Old School Hip-Hop Jams

Artist	Various Artists
Format	CD
Genre	Rap
Label Name	SPG
Release Date	2007 10 30
Song List	1: O.P.P. (4:25) 2: The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) (3:57) 3: Chief Rocka [Rumblin' Mix] (3:55) 4: Just to Get a Rep (3:06) 5: I Got a Man (3:36) 6: They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (4:29) 7: Slow Down (3:54) 8: 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) (4:27) 9: Passin' Me By (5:01) 10: Buddy [Native Tongue DeCision] (7:14) 11: Live at the Barbeque (4:29) 12: Jamaican Funk: Canadian Style (3:20) 13: Jump Around (3:25) 14: The Humpty Dance [Hump Mix] (6:19) 15: Paid in Full [Seven Minutes of Madness: The Coldcut Remix] (7:07) 16: Hip Hop Junkies (3:24) 17: Treat 'Em Right (4:32) 18: Do This My Way (4:21) 19: Express Yourself [Extended Mix] (4:30) 20: Check Yo Self ["The Message" Remix] (3:51) 21: So Wat Cha Sayin' (4:42) 22: Come Clean (4:44) 23: Just a Friend (3:58) 24: The Symphony, Vol. 1 (6:10)
Style.Categories	Golden Age, Underground Rap, Old-School Rap

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Though it's a budget compilation, the two-disc Old School Hip-Hop Jams is actually a pretty good collection of tracks from some of the more popular rap acts of the late '80s and early '90s. There are a few unnecessary remix versions included (Ice Cube's "Check Yo Self," Black Sheep's "The Choice Is Yours"), along with a typo (it's "Just to Get a Rep") and the requisite budget "huh?" cut (Michie Mee & L.A. Luv's "Jamaican Funk: Canadian Style"), but there are also a lot of really great selections, among them Main Source's "Live at the Barbeque," Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full," Naughty by Nature's "O.P.P.," and Jeru the Damaja's "Come Clean." Yeah, LL Cool J, KRS-One, Public Enemy, and Tribe are all excluded (though Q-Tip is featured on De La Soul's "Buddy"), but it's still pretty representative of hip-hop's golden age, and a pretty decent way to be exposed to what was happening during that time. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide