Tommy Boy is celebrating their 25th anniversary by giving fans the essentials.
The label will release “Hip-Hop Essentials: 1979-1991.” Although the first four installments have already been released, more are on the way. Four new ones will come out in January and the next batch of four will be released in March. The track listings for the latest discs are as follows:
Disc Five
1 “That’s the Joint” – Funky 4 + 1
2 “Freedom” – Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
3 “Bring the Noize” – Public Enemy
4 “It Takes Two” – Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
5 “Wild Wild West” – Kool Moe Dee
6 “Fat Boys” – Fat Boys
7 “Making Cash Money” – Busy Bee
8 “Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)” – De La Soul
9 “Jimbrowski” – Jungle Brothers
10 “Ladies First” – Queen Latifah (feat. Monie Love)
11 “Hey DJ” – World Famous Supreme Team
12 “Money (Dollar Bill Y’all) – Jimmy Spicer
Disc Six
1 “The Godfather” – Spoonie Gee
2 “Children’s Story” – Slick Rick
3 “My Philosophy” – Boogie Down Productions
4 “New York, New York” – Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
5 “Just to Get a Rep” – Gang Starr
6 “My Melody” – Eric B. & Rakim
7 “King of Rock” – Run-DMC
8 “Wild Thing” – Tone Loc
9 “Just a Friend” – Biz Markie
10 “The Lover in You” – Sugar Hill Gang
11 “Funk Box Party” – Masterdon Committee
12 “We Want Some P” – 2 Live Crew
Disc Seven
1 “I’m Your Pusher” – Ice-T
2 “Talkin’ All That Jazz” – Stetsasonic
3 “Planet Rock” – Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force
4 “The Bubble Bunch” – Jimmy Spicer
5 “My Mic Sounds Nice” – Salt-N-Pepa
6 “Fight the Power” – Public Enemy
7 “Walk This Way” – Run-DMC
8 “Joy & Pain” – Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
9 “Sweet Black Pussy” – DJ Quick
10 “Wrath of My Madness” – Queen Latifah
11 “On the Radio” – Crash Crew
12 “Doowutchyalike” – Digital Underground
Disc Eight
1 “Funk You Up” – Sequence
2 “The Message” – Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
3 “Gucci Time” – Schoolly D
4 “Colors” – Ice-T
5 “Push It” – Salt-N-Pepa
6 “The Gas Face” – 3rd Bass
7 “Slow Down” – Brand Nubian
8 “Mr. Big Stuff” – Heavy D & the Boyz
9 “Check the Rhyme” – A Tribe Called Quest
10 “Buffalo Gals” – Malcolm McLaren & the World’s Famous Supreme Team
11 “Buddy (‘Native Tongue Decision’ Version)” – De La Soul (feat. Jungle Brothers, Q-Tip, Phife, Queen Latifah, and Monie Love)
12 “If I Ruled the World” – Kurtis Blow
Source: Pitchforkmedia.com, MTV.com