Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats 1

Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tommy Boy
• ASIN: B00000DHU7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,777 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Planet Rock - Afrika Bamabaataa & Soul Sonic Force

2. Everything's Going to Be Alright - Naughty By Nature

3. Doowutchyalike - Digital Underground

4. Plug Tunin' (Are You Ready for This) [12" Version] - De La Soul

5. Can't You See - Total

6. Move It Like This - K7

7. Gordy's Groove - Choice MC's

8. Play at Your Own Risk [12" Version] - Planet Patrol

9. Sally - Stetsasonic

10. Ladies First - Queen Latifah

11. Renegades of Funk [12" Version] - Afrika Bambabaataa & Soul Sonic Force

12. Lean on Me - Club Nouveau

13. Tears - Force M.D.'s

14. Unity, Pt. 1: The Third Coming - Afrika Bambabaataa & The Godfather Of Soul James Brown

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A Nice Collection, Not Great But..., May 14, 2010

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X. Casto "xcasto" (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats 1 (Audio CD)

If you are a fan of the music found on the Tommy Boy Label from 1981 to 1996 then this compilation will have you walking down "Memory Lane"... A number of tracks on Volume 1 make it a nice addition to any Hip Hop collection but odds are if you are a fan then you probably have most of the tracks in this collection already.

I think Tommy Boy would have done us a better service if their "Greatest Beats" were just Beats and Instrumentals to the songs.

One nice thing about this collection is the "Mixman" software included on the CD.

The real rub about this collection is I can say the same thing about all the volumes in the collection... They're great if you don't have them already but these songs have appeared in so many collections and since it doesn't have many "single" versions of the songs one could easily find the albums they are on for just a slight increase in price at any used CD reseller... Yes it would mean more CD's but it would also mean more songs, ones that probably would have been nice additions to this collection.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Droppin 'em Hard, September 1, 1999

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This review is from: Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats 1 (Audio CD)

If this disc also had "Looking for the Perfect Beat" on it, it would be the only disc needed from this set. Afrikaa's tracks on this CD are phenomenal and carry the weight. I could do without Latifah and the Force MD's and James Brown. All of the other tracks had great beats and phat sounds. The "Unity" track is OK, but I'd trade it for "Looking..." any day. I love "Doowhatchalike", but I'd trade it for "Freaks of the Industry"

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No, January 16, 2008

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K. T. Springbeat "Ace" (Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats 1 (Audio CD)

What can I say, I orded this record and got nothing. Out of stock and sellling this item on Amazon. How is that?