Yo! MTV Raps: The CD

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Tracklist

CD 1
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1Parents Just Don’t Understand (extended remix)
recording of:
Parents Just Don’t Understand
writer:
Pete Q. Harris, Jeff Townes (DJ/turntablist) and Will Smith (US actor aka The Fresh Prince)
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince5:36
2It Takes Two
producer:
Rob Base and William Hamilton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records LLC (holding company - file NO releases here!) (in 1988) and Profile Records, Inc. (in 1988)
recorded at:
Hillside Sound Studio in Englewood, New Jersey, United States
samples:
Space Dust by The Galactic Force Band and Think (About It) by Lyn Collins
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's (compiled in 2006) (number: 80), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 462) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 116)
recording of:
It Takes Two (It Takes Two/2 Way)
writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Robert Ginyard
Rob Base & DJ E‐Z Rock45:01
3Shake Your Thang (feat. EU) (club mix)
recording of:
Shake Your Thang
Salt‐N‐Pepa5:17
4High Roller
Ice‐T4:39
5Life Is... Too Short (clean extended remix)
recording of:
Life Is… Too Short
lyricist and composer:
Todd Anthony Shaw
Too $hort8:15
6Potholes in My Lawn
recording of:
Potholes in My Lawn
writer:
Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Jerry Goldstein, Dave Jolicoeur (Plug 2 of De La Soul), Lonnie Jordan, Kelvin Mercer (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos), Charles Miller (US saxophonist & flutist, member of War), Lee Oskar, Paul Huston (US hip hop DJ & producer), Howard E. Scott (US funk/rock guitarist, member of War) and Vincent Mason (US rapper Vincent Mason, member of De La Soul)
De La Soul3:52
7Gittin' Funky
Kid ’n Play4:46
8Wild Wild West (special extended remix)
recording of:
Wild Wild West (Kool Moe Dee original version)
lyricist and composer:
Mohandas Dewese
Kool Moe Dee5:36
9My Philosophy (extended remix)
Boogie Down Productions6:40
10Talkin' All That Jazz (extended vocal)
recording of:
Talkin’ All That Jazz
lyricist and composer:
Glenn K. Bolton
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd. and Tee Girl Music
Stetsasonic7:02
11Serious (Ceereeus BDP mix)
Steady B4:28
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