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Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap
Disc 1
01. King Tim III (Personality Jock)
02. Rapper’s Delight (7″ single version)
03. Funk You Up (12″ single, short version)
04. The Breaks
05. That’s the Joint
06. Monster Jam
07. The Body Rock
08. Rapture
09. The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
10. Planet Rock
Disc 2
01. The Message
02. Rockin’ It
03. Punk Rock Rap
04. Rockit
05. Looking for the Perfect Beat
06. It’s Like That
07. Friends
08. Fresh, Wild, Fly and Bold
09. It’s Yours (12″ radio mix)
10. Hey DJ (original 12″ mix)
11. Jam On It
12. Roxanne, Roxanne
Disc 3
01. Roxanne’s Revenge
02. Fat Boys
03. La‐di‐da‐di
04. I Can’t Live Without My Radio
05. P.S.K. ‘What Does It Mean’?
06. Walk This Way
07. Paul Revere
08. Ego Tripping
09. 6 ’n the Mornin’
10. How Ya Like Me Now
11. I Need Love
12. Eric B. Is President
13. King of the Beats
Disc 4
01. A.F.R.I.C.A.
02. Parents Just Don’t Understand
03. Top Billin’
04. Lyte as a Rock
05. Raw
06. The Symphony
07. I Cram to Understand U (Sam)
08. Wild Thing
09. It Takes Two
10. I’ll House You
11. Fuck tha Police
12. Fight the Power
13. Self Destruction
14. Life Is… Too Short
15. Children’s Story
16. The Gas Face (radio edit)
Disc 5
01. Ladies First
02. Bring the Noise
03. Me Myself and I (remastered single version)
04. Just a Friend
05. It’s Funky Enough
06. Me So Horny
07. The Humpty Dance
08. U Can’t Touch This
09. Ice Ice Baby
10. All for One
11. Mind Playing Tricks on Me
12. Scenario (LP mix)
13. The Choice Is Yours
14. Let’s Talk About Sex
15. You Can’t Play With My Yo‐Yo
16. O.P.P.
Disc 6
01. Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang
02. It Was a Good Day
03. Baby Got Back
04. Tennessee
05. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
06. Jump Around
07. I Got a Man
08. They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
09. Pocket Full of Stones
10. C.R.E.A.M.
11. Insane in the Brain (radio edit)
12. Passin’ Me By
13. Comin’ Out Hard
14. I Used to Love H.E.R.
15. Funkdafied
16. N.Y. State of Mind
17. Flava in Ya Ear (remix)
Disc 7
01. Sabotage
02. Juicy
03. DWYCK
04. Regulate
05. Murder Was the Case
06. Sprinkle Me
07. Cell Therapy
08. Gangsta’s Paradise
09. Dear Mama
10. Shook Ones, Part 2
11. I’ll Be There for You / You’re All I Need to Get By (Razor Sharp mix)
12. I’ll Be
13. No Time
14. Tha Crossroads
15. Triumph
16. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
17. Make ’Em Say Uhh!
Disc 8
01. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
02. Doo Wop (That Thing)
03. Ruff Ryders’ Anthem
04. The Next Movement
05. Mathematics
06. Bling Bling
07. Hip‐Hop
08. Stan
09. Ms. Jackson
10. Country Grammar (Hot Shit)
11. Southern Hospitality
12. One Mic
13. In da Club
14. Get Low
Disc 9
01. Black Girl Pain
02. Jesus Walks
03. Stay Fly
04. Hustlin’
05. Hop‐Hop Saved My Life
06. My President
07. Get Like Me
08. Tie My Hands
09. Exhibit C
10. Super Bass
11. Thrift Shop
12. Crooked Smile
13. Blood on the Leaves
14. Started from the Bottom
[Grandmaster Caz] Well, I'm fresh
Cause I'm the best
[J.D.L.] And I get wild
When I'm row'
[Eazy A.D.] I never get passed by
Cause I'm fly
[Almighty K.G.] And I'ma put you on hold
Cause I'm bold
[All] And Charley Chase will last
Cause he's fast
And Tony Tone got booked
Cause he's original
[Grandmaster Caz] The Cold Crush is on
[J.D.L.] Cause we perform
[Eazy A.D.] And even in a storm
[Almighty K.G.] We'll keep you warm
[Grandmaster Caz] Hey crew
[Rest] Yeah, Cap?
We gonna need a little scratch for the rap
Now Tone and Chasse
[Tony Tone & Charley Chase]
Yeah crew?
[All] You're the DJ's, whatcha gonna do?

(R) (ro) (rock)

[Grandmaster Caz] Guess what, y'all, I'm fresh
[Rest](What makes you think so, Cap?)
[Grandmaster Caz] Because I look so good, and I'm the lord of rap
[Rest] (How fresh?)
[Grandmaster Caz] So fresh, that when I was young
I learned to drive women crazy with my tongue
[Rest] (Now, that's fresh...)

