Ego Trip's The Big Playback (2000)

About this title: The soundtrack to Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists salutes its namesake by offering a dozen classic tracks from the mid-'80s golden age of hip-hop. Still, rap fans may be a bit surprised at the track list; there's nobody here with the name recognition of the period's heroes (Eric B. & Rakim, Public Enemy, EPMD, LL Cool J) or even those with renewed underground cred during the late '90s (Ultramagnetic MC's, Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo). Instead, this compilation focuses on real obscurities, not necessarily the best tracks of all time, but top-rate cuts that never got the attention they deserved. ... read more

Tracks:

1. Holy War [Live] [Sir Ibu]
2. My Mic Is on Fire [Parks]
3. Marley Marl Scratch [Williams/Williams]
4. Get Retarded [Mack]
5. Get Down Grandmaster [Fisher/Miller]
6. Step Up Front [Gibson]
7. This Cut's Got Flavor [French/James]
8. Droppin' It [Mitchell/Heard/Will]
9. I'm Not Playing [Kirkland/Daymon]
10. Do It! Do It! [Byrd]
11. Brooklyn Blew Up the Bridge [Dudley/Dudley]
12. Beat Bop [Bunch/Diaz/Johnson/]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.