Old School Rap, Vol. 3

Track Listings

1. Grandmaster Flash Intro

2. Tonite - DJ Quik, DJ Quik

3. My Melody - Eric B. & Rakim, Rakim

4. Go See the Doctor - Kool Moe Dee

5. Vapors - Biz Markie

6. Di da Di

7. I Got It Made - Special Ed

8. Killers - Ice-T

9. Cinderfella Dana Dane - Dana Dane

10. My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions

11. Grandmaster Flash Break

12. Ain't No Half Stepppin' - Big Daddy Kane

13. Request Line - Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three

14. Have a Nice Day - Roxanne Shanté

15. Tonight (Reprise) - DJ Quik

16. Bust a Move - Young MC

17. Wild Thing - Tone-Loc

18. Grandmaster Flash Outro

Old School Rap, Vol. 3

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Great Buy
Old School Jams, Vol. 3
If You're Not Concerned With Quality..................
The Word Is Out
back to the old school

Old School Jams, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Spg Records
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ASIN: B00005Q4AN
Release Date: 2002-05-17

Tracks:

Word Up (12' Vocal Version) - Cameo
Super Freak(Disoc Mix) - Rick James
Let It Whip(Original Mix) - Dazz Band
The Roof Is On Fire(CLub DJ Mix) - Rock Master Scott And The Dynamic Three
Freak-A-Zoid(Full Length Album Version) - Midnight Star
Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)(Original Mix) - Man Parrish
In My House(12' Version) - Mary Jane Girls
You Dropped A Bomb On Me(Original Mix) - Gap Band
Ladies Night(12' Remix) - Kool & The Gang
A Night To Remember(Original mix) - Shalamar
The Word Is Out(West Mix Extended Version) - Jermaine Stewart
Hangin' On A String(Extended Dance Mix) - Loose Ends

Tracks:

Celebration(Original Version) - Kool & The Gang
Rumors(Long Version) - Timex Social Club
Candy Girl(Original 12' Vocal Version) - New Edition
Rapture(Long Version) - Blondie
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life(Original 12' Mix) - Indeep
Ain't Nothing Gon' On But The Rent(Original mix) - Gwen Guthrie
Rock Steady(12' Extended VErsion) - The Whispers
You're The One For Me(Francios Kevorkian & Hubert Eaves lll Remix) - 'D' Train
Heartbeat(Larry Levan's CLub Version) - Taana Gardner
Jam On It(Original Mix) - Newcleus
Play At Your Own Risk(Original Mix) - Planet Patrol
The Show (Original 12 Inch Vocal Mix) - Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew

Album Description

2 CDs featuring original extended mixes by New Edition, Cameo, Doug E. Fresh, Gap Band, Kool & The Gang, Blondie, Jermaine Sweet, The Whispers Rick James and more. 24 tracks. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Great Buy.......2007-04-26

I agree with Mr. Pac Dan about some of the songs not being 12 inches, but still is a great buy, especially as a constant enjoyment reminder of the real essence of music and just havin' a phenomenally great/quality time whenever you heard these songs.

Old School Jams, Vol. 3.......2006-12-21

It has taken me years to finally find a disk with the "Original" version of "The Show" with Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew. For those in the know, the part where Slick Rick says "Me-Shell, Ma-Bell...." was strangely edited out in every other version of the song that I've ever come across on Compact Disc. A special "Thank You" to whomever found the "Original" 12-inch version!

The rest of the disk isn't bad, either. But, for me, it's strictly "The Show!" Four stars!!

If You're Not Concerned With Quality.........................2006-09-13

Then you will enjoy this CD otherwise it's a waste of money, mostly Vinyl records transferred to CD and poorly done at that. You can clearly hear vinyl noise and pops/crackles. There should be a law that CD's transfered from vinyl records should state so on the package. I wasted my money.
"D-"

The Word Is Out.......2006-07-17

I bought this CD for one song - "The Word Is Out" by Jermaine Stewart. I can't even tell you what is on the rest of the CD. I received it in a hurry, though, and I appreciate that. Thanks much, Angelia

back to the old school.......2005-09-23

this is a nice collection of old school songs theres not one song I cant listen to.
I would recommened it for everybody who used to go clubbing back in the 80s..

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Memories
DJ "DR. Don" Garberg

Street Jams: Electric Funk, Vol. 3
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ASIN: B00000336A
Release Date: 1994-02-22

Tracks:

Skanless Electric Funk Megamix (Phase 2) - Steve Yano/Juice 'The Electric Wire'
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster & Melle Mel
Take A Chance - Nuance
Looking For The Perfect Beat - Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force
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Customer Reviews:

Memories.......2007-03-20

Brings back the good old memories, if you liked them then you will like them now.