[J.D.L.] Yeah - well, I get wild
[Rest] (What makes you say that, L?)
[J.D.L.] Because it don't take much to make me yell
[Rest] (How wild?)
[J.D.L.] So wild, that when I start to break
Hey, you better step back and let me flake
[Rest] (Now, that's wild...)

[Eazy A.D.] Well, I'm fly
[Rest] (Who told you that, Eazy?)
[Eazy A.D.] Your girl, his mother, and my lady
[Rest] (How fly?)
[Eazy A.D.] So fly, sometimes it seems
All I got to do is smile, and I get screams
[Rest] (Now, that's fly...)

[Almighty K.G.] I'm bold
[Rest] (What gives you that impression, Kay?)
[Almighty K.G.] Because I don't care what nobody say
[Rest] (How bold?)
[Almighty K.G.] So bold, I smack a man with his gun
And kiss his woman, diss his mother, and don't even run
[Rest] (Now, that's bold...)

[All] Fresh, wild, fly and bold
And we'll be that way till we grow old
For the rest of our lives, as long as we live
We'll keep usin those adjectives
[Grandmaster Caz] That do describe
The heart-breakin tribe
[J.D.L.] That do permit
Us to go with
[Eazy A.D.] A musical flow
That makes you say ho
[Almighty K.G.] With a fresh rap style
To make you go wild
[Grandmaster Caz] Cold Crush
[J.D.L.] Us
[Eahy A.D.] Deep in the cut
[Almighty K.G.] And if you don't believe we're real
[All] Then touch
Us
The Cold Crush

[Scratching]

[All] Fresh, wild, fly and bold
Yes, we're what makes the Crush so cold
Our rhymes will freeze all fake MC's
That don't say please before they cease
[Grandmaster Caz] Rhymes and routines that we make up
[J.D.L.] You can't pour juice in a fake cup
[Eazy A.D.] They cannot rape
[Almighty K.G.] So they just rob
[All] But a biter can't do a real rapper's job
[Grandmaster Caz] But if you're hard-headed, and you still think so
Grab your rhymes and your mic
[All] And go for what you know

[Almighty K.G.] My name is K.G
[Rest] (better known as the Al-)
[Almighty K.G.] -mighty, and with the 3
[Rest] (I'm sure you'll call)
[Almighty K.G.] On us when your ear
[Rest] (is in need for a treat)
[Almighty K.G.] And if you don't know, the K
[Rest] (that's who you got to meet)
[Almighty K.G.] I'm 4th in line
[Rest] (and in due time)
[Almighty K.G.] And every rapper in the business
[Rest] (will know that I'm)
[Almighty K.G.] Serious about this
[Rest] (and I don't play)
[Almighty K.G.] I told a sucker MC that
[Rest] (just the other day)
[Almighty K.G.] Cause I learned the ropes
[Rest] (and paid my dues)
[Almighty K.G.] I'm goin for the gold
[Rest] (no way that I can lose)

[Eazy A.D.] It's Eazy A.D. that you wanted to be
Ever since you saw me emcee
You wanted to be down to learn how to rhyme
Even wanted your braids as long as mine
But the rhymes I write are a real delight
If you're a true MC, you would not bite
On me or them, just sit down and
Write a rhyme with your mind, paper or pen
But you can't, so you go, you will and you won't
Take heed and feed and reap what I wrote

[J.D.L.] When I'm on the stage I go a little beserk
Start breakin, flakin, you know I do work
I try to get you on mine when I deliver my lines
Cause it's about makin ryhmes like no one else can design
I do everything I can to make myself better
Live on a steady diet of stages and?
Know all the celebs, so when I'm in the crowd
They surround me like the press, scream my name out loud
Say
[Rest] Yo J.D.L.
[Grandmaster Caz] What's happenin?
[J.D.L.] Where have you been?
[Almighty K.G.] When are you rockin again?
[J.D.L.] And when I'm boppin away, I hear a lot of them say
"Damn, I wanna be like the L one day"

[Grandmaster Caz] So many bitin MC's, you're all a pain in my neck
They should be sendin me your royalty check
You just bit my rhymes, didn't pay no tax
Copied the music from someone else, put it on wax
I'm mad as hell, cause it's bound to sell
And you be bitin what I'm writin, and people can't tell
You change it around, disguise the sound
With no prior desire to write, that's why I frown
On those of you that go shop too
Be original and write like the Captain do
So put your teeth away, and try someday
And you can quote it, cause I wrote it only yesterday

[All] Fresh!
[Grandmaster Caz] And unless I miss my guess
I'm the best, oh yes, beause I wrote the test
[All] Wild!
[J.D.L.] Honey child on the top of the pile
Once in a while I crack a smile
[All] Fly!
[Eazy A.D.] Know why? Cause to the day I die
I'll always be the guy you won't pass by
[All] Bold!
[Almighty K.G.] So cold and so hard to hold
[All] And when they made the Cold Crush, they broke the mold
Hah-huh!

Man, let's get outta here, it's Miller time
Word!
Huh!
Hah! (hah)