Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics
Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics is a double-disc album featuring previously shelved albums Center of Attention by InI and The Original Baby Pa by Deda. Both albums were recorded in 1995 and produced entirely by Pete Rock except for five overall tracks produced either by Grap Luva or Spunk Bigga; Neither album had been officially released until this compilation came out. Both albums were recorded in 1995, and were scheduled to be released through Pete Rock's Soul Brother Records label. The InI single, "Fakin' Jax", was released in that year and performed fairly well. Deda's song "Blah Uno" originally appeared on a live compilation released by Elektra which also gave a catalog number for the album which was then to be called "Every Man For Himself". Unfortunately, Rock's distribution deal with Elektra Records fell through, and plans to release the albums were subsequently cancelled because of issues over ownership of the masters. Center of Attention did, however, find its way onto the underground market through bootlegging.
In a 2006 interview, Pete Rock stated that BBE Records released this compilation without his permission.[1]
InI Center of Attention
| # |
Title |
Producer(s) |
Performer (s) |
| 1 |
"Intro" |
Pete Rock |
*Instrumental* |
| 2 |
"No More Words" |
Pete Rock |
Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O |
| 3 |
"Step Up" |
Grap Luva |
Rob-O, Grap Luva, Ras G |
| 4 |
"Think Twice" |
Pete Rock |
Grap Luva, Pete Rock, Rob-O |
| 5 |
"Square One" |
Pete Rock |
Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O |
| 6 |
"The Life I Live" |
Pete Rock |
Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O |
| 7 |
"Kross Roads" |
Pete Rock |
Rob-O, Pete Rock |
| 8 |
"To Each His Own" |
Pete Rock |
Grap Luva, Q-Tip, Rob-O, Large Professor |
| 9 |
"Fakin Jax'" |
Pete Rock |
Pete Rock, Rob-O, Ras G, Grap Luva |
| 10 |
"What You Say" |
Pete Rock |
Marco Polo, Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O |
| 11 |
"Props" |
Pete Rock |
Rob-O |
| 12 |
"Center Of Attention" |
Pete Rock |
Ras G, Rob-O, Grap Luva |
| 13 |
"Grown Man Sport" |
Pete Rock |
Ras G, Grap Luva, Rob-O, Meccalicious, Marco Polo |
| 14 |
"Mind Over Matter" |
Pete Rock |
Grap Luva, Rob-O, Ras G |
| 15 |
"Don't You Love It" |
Spunk Bigga |
Rob-O |
| 16 |
"Microphonist Wanderlust" |
Grap Luva |
Rob-O |
Samples
- "Intro"
- "Midnight Ravers" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
- "No More Words"
- "Step Up"
- "Think Twice"
- "Square One"
- "Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba" by Harlem Underground Band
- "A Secret" by Billy Taylor
- "The Life I Live"
- "Kross Roads"
- "To Each His Own"
- "Fakin' Jax"
- "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
- "Cause I Need It" by Dorothy Ashby
- "What You Say"
- "Props"
- "Center of Attention"
- "Grown Man Sport"
- "Mind Over Matter"
- "Dedicate All My Love" by Raw Soul Express
- "You Can Fly" by The Sons of Champlin
- "Don't You Love It"
- "Microphonist Wonderlust"
Deda The Original Baby Pa
| # |
Title |
Producer(s) |
Performer (s) |
| 1 |
"Everyman" |
Pete Rock |
Deda, Pete Rock |
| 2 |
"Baby Pa" |
Pete Rock |
Deda |
| 3 |
"How I'm Livin'" |
Pete Rock |
Deda, Vinia Mojica |
| 4 |
"Blah Uno" |
Pete Rock |
Deda |
| 5 |
"Can't Wait" |
Pete Rock |
Deda |
| 6 |
"I Originate" |
Pete Rock |
Deda |
| 7 |
"Markd4death" |
Grap Luva |
Ex-cons |
| 8 |
"Nasty Scene" |
Pete Rock |
Deda |
| 9 |
"Nothing More" |
Pete Rock |
Deda |
| 10 |
"Press Rewind" |
Grap Luva |
Deda, Pete Rock |
| 11 |
"Rhyme Writer" |
Pete Rock |
Deda |
| 12 |
"Too Close" |
Pete Rock |
Deda |
| 13 |
"Understand?" |
Pete Rock |
Deda |
Samples
- "Everyman"
- "Baby Pa"
- "How I'm Livin'"
- "Heartbeat" by The Dazz Band
- "Blah Uno"
- "Can't Wait"
- "I Originate"
- "Markd4death"
- "Nasty Scene"
- "Nothing More"
- "Press Rewind"
- "Anticipation" by Les McCann
- "Why Can't People Be Colors Too?" by The Whatnauts
- "Rhyme Writer"
- "Too Close"
- "Understand?"
- "Soft Winds" by Dorothy Ashby
- "Tensity" by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
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