The Best of Old School Rappers

~ Release by Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1White Lines
recording of:
White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)
writer:
Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
Four Hills Music Ltd and IQ Music Ltd.
is based on:
Cavern
Grandmaster & Melle Mel4:30
2Vice
producer:
J. Chase and Sylvia Robinson
recording of:
Vice
writer:
Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel), Leland Robinson and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five4:00
3Pump Me Up
producer:
Joey Robinson, Jr. (US Electro funk/hip hop producer, songwriter & engineer) and Sylvia Robinson
instruments and vocals:
Clayton Savage (artist, writer, producer, musician)
recording of:
Pump Me Up
writer:
James Avery, Edward Morris (80s US MC Edward Morris, aka Mr. Ness of Furious Five), Tony Fisher (Big Tony of Trouble Funk), Keith Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five), Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel), Emmett Nixon, Robert Reed (member of Trouble Funk, engineer at Mad Hatter Studio) and Taylor Reed (of Trouble Funk)
publisher:
Hugabut Music, IQ Music Ltd., Island Music Ltd. and Maxx Kidds Music
is based on:
Pump Me Up
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five4:43
4Step Off
producer:
J. Chase and Sylvia Robinson
samples:
For the Love of Money by The O’Jays
recording of:
Step Off
writer:
Edward Morris (80s US MC Edward Morris, aka Mr. Ness of Furious Five), Kory Ward and Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel)
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five7:08
5Freedom
producer:
J. Chase and Sylvia Robinson
recording of:
Freedom
writer:
Keith Cowboy Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five), Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five5:07
6Hustler’s Convention
recording of:
Hustlers Convention
is based on:
Sport
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five6:17
7Survival (Message II)
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five6:45
8Internationally Known
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five7:01
9Birthday Party
producer:
J. Chase and Sylvia Robinson
edit of:
The Birthday Party by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
recording of:
The Birthday Party
writer:
Edward Morris (80s US MC Edward Morris, aka Mr. Ness of Furious Five), Guy Todd Williams, Jiggs Chase, Keith Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five), Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel), Nathaniel Glover (80s US hip hop MC) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five5:46
10Beat Street
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five5:12
11New York, New York
producer:
J. Chase and Sylvia Robinson
recording of:
New York, New York
writer:
Edward Fletcher, Reggie Griffin, Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five7:21
12Flash to the Beat, Pt. 1
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five4:26
13Showdown
recording of:
Showdown
lyricist:
Big Bank Hank, Edward Morris (80s US MC Edward Morris, aka Mr. Ness of Furious Five), Master Gee (US rapper Guy Anthony O’Brien), Guy Todd Williams, Keith Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five), Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel), Nathaniel Glover (80s US hip hop MC) and Wonder Mike
composer:
Larry Johnson (Sugar Hill producer), Michael Johnson and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five With Sugar Hill Gang5:43