Hip Hop Essentials - Vol. 9

Probably the most funky hip hop CD of this series, containing tracks such as "It's Funky Enough" by the D.O.C., the deep dark drum echoing "PSK What Does It Mean? from Schoolly D, James Brown-ish funky tracks like "Have a Nice Day" from Roxanne Shanté and Salt-N-Peppa's "Lets Talk About Sex".

Songs like "P Is Free" from Boogie Down Productions and even "Can I Kick It" from A Tribe Called Quest and based on Lou Reed's "Take a Walk On the Wildside" complete the funky sound.

The CD tops it off with a real co-production: Afrikaa Bambaataa / James Brown. "Unity" can't get funkier than James Brown, now can you?

Track		Artist		Song		BPM
1		EPMD		It's My Thing		102
2		The D.O.C.		It's Funky Enough		90
3		Schoolly D		P.S.K. (What Does It Mean)		98
4		A Tribe Called Quest		Can I Kick It		96
5		Just-Ice		Goin' Way Back		88
6		Roxanne Shante		Have A Nice Day		101
7		Boogie Down Productions		P Is Free		90
8		Chubb Rock		Treat 'Em Right		116
9		DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince		Girls Ain't Nuthin' But Trouble		97
10		Salt-N-Pepa		Let's Talk About Sex		106
11		Crash Crew		Breakin' Bells (Take Me To The Mardi Gras)		99
12		Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown		Unity		111