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It Takes Two

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This features one of the three kings of old school rap Rob Base and his awesome partner who is known as DJ E-Z Rock. This album features two of the most popular songs in the eighties "It Takes Two" and "Joy and Pain". The other two kings of old school rap are Tone Loc and his awesome album "Loc-ed After Dark" and Maestro Fresh-Wes with his bass pumping ablbum "Symphony in Effect". This album is an absolute must, if you are a old school rap enthusiast!

This was my first time using Amazon. I was all pumped up since I was attending the recent DOUG E FRESH concert and wanted to get my party started. I couldnt find his cd on line but I will keep checking. In the meantime I came across another old school group ROB BASE and received my cd in no time. Thank you Amazon!

When I used to Break this was a high influence on what I would hit the ground for. Very energetic music that helps keep the spirit of HIP HOP alive. I could listen to this everyday and it still wouldn't get old.

WOW.. Missed this album, But I had on Tape and then CD, after that time was stolen and Finally found on CD only here at Amazon! Thanks! Just ripped from CD to MP3 so I can listen on iPod!

DAMN! I'm astounded that almost a quarter of a century has passed since the release of Rob Base and D.J. E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two."

It seems like yesterday that I was listening to "Get On the Dance Floor" on the radio, which introduced me to and subsequently got me hooked on the sound of Base and Rock. I've heard that sampled (along with everything else from the 60s through to the 90s) in today's "music," so just thinking about how influential this album was and remains is really saying something.

While the title song and "Joy and Pain" seem to be the only two tracks ever played from this album, "Get On the Dance Floor" along with "Keep It Goin' Now" and "Don't Sleep On It" are just as worthy of equal attention ... if not more. It was a joy (pun intended) to already know half the album from listening to the radio back in the late-1980s and familiarize myself with the rest of the tracks today. (It's too bad radio is so corporatized today that the same handful of tracks from the same handful of "singers" are played over and over and over again, depriving today's kids of the opportunity to get to know other tracks from an album - especially the tracks that don't have that all-important video to promote them).

I love the current euphemism of "old school" as opposed to using the term "oldies" when describing old music, but I don't care how old "It Takes Two" is, it has been a staple of my music collection since its release and hearing the songs now in my early-30s makes me love it all the more and really long for the days of actual music (even if there was sampling in the songs, like here, the people still could actually sing). - Donna Di Giacomo

This is an excellent CD. From "Joy and Pain" to "It takes Two" the whole CD is good.

This cd starts with the two greatest songs by the two. How can one compare? It rocks!

This updated c.d. album is not the original album that released in the late 80's early 90's but the songs & tracks on the updated album are the exact same tracks on the original. You would pay around $50.00 for the original before shippping costs. The updated album is just like going to a music store & buying a new album released in todays 2009 world of music for usually under $20.00 after taxes in the majority of the 50 states in the United States of America. You can't go wrong with this updated version. Only difference with this album you would have to purchase online or "special order" the updated version through your favorite music store if they didn't have in stock. (In most cases) So if you're old skool like me get this c.d. than listening to the complicated or different styles of music today that most "teens" listen to that (I) rather not listen to.

This CD arrived in excellent condition sooner than expected. Will definitely order from this seller again.

there isn't one bad song or average song on the album, all 10 songs are classics.