Rudy Ray Moore - Greatest Hits [Explicit Lyrics]

Rudy Ray Moore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 5, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: The Right Stuff
• ASIN: B000002U0S
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,289 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #19 in Music > Miscellaneous > Comedy > Shock Comedy
  • #95 in Music > Miscellaneous > Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews > Spoken Word

Track Listings

1. Dolemite

2. Rings N' Thangs

3. Petey Wheatstraw

4. 3 Boyfriends

5. Shine and the Great Titanic

6. Signifying Monkey

7. Hurricane Annie

8. Bitches N' Beans

9. Pimpin' Sam

10. Lion'S, Gators N' Goodshit

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Nasty, May 19, 2000

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Eddie Landsberg "My 10th year as a reviewer !... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rudy Ray Moore - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

If you think Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy had foul mouths, dig this for sure !

In fact, long before West Coast rap, Rudy was rapping about the hustler's, players and sexual prowess (*I'm purposely trying to keep the language tame here...)except *IMHO* his lack of self absorption made it funny and entertaining. (Many of these rhymes actually came from prison toasts that were passed on from person to person... but he put his own flavor to it and preserved them for posterity.) These albums for sure weren't sold at most stores and definitely weren't played on the radio, but if you were throwing a party, they were a must have !

Rudy Ray Moore's mixture of stand up comedy, "rapping" and all things bad and nasty made him an underground party icon. It was the charactors in many of these "blue" comedy routines, that would eventually evolve into the charactors in his outragous near zero budget action/comedy films which in themselves became classics... among them - - Dolemite, The Human Tornado, Avenging Disco Godfather, Petey Wheatstraw). For sure, he is now a '70s and "players" icon.

I wish I could discuss the content of this album here, but well, let's just say, not while the children are listening.

If you enjoy this CD, I strongly reccomend checking out THE HUSTLER'S CONVENTION (Lightening Rod), stuff by the last poets, hunting down some BLOWFLY, and renting the HUMAN TORNADO (my favorite movie of his) - - then getting your nasty bad self to church.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hands-down the funniest raunch act of all time..., November 8, 1999

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[e-mail] (Vancouver, Washington U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rudy Ray Moore - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I first heard Rudy on 8-track when I was a teenager riding up to Northern Michigan for summer hockey camp in 1972. We nearly died lauging at the best flat-down nasty comic in the biz. Redd was on, Richard and Eddie have kept it going, but Rudy Ray Moore was the grandfather - the original and still the best. Check your timidness at the door: Rudy will kill you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I ain't lyin'!, March 22, 2006

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rudy Ray Moore - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This CD contains the original rap monologue "Dolemite" which has established the career of Rudy Ray Moore, known as the Godfather of Rap and King of Party Records. Mr. Moore glides through such classic raps as the "Signifying Monkey" and, the folklore tale "Petey Wheatstraw", also featured on this CD is a longtime favorite "The Great Titanic".

Mr. Moore glides through the rap monologue with perfect timing, which makes him the worlds first comic to take a bold approach in the comedy vein using ghetto expressions in a form of art. Mr. Moore has gained respect from many great rappers and comedians from this CD. Many rappers have sampled and gave lyrical nods to Mr. Moore. Keep on doing your thing. Hail to the king of party records.