Now Rap’s What I Call Music!

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Payback Mix (Keep on Doing What You’re Doing but Make It Funky)
recording of:
The Payback
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), John Starks and Fred Wesley
James Brown5:07
2Back by Popular Demand (12″ version)
Kurtis Blow5:26
3My Mike Sounds Nice
Salt‐N‐Pepa4:09
4Pump Up the Volume (12″ U.S. version)
recording of:
Pump Up the Volume
composer:
Martyn Young and Steven Young (UK musician, member of Colourbox & MARRS)
part of:
American Psycho
M/A/R/R/S7:09
5Wipeout (Wave 1 version)
Fat Boys6:10
6Bass (How Low Can You Go) (extended version)
Simon Harris5:47
7House Arrest (The Beat Is the Law)
mixer:
Mark Brydon
recording of:
House Arrest
writer:
Cassius Campbell, Dan Donovan (keyboards (Big Audio Dynamite/Dreadzone)), Mark Gamble, Mick Jones (The Clash/Big Audio Dynamite), Ruth Joy, Don Letts and Greg Roberts (British drummer)
publisher:
Big Audio Dynamics Music, Inc.
Krush6:33
8Pump Me Up
White Boys4:35
9Little Walter
Tony! Toni! Toné!4:44
10Rap Around the Clock
engineer:
Bodger (engineer)
producer:
John Williams (English A&R executive, producer, songwriter...)
bass and piano:
Norman Cook (from 1986-08-12 until 1986-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Hugh Whitaker (from 1986-08-12 until 1986-08-19)
guitar:
Stan Cullimore (from 1986-08-12 until 1986-08-19)
background vocals:
Norman Cook (from 1986-08-12 until 1986-08-19), Stan Cullimore (from 1986-08-12 until 1986-08-19), P.d. Heaton (from 1986-08-12 until 1986-08-19) and Hugh Whitaker (from 1986-08-12 until 1986-08-19)
lead vocals and spoken vocals:
P.d. Heaton (from 1986-08-12 until 1986-08-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!)
recorded at:
Westside Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1986-08-12 until 1986-08-19)
recording of:
Rap Around the Clock (from 1986-08-12 until 1986-08-19)
lyricist:
Paul Heaton
composer:
Stan Cullimore and P.d. Heaton
publisher:
Go! Discs Music (publisher)
The Housemartins5:11

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