DJ "DR. Don" Garberg.......1999-12-28

I have used this CD for many dance parties and this music gets them up and dancing everytime.

Tracks:

I Do Love You - GQ
Ooh Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
Shotgun - Jr. Walker And The All Stars
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - The Temptations
Payback - James Brown
Have You Seen Her - The Chi Lites
Float On - The Floaters
Love Can Be So Wonderful - The Temprees
I Want You Back - Don Julian And The Larks
Cross My Heart - Billy Stewart
Betcha By Golly Wow - The Stylistics
Make It Easy On Yourself - Jerry Butler

Customer Reviews:

SOUL MUSIC.......2000-08-02

Yes Yes This is The Kind OF Compilation that you gotta get your hands on Fast.SO Many Great Talented Artists&Songs that just get better with Time.Classic Soul with Feeling,Creativity&Vision.All Of The Essential Elements in Making Great Music.it's all here&More.This is Repeated Listening.

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Totally appropriate mix
A Must For Those Who Love Old School
What a Waste of Time & Money--Major Disappointment
Quality Selection
Classic songs treated with very little respect

Old School Rap, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Thump Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000037ZQ
Release Date: 1996-12-03

Tracks:

Grandmaster Flash Intro - Grandmaster Flash
Tonite - DJ Quik
My Melody - Eric B & Rakim
Go See The Doctor - Kool Moe Dee
Vapors - Biz Markie
La Di Da Di - Doug E. Fresh
I Got It Made - Special Ed
Killers - Ice-T
Cinderfella - Dana Dane
My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions
Grandmaster Flash Break - Grandmaster Flash
Ain't No Half Steppin' - Big Daddy Kane
Request Line - Rock Master Scott
Have A Nice Day - Roxanne Shante
Tonight (Reprise) - DJ Quik
Bust A Move - Young MC
Wild Thing - Tone Loc
Grandmaster Flash Outro - Grandmaster Flash

Customer Reviews:

Totally appropriate mix.......2005-09-06

handing the mixing duties to grandmaster flash was a perfect idea -- each of these tracks were well chosen, and he handles the mixing duties perfectly.

the other folks that have gone on about the mixes trimming the tracks down miss the point of this disc -- it's a dj mix, not a compilation. he does a great job of mixing these tracks as they would have been during the time of their release... it's not crazy remixed a la the skratch piklz, but rather a simple 2 turntable mix that lets the vocals breathe.

listening to this makes me feel like i just found an old c60 from back in the day.

A Must For Those Who Love Old School.......2003-07-09

I am very disappointed in the prior Amazon reviews which gave this album poor ratings. I found the album to be a great compilation of old school rap. I consider myself to be an old school fan with knowledge in the field, and of all the music I have listened to this album is a perfect assembly of the greatest jams from the eighties. Grandmaster Flash's mixes are flawless; he combines the beats in perfect proportion. I give it 5 stars and two thumbs up!

What a Waste of Time & Money--Major Disappointment.......2003-02-26

I purchased the 4-CD Box Set of this collection, but regarding disc 3, I was disappointed beyond words. Yet, I'll try to express myself in this review. It's really very simple. I'm quite sure most people buying this CD are interested in listening to these classic, old school rap songs. Instead, you get Grandmaster Flash basically mixing & scratching every single song at the beginning, and cutting the length of each song from the beginning to the end!! I can't believe that the label who put this out (THUMP) felt the target audience would be interested in hearing a mix sesssion that sounds like it was done by ME in my bedroom when I was 12 years old. People want to hear these songs in an uncut, original capacity, not sounding like they've been transfered from a Saturday night rap-oriented radio mixshow. This is absolutely terrible!!!

Quality Selection.......2002-12-23

Perhaps this collection of Old Skool classics disappoints some because the originals were not included in their entirety. However, they were chosen and mixed by Grandmaster Flash, which in itself is an historical blessing, as his professional ear really lends a special touch to the mix.

The songs featured here are real classics, covering such perspectives as: educational (KRS-One with Boogie Down Productions), beat box (Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick), female (Roxanne Shante), pop (Young MC, Tone Loc), and just straight-up founders (Eric B and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, DJ Quik, etc.). The songs featured on this album are clear influences on just about everything that came out after them.

The only song I personally don't like is "Request Line," but I'm obviously in the minority as Missy Elliot uses the opening sample on her most recent album.

