Hip Hop Essentials
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List Price: $99.98
Our Price: $99.98
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Manufacturer: Tommy Boy
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0661868166026
Format: Box set
Label: Tommy Boy
Manufacturer: Tommy Boy
Number Of Discs: 12
Publisher: Tommy Boy
Release Date: 2006-12-05
Studio: Tommy Boy
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Editorial Reviews:
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From the biggest radio hits to the underground club favorites, the early days of hip-hop featured some of the best music ever recorded. Now Tommy Boy has compiled its critically acclaimed "Essential Hip Hop" series, Volumes 1-12, into one limited edition box set. Compiled by Tommy Boy founder Tom Silverman himself, from a great assortment of hip-hop labels including many long unavailable tracks, each volume contains twelve hits plus eye-catching graphics, archival photos, and extensive liner notes. 144 songs. 1979-1991. Limited edition/numbered. Black velvet/gold foil stamp.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: CENSORED - DO NOT BUY
Comment: This is a "partial" waste of money. Tracks that contain profanity are censored.
Like the first reviewer, I don't understand why Tommy Boy even bothered to release this.
This is a comprehensive release. I love all the tracks. But the censorship completely ruins some of the tracks. For example, Tim Dog's "F**k Compton" is completely ruined.
There is also no disclaimer stating that tracks are censored. Isn't this unethical.
My advice - do not buy.
Tommy Boy needs to set this straight.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great track listing, but what's up with the censorship?
Comment: I received this box set for Christmas and was amazed at the comprehensive track listing. I've been listening to hip hop for over 20 years now. To have all of these classic tracks in digital format is a great prospect - a lot of these tracks I only have on cassette or vinyl.
But, as I listened to these tracks, I was dismayed to find that any profanity in the tracks is 'reversed' to make it into a 'clean' version. For a lot of the tracks, this isn't too much of a problem, but ones that do have profanity, it's really annoying - the NWA tracks are pretty laughable especially when there's profanity in the chorus, like "@#$^ tha Police". Even for tracks with a few pieces of profanity, like La Di Da Di, it just really detracts from the experience of the track.
For someone to put such an amazing collection together and then ruin it by editing the tracks because they didn't want to put a 'parental advisory' sticker on it is utterly deplorable. It's just really disappointing considering the impressively expansive track listing. I can't believe that they did this - especially since it's put together by Tommy Boy records - a legendary label in their own right. They should really know better.
I'm especially amazed that they don't mention in the product description that all the tracks have been 'cleaned'. It's really kind of deceptive since potential buyers are assuming that they're getting the original unadulterated tracks. Be aware that this is definitely not the case. If I had paid for this myself, I'd probably return it because I would have felt deceived since the censorship is not mentioned in the product description at all - nor anywhere on the box set packaging.
Shame on you, Tommy Boy. I'm really disappointed.
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