The Kings of Hip Hop

Original Release Date:  May 10, 2005

Track Listing

• 1. Mister Magic [Single Version]
• 2. Skin Tight [Single Version]
• 3. Ain't No Half Steppin'
• 4. The Message from the Soul Sisters, Pts. 1 & 2
• 5. Love Ballad
• 6. Sweet Thing [Album Version]
• 7. I Put a Spell on You
• 8. Q [Album Version]
• 9. We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue
• 10. Walkin' in the Sun
• 11. Try a Little Tenderness
• 12. In the Midnight Hour
• 13. Bring It on Home to Me
• 14. Men Are Getting Scarce
• 15. Don't Explain [Album Version]
• 16. Thingtro
• 17. Sound Bwoy Burreill
• 18. I Got Cha Opin
• 19. Fakin Jax
• 20. The Bizness
• 21. Skinz
• 22. Sh. Fe. MC's
• 23. Mic Checka [Remix]
• 24. Brooklyn Zoo
• 25. Shimmy, Shimmy Ya
• 26. Microphone Fiend [Album Version]
• 27. Get on Down
• 28. Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down
• 29. Fakin' the Funk
• 30. A Chorus Line 2000 [Remix]
• 31. Peace Is Not the Word to Play
• 32. Set It Off

Credits

• Brand Nubian: Arranger
• Nina Simone: Arranger
• James Brown: Composer
• Sam Cooke: Composer
• Steve Cropper: Composer
• Curtis Mayfield: Composer, Producer
• Wilson Pickett: Composer, Vocals
• Otis Redding: Vocals
• Quincy Jones: Arranger, Producer
• Jimmy Campbell: Composer
• Ralph MacDonald: Composer
• Grand Puba: Vocals
• A Tribe Called Quest: Rap
• Jeff Barry: Composer
• William "Billy" Beck: Composer
• Billie Holiday: Composer
• Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner: Composer
• Chaka Khan: Composer
• DJ Premier: Compilation, Mixing
• Riley Hampton: Arranger
• Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Composer
• Arthur Herzog, Jr.: Composer
• O'Kelly Isley: Composer
• Ronald Isley: Composer
• Rudolph Isley: Composer
• Marshall "Rock" Jones: Composer
• Tony Maiden: Composer
• Marley Marl: Producer
• Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks: Composer
• C. Miller: Composer
• Fonce Mizell: Producer
• Larry Mizell: Producer
• Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Composer
• Derek Murphy: Composer
• Gregory Phillips: Composer
• Peter Phillips: Composer, Producer
• Rakim: Composer, Producer
• Terri Robinson: Vocals
• William Salter: Composer
• Skip Scarborough: Composer
• C.L. Smooth: Vocals
• Creed Taylor: Producer
• Rod Temperton: Composer
• Jerry Wexler: Producer
• James "Diamond" Williams: Composer
• Barry Blue: Producer
• Chris Charity: Arranger, Composer, Producer
• Derek Lynch: Arranger, Composer, Producer
• Vicki Anderson: Composer
• Eric B.: Composer, Producer
• Willie "Skoob" Hines: Composer
• Clarence "Satch" Satchell: Composer
• Pete Rock: Vocals, Producer
• Dennis Coles: Producer
• Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez: Composer
• Edward "DJ Eddie F" Ferrell: Producer
• Mitchell Diggs: Producer
• Oli Grant: Producer
• Dante Ross: Producer
• Gary Slabo: Arranger
• Malik Taylor: Composer
• Harry Woods: Composer
• Harry Connelly: Composer
• Lorenzo Dechalus: Composer
• Antonio Hardy: Composer
• A. Weston: Composer
• Perry Johnson: Composer
• V. Keith Mason: Composer
• Rob-O: Vocals
• Heavy D: Vocals
• Marvin Pierce: Composer
• D. Yates Jr.: Composer
• Ced G: Producer
• Peter Adarkwah: Project Director
• R. Jones: Composer
• Kelvin Mercer: Composer
• Steve Griffin: Composer
• Shawn Joseph: Mastering
• James H. Brown: Arranger, Producer
• Michael Joseph: Cover Photo
• David Jolicouer: Composer