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Amazon.com
One of the seminal hip-hop labels, Tommy Boy has turned to the successful MTV Party to Go and ESPN Jock Jams series as cash cows, but increasingly the label is also turning to its vaults. Following the Perfect Beats series, a four-volume collection of New York electro-funk and dance music of the early and mid 1980s, comes Greatest Beats, a four-volume series of the label's finest hip-hop, with a sprinkling of R&B. They've left the chronological approach to Ken Burns and his ilk and sought to make mixes that are equal parts historical documents and party tapes. Volume 1 launches with Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force doing "Planet Rock," a song that defined summer 1982. Then the disc seamlessly jumps into the 1990s for Naughty by Nature's "Everything's Going to Be Alright" and Digital Underground's "Doowhutchyalike." In all, it's surprising to see how well Latifah's "Ladies First" and K7's "Move It Like This" aged and how much better the Bambaataa-James Brown collaboration "Unity" sounds without the nearby shadow of "Planet Rock." The mixture of radio, 12-inch, and LP versions creates an interesting combination of funk, rap, and soul. --Martin JohnsonCustomer Reviews:
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