In addition to the music, the CD comes with a textured cover--> in the picture on this website, the photo of Grandmaster Flash is fuzzy. But when you buy the CD, as you move the cover back and forth, it looks like he's scratching the vinyl while bopping his head to the music. Kick ass!

Classic songs treated with very little respect.......2002-09-16

I was really looking foward to getting this CD soley for Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh's "La Di Da Di",undeniably one of the greatest hip-hop songs ever written.As I listened,I was horrified to realise that "La Di Da Di" was cut down from it's original length to just 2 minutes 54 seconds.Ricky D's entire spoken word intro was cut out and,even worse,the entire second half of the song with the Biggie Smalls sampled 'Hypnotise' verse was cut!On this CD,the song ends with Rick saying;"If I can't have you,she can't neither".Which is disgraceful.That's nowhere near the end of the song.
I was very disappointed with this album.Almost all of the other songs were cut short from their original length too.What is the point in compiling a collection of old skool classics if they're not going to be played in their entirety?
For some inexplicable reason,Eric B & Rakim's "My Melody" is shortened too and is really speeded up.Rakim sounds like he's inhaled helium.Don't waste your money on this CD...

Phat Trax: The Best of Old School, Vol. 3

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RHINO gets it right this time!!!
The whole 7 CD set is DA BOMB!!!!

Phat Trax: The Best of Old School, Vol. 3
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ASIN: B00000342P
Release Date: 1997-06-24

Tracks:

Cutie Pie - One Way
Watching You - Slave
You Are In My System - The System
Don't Stop The Music - Yarbrough & Peoples
Chase Me - Con Funk Shun
Just That Type Of Girl - Madame X
777-9311 - The Time
Free World - Jesse Johnson's Revue
Atomic Dog (Atomic Mix) - George Clinton
Tramp - Otis Redding & Carla Thomas

Customer Reviews:

RHINO gets it right this time!!!.......2005-08-15

Sometimes, rhino doesn't go all out and give us the full versions of classic dance tracks, but with this series, they give it all, with great sound quality. Track times for this volume:

1. cutie pie (5:29)
2. watching you (4:44)
3. you are in my system (6:01)
4. don't stop the music (7:58)
5. chase me (5:42)
6. just that type of girl (6:26)
7. 777-9311 (8:08)
8. free world (7:10)
9. atomic dog (10:03)
10. tramp (3:01)

The whole 7 CD set is DA BOMB!!!!.......1999-07-09

I have the whole set (7 CD's)and it is the bomb. You get jam after jam. I promise that you may not like no more than two song on each CD and that is only on maybe one or two of the 7 CD set. I would recommend this set to anyone who loves the soul music of the late 70' early 80's. BUY THIS WHOLE SET NOW. YOU CAN HAVE A OLD SCHOOOL PARTY AND PLAY THIS WHOLE SET AND NOTHING ELSE. This set will make you run out the room because it is so funky.

I really have enjoyed these CD's and I have started to purchase the greatest hits collections of the artists on this set and I am turning into a old school collector.

Excuse me while I get my funk on!

Tracks:

Freestyle Over Chic Good Times Instrumental/Take Me To The Mardi Gras Instrumental - Busy Bee
Here We Go - Khadejia
Freestyle Over Mobb Deep Give Up The Goods (Just Step) Instrumental - DMX
Freestyle Over Raekwon Incarcerated Scarfaces Instrumental - Charli Baltimore/Cam'ron
Ain't No Nigga - Jay Z
Freestyle Over Wu-Tang Clan MGM Instrumental - Ice Cube/Mack 10
Freestyle Over Instrumental - KRS-One
Wild For The Night - Rampage
Thug Brothers - Big Punisher/Noreaga
Freestyle Over Instrumental - Mos Def
Prime Time - Tha Alkaholiks/Xzibit
Freestyle Over Xzibit Los Angeles Times Instrumental - Common
Freestyle Over Raekwon Ice Cream Instrumental - Canibus
Freestyle Over Wu-Tang Clan-Triumph Instrumental - Missy Elliott
Freestyle Over Mona Lisa Instrumental - Slick Rock
Show Down - Buckshot/Q-Tip
Do That - Cocoa Brovas
Shook Ones Pt. II - Mariah Carey
Freestyle Over Wu-Tang Clan-It's Yourz Instrumental - King Sun
Freestyle Over Instrumental - Gang Starr
Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya - Lyve-N. Dyrect
Get Money - Jr. Mafia
Wu-Tang Cream Team Line-Up - Wu-Tang Clan
Freestyle Over Tha Alkaholiks Next Level Instrumental - Oeter Gunz/Lord Tariq
Freestyle Over Raekwon Glaciers Of Ice Instrumental - Mobb Deep
That Shit - A Tribe Called Quest/JD Of Slum Village
Freestyle Over Mobb Deep Hell On Earth Instrumental - Erykah Badu
Freestyle Over Xzibit At The Speed Of Life Instrumental - Big Punisher/Fat Joe/The Terror Squad
Shimmy Shimmy Ya - Ol' Dirty Bastard
Put Your Hammer Down - Wu-Tang Clan
Jump Around - House Of Pain
OPP - Naughty By Nature
Whoop Whoop - DJ Pooh
Eightball - Eightball
Freestyle Over Mobb Deep Drop A Gem On Em Instrumental - EPMD
Freestyle Over Sadat X Lump Lump Instrumental - Keith Murray
Show Me Love - 24/7
Freestyle Over Instrumental - Busta Rhymes & The Flip Mode Squad
10% DIS - Foxy Brown
Freestyle Over Instrumental - Shaquille O'Neal & Sonja Blade

