Millennium Hip-Hop Party by Various Artists

Product Description:

Also available as part of a box set on Rhino (75939).

Compilation producers: Garson Foos, Quincy Newell, David McLees.

Includes liner notes by Jon Levy.

Digitally remastered by Dave Schultz & Bill Inglot (DigiPrep).

This is part of Rhino's Millenium Party series.

Those looking for a succinct compilation of the most popular anthems in the history of hip-hop up to 2000 could do far worse than MILLENNIUM HIP-HOP PARTY. Beginning with Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel's admirable anti-drug broadside "White Lines (Don't Do It)," MILLENNIUM HIP HOP PARTY follows the path of hip-hop from the days when its roots were firmly grounded in street culture to the era in which a series of hip-hop anthems were thrust into the collective consciousness. Who will ever forget the phenomena of MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This," House of Pain's "Jump Around," or Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back?"

The tracks are arranged in chronological order. Early cuts like Run DMC's retooling of the Aerosmith classic "Walk This Way" (generally considered to have brought hip-hop to the American mainstream) give way to Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina," Young MC's "Bust a Move," and Rob Base & DJ Easy Rock's "It Takes Two." The closers here come courtesy of Dr. Dre ("Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang") and Snoop Doggy Dogg ("What's My Name") representing hip-hop in all its resplendent mid-'90s West Coast glory.