In tha Beginning…There Was Rap

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In tha beginning... there was rap
Compilation album by Various Artist
Released 1997
Recorded 1996
Genre Rap
Label Priority Records
Virgin records
Producer Andrew Shack & Violet Brown

In tha beginning... there was rap is a Hip Hop compilation CD on Priority Records and was released in 1997. The concept of the album was to make new versions of classic Hip Hop songs performed by contemporary artists.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Sucker MC's" - Wu-Tang Clan (Original song by Run-DMC)
  2. "Fuck Tha Police" - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Original song by NWA)
  3. "Big Ole Butt" - Sean "Puffy" Combs/Puff Daddy/P Diddy (Original song by LL Cool J)
  4. "6 'n Tha Mornin'" - Master P (Original song by Ice-T)
  5. "Freaky Tales" - Snoop Doggy Dogg (Original song by Too Short)
  6. "Knick Knack Patty Wack" - Tha Dogg Pound (Original song by EPMD)
  7. "Rapper's Delight" - Def Squad (Redman/Erick Sermon/Keith Murray (Original song by Sugar Hill Gang)
  8. "I'm Still #1" - Cypress Hill (Original song by KRS-One)
  9. "I Need A Freak" - Too Short (Original song by Sexual Harrasment)
  10. "Dopeman" - Mack 10 (Original song by NWA)
  11. "Money (Dollar Bill Y'all)" - Coolio (Original song by Jimmy Spicer)
  12. "The Show" - The Roots (Original song by Doug E. Fresh/Slick Rick)

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