Customer Reviews:

Funkmaster Flex's worst Volume.......2003-05-01

Funkmaster Flex has had the reputation of laying down some banging beats for hip hop's top stars to freestyle over. But on Vol. 3 there's not enough good beats or good songs to make this album satifying. There are lots of missteps on here, Mariah Carey over Mobb Deep's Shook Ones Pt. 2 beat, Missy Elliot's freestyle over Wu-Tang's Triumph completely ruins the beat, DMX's freestyle ruins the Give up the Goods beat by Mobb Deep. Ice Cube doesn't even drop a verse on the Mack 10 freestyle, he just talks in the beginning of the freestyle. Funkmaster Flex gathered all of these big hip hop stars and didn't milk them for his worth, he also cuts [bad] hip hop and r&b songs together in between. Get Vol. 2 or Vol. 1, they have much better beats and more satifying performances by various rappers.

There is nothing Better!!.......2003-03-11

WOW! I just finished listing to 60 minutes of funk Vol. 3. This is by far one of the best DJ albums of history. It has everyone that you can think of. From Ice Cube all the way to Jay Z and everyone in between. Most of the beats are from previopu songs but are the best. This album definetly shows this is Funik Flex's best CD ever!

My 'white honkey' view.......2001-02-27

this is some good hip hop the DMX song was hot but i'd have to say the terror squad cuts over xzibits 'at the speed of life was a bangin tune

PICK IT UP.......2000-06-11

This is a good cd. Although it doesn't rank up with some of the other funkmaster flex projects in the past, it is a very good compilation. This project blends excellent freestyles with an amazing variety of beautifully laced beats. There's no doubt that this is a well put together lp that is well worth the flex stamp of approval.

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Classic Beats and Breaks, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Priority Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Fantastic collection
Fresh
total dance retro

The Perfect Beats, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Tommy Boy
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ASIN: B00000AFIE
Release Date: 1998-10-06

Tracks:

Give Me Tonight - Shannon
If This Ain't Love - Jay Novell
On The Upside - Xena
99 1/2 - Carol Lynn Townes
Release Yourself - The Aleems
Din Daa Daa - George Kranz
Emotional Disguise - Peter Godwin
Let Me Go - Heaven 17
Renegades Of Funk - Afrika Bambaataa + Soulsonic Force
Al Naafiysh (The Soul) - Hashim
Remember What You Like - Jenny Burton
Honey To A Bee - Tina B
All Night Passion - Alisha
Do You Want It Right Now - Seidah Garrett

Amazon.com

More ass-shaking artifacts from the early-'80s dawn of electro, hip-hop, and freestyle. This might be the least distinct disc in the set, but in such great company, that's hardly a put-down. Of all the volumes, number 3 hews closest to the strictures of the compilation's subtitle, "New York Electro Hip-Hop + Underground Dance Classics, 1980-1985," though Heaven 17's "Let Me Go" came out of England and was in no sense underground. The excellent liner notes by Brian Chin don't mention it, but this also seems to be the diva disc of the bunch, with high-volume output from Shannon, Tina B, Carol Lynn Townes, Alisha, Seidah Garrett, and Xena (no, not that one!). --John Sanchez

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic collection.......2005-10-15

Volume 3 is part of a 4 CD collection put together by a subsiduary of Tommy Boy records. The four CDs are so awesome that they made up the sounds that myself and my colleagues listened to along with The Freestylers FSUK mix album and We Rock Hard when we launched and PR'ed a raft of dot.bombs in London.

