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Millennium Hip-Hop Party

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When I saw this CD, I HAD to buy it! It's so hard to find a CD with such cool "old school" rap and rock songs from the early 90s. In the early 90s when I was growing up, rap was fun and funky, not like this babbling garbage of today. How can you deny "The Humpty Dance"? Or House of Pain's "Jump Around"? What about Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" or Marky Mark's "Feel The Vibrations"? These are the fun, feel good songs of the 90s. This CD is worth it's weight in gold!

I had been notorious at high school for scathing hostility towards current-day hip hop and rap of the late 1990s to the present but I never denied how much I loved the earlier years of this formerly wonderful and fun genre of music.

These 18 tracks while varying in enjoyable for me, showcase what I think were and remain staples of the glory years of hip-hop and that once, this now disgusting genre was at one time a genre of fun, dance and even witty.

The best songs for me are "Hip Hop Hooray", a popular basketball theme during games I played at a private school I attended in childhood, "Good Vibrations" arguably my favorite hip-hop classic of all time despite it's cheese factor rearing it's head, "Around The Way Girl" by LL Cool, and even "U Can't Touch This", all of which were anthems for my early childhood during their charting days. I enjoy the rest of the songs as well.

Even parents who despise or are concerned by questionable content in current day rap music would make a good move by buying this collection.

Okay, this is a great album. It brought back memories of school days in the 1990's and 80's. These are some of the best jams ever made but I have one major complaint...were are the WOMEN?!!!
HELLO There are female hip-hop masters too! How are you going to have a Millennium Hip Hop Party without hits like:

UNITY- Queen Latifah
Let's Talk About Sex- Salt-N-Pepa
Dance For Me- Queen Latifah
No Time- Little Kim
I'll Be- Foxy Brown
The Rain- Missy Elliott
Monie in the Middle- Monie Love,

Juicy Got Crazy- Oaktown 357 and countless others! The females get dissed and forgotten once again. This is a good album but they need to make a version for the females. It made no sense to ignore these ladies who've all turned Hip Hop into an art form. Especially Queen Latifah who is the reigning Queen of Hip Hop. What were they thinking?

Much like the "Millennium Dance Party" disc, but not dance, this is simply full of great hip-hop, from what I would call the fun days of rap. I think anybody could come up with another disc of tracks that belong here, but still good stuff. I honestly dig it all, but favorites would be from Grandmaster Flash, Tone Loc, Young MC, and PM Dawn. Plus the biggest hits from Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre for some g-funk. I also went through a decent House Of Pain phase, so glad that's here. In short, if you're anywhere near 30 and need just one disc of old rap, this collection is the bomb!

There are so many great songs on this CD. "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ Easy Rock is one of the best songs! I also like "U Can't Touch This" and "Good Vibrations".

If you never listened to Rap, consider this an invitation. "Milleneum Hip Hop Party" shines with the best of the early '90s Rap. Distinctly before it became a currently overrated fashion show on MTV. These bands paved the way for many new Rap listeners. Especially due to is bright, bitingly honest, and comical view of life, love, and lust. The result is a compilation CD that's a must for those who wanted good, clean Rap with a message.

Aside from Grandmaster Flash and RUN-DMC, this CD plays solid beats with many "One-hit wonders" such as Digital Underground, Marky Mark, Young MC, and PM Dawn. Yet their music was nonetheless important. Familiar names such as LL Cool J, Hammer, and Dr. Dre sing some of their earliest hits.

"Hip Hop Party" is a great CD that symbolizes early '90s Rap. This compilation CD is a must buy for those who never bought a Rap CD. You will not be dissappointed...

1. White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash 5/5
2. Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C. 5/5
3. Funky Cold Medina - Tone-Loc 4/5
4. Humpty Dance - Digital Underground 5/5
5. Bust a Move - Young MC 4/5
6. It Takes Two - Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock 5/5    
7. U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer 5/5    
8. Parents Just Don't Understand - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince 5/5  
9. Around the Way Girl - LL Cool J 5/5   
10. Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - P.M. Dawn 5/5    
11. Tennessee - Arrested Development 3/5   
12. Now That We Found Love - Heavy D & the Boyz 5/5   
13. Good Vibrations - Funky Bunch 5/5    
14. Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot 5/5   
15. Jump Around - House of Pain 5/5    
16. Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty by Nature 5/5    
17. Who Am I (What's My Name)? - Snoop Dogg  5/5
18. Nuthin' but a "G" Thang - Dr. Dre 5/5

MY BOYFRIEND AND I LOVE THIS CD. IT BRINGS BACK MANY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. THIS WAS WHEN RAP/HIP HOP WAS TOLERABLE. NOW ITS HORRIBLE. THIS CD IS EVERYTHING FROM MARKY MARK AND THE FUNKY BUNCH TO DR DRE. SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. YOU SHOULD GET THIS CD YOULL LOVE IT!!!!!!

If you're a fan of these tunes from the 90s, you'll love this disc. Yes, they omit a couple (Wild Thing by Tone Loc, Gonna Make Ya Sweat by CNC Music Factory), and they have a couple that are not "real" hits in my mind -- Tennessee by Arrested Development? Why did they put this song on here? Of course, though, that's personal preference. Overall, great mix.

This has to be one of my FAVORITE CD's of all time! You will NOT be sorry you bought it!!