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Om Hip Hop, Vol. 1

Various Artists
1 disc

1. Hit 'Em - Zion I & the Grouch/The Grouch/Zion I/Mistah F.A.B.
2. Dogg Star - Ladybug Mecca/Raheem DeVaughn (Voc Up Kenny Dope Remix, Kenny Dope Voc Up remix)
3. Get Live - Erykah Badu/Strange Fruit Project
4. Go Left - E Da Boss/Gift of