Fresh.......2004-09-06

Spanning from 1980-1985 the releases on this compilation offer some of the best kept secrets of 80's dance/hip hop and freestyle.

Featuring Siedah Garrett's "Do you want it right now"? .Garrett was known for her work with Dennis Edwards, Quincy Jones, and Michael Jackson. This will be a pleasant suprise to catch her earlier work. The song is a great example of early 80's dance beats with a great vocalist.

Another suprise is Xena's "On the upside". Xena is actually grammy award winning vocalist Lisa Fischer who also is best known as a back up vocalist to Luther Vandross.

Other standouts are Shannon's addictive "Give me tonight", Carol Lynn Towne's "99 1/2" and Tina B.'S "Honey to a bee"

The other standout is the dance floor classic "Din Daa Daa" by producer George Kranz. The song also known as "The ha" by some of the younger generation is still popular and can be found in heavy rotation on remix cds and even clubs. Made popular by a dance scene in the movie "Breakin' 2:Electric Boogaloo" it has aged well.

Any fan of this genre will find an embarrasment of riches as the unknown songs are the just as good as the hits. Just imagine driving through the city at midnight or at the club jamming and dancing until the wee hours of the morning. This disc will take u back to that time or will make u wish u were alive to enjoy it!

total dance retro.......1999-06-04

One of the finest dance compilations that I have been able to listen to

Diggin' The Crates Vol. 3: For The Old School Beat

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7 hot hip hop tracks and some filler -- wrong track listing though!!
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Diggin' The Crates Vol. 3: For The Old School Beat
Various Artists
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ASIN: B000001RMQ
Release Date: 1997-10-08

Tracks:

Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
Boogie Down Bronx - J.V.C. Force
Set It Out - Midway
Bass Drum Ma Bass Drum - George Kranz
Eat E'm Up (Yum Yum) - Beat Box Boys
Feel The Heart Beat - Treacherous Three
Rockin' It - Fearless Four
Just Havin' Fun - Doug E. Fresh
Spoonie Rap - Spoonie Gee
Superappin - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Bubble Gum (I Chewz You) - Captain Sky
Johnson Pumpin - Johnson Products

Customer Reviews:

7 hot hip hop tracks and some filler -- wrong track listing though!!.......2005-07-15

"Diggin 3" has two track titles wrong, though. Wrong artists, wrong title -- wrong song altogether. The selection of tracks itself is acceptable, but it seems that the person doing the track listing -- I picture a non-hip hop graphic artist or a record label intern -- didn't know the songs and apparently tried to logically deduce which songs they were.

Track 7 is listed as "Rockin' It" by the Fearless Four. This is actually "The New Rap Language" by The Treacherous Three. However, the Treacherous Three say the word "rock" a ridiculous amount of times on this song. Plus, the Treacherous Three was named after it's original three members, but by the time they recorded "The New Rap Language" they actually had four members, having added the young Kool Moe Dee, easily recognizable on this track because it is the best early showcase of his innovative "speed rap" that I know of.

Track 10 is listed as "Superrappin'" by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. This is actually another 1979 track of epic length by the Funky 4 + 1 -- "Rappin' And Rockin' The House." The track lister deserves a major gas face on this one -- The Furious 5 never had a woman, as in Sha Rock, who was the "plus one" of the Funky 4 + 1.

If anyone else has this CD and is looking for the correct tracks and years -- unlisted on the CD insert, which is not surprising if "Hot Productions" didn't get the track names right -- here it is. Source of years is my own research, some more reliable than others.

*"Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith (1981)
*"Boogie Down Bronx" by JVC Force (1988)
"Set It Out" by Midway (1984)
"Bass Drum Ma Bass Drum" by George Kranz (1985)
"Eat Em' Up (Yum Yum)" by Beat Box Boys (1984)
*"Feel The Heart Beat" by The Treacherous Three (1981)
*"The New Rap Language" by The Treacherous Three (1980)
*"Just Having Fun" by Doug E. Fresh (1984)
*"Spoonin' Rap" by Spoonie Gee (1980)
*"Rapping And Rocking The House" by Funky 4 + 1 (1979)
"Bubble Gum (I Chewz You)" by Captain Sky (1980)
"Johnson Pumpkin" by Johnson Products (?)

* = the hot tracks

The Captain Sky song is kind of funny as well, as he milks the gum metaphor for all it's worth.

BBOys Everywhere.......1999-03-16

Full Froce Crew is in the HOus