MTV Presents: Hip-Hop Back in the Day

Artist	Various Artists
Format	CD
Genre	Rap
Label Name	Priority
Release Date	1998 02 17
Song List	1: The Breaks (6:30) 2: The Message (6:34) 3: Planet Rock (5:19) 4: Fat Boys (4:29) 5: Roxanne, Roxanne (4:34) 6: The Show (6:39) 7: Freaks Come Out at Night (4:45) 8: The Overweight Lovers in the House (3:38) 9: South Bronx (5:11) 10: Rock the Bells (4:02) 11: The Bridge (6:33) 12: Funky Cold Medina (4:09) 13: The Message ['98 Remix] (4:07)
Style.Categories	Golden Age, Pop-Rap, Old-School Rap, Hardcore Rap, Electro, Club/Dance, Hip-Hop

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Released to coincide with the first showing of MTV's program This Is Music: Hip-Hop Back in the Day, MTV Presents: Hip-Hop Back in the Day is an excellent collection of early rap hits. While a handful of the songs stretch past old-school and into the late '80s (Boogie Down Productions' "South Bronx," LL Cool J's "Rock the Bells," Tone-Loc's "Funky Cold Medina," MC Shan's "The Bridge"), the majority of the collection is devoted to early- and mid-'80s hits like Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks," Grandmaster Flash's "The Message," Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock," the Fat Boys' "Fat Boys," U.T.F.O.'s "Roxanne, Roxanne," Doug E. Fresh's "The Show," Whodini's "Freaks Come Out at Night," and Heavy D's "The Overweight Lovers in the House." Almost every one of these tracks was a hip-hop milestone, and this isn't a bad way to pick them up on one disc, even if the presence of the bonus 1998 remix of "The Message" leaves a bitter aftertaste. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide