Celluloid Years

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Collision Cause Chap
• ASIN: B000CIXCEQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,289 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Escapades of Futura 2000 [Original 12-Inch A-Side Mix]

2. The Wildstyle (Rap) [Original Us 12-Inch A-Side Mix]

3. Grand Mixer Cuts It Up [Origial Us 12-Inch A-Side Mix]

4. Makossa Rock [The 11:03 Mix]

5. Get Movin' [Original 12-Inch A-Side with Interview Intro]

6. Mega Mix II (Why Is It Fresh) [12" Short Version Edit][Version]

7. Zulu Wildstyle [Original 12-Inch A-Side, The Wildstyle Remix by ..]

8. Doriella du Fontaine [Original Extended 12-Inch Mix]

9. Zulu Groove [Original Us 12-Inch A-Side Mix]

Disc: 2

1. Change the Beat [Male Version]

2. Change the Beat (French Rap) [Female Version]

3. What I Like [French Dub]

4. Shango Message [Short Vocal Version]

5. Pata Piya

6. Mean Machine

7. Home of Hip Hop [Original Version]

8. Home of Hip Hop [Dub Version]

9. World Destruction

10. Abele Dance

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent old school compilation, March 6, 2009

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This review is from: Celluloid Years (Audio CD)

If you like the old school rap music put out by Sugar Hill Records or Enjoy Records you should really give this a try. Do note that the beats on this comp are old school, not the hip hop style that dominated after L.L. dropped "My Radio."

There are several things that set this 2 disc set apart from other old school collections:
1) I have the compilations listed below (and several others) and most if not all of the songs on this comp are unique to this two disc set
2) this set focuses more on extended mixes and more on dance-floor friendly songs than some other comps
3) you get some early examples of cross cultural diversity on this disc with some early raps in French & Spanish and two tracks by Manu Dibango
4) you get an 8 minute plus proto-rap that was recorded live in the studio with Jimi Hendrix in 1969. This song (Doriella Du Fontaine)is part of rap history and is not necessarily easy to pick up.


If you like this, similar items include the:
"Old School Rap" series from Thump Records
"Old School Jams" series from SPG Records
"Street Jams: Hip Hop from the top" series from Rhino
"Sugar Hill Records Story" boxed set
"Old School Nation" series from Hi-Bias Canada
"Mixtape Sessions, Vol. 1" by Marley Marl on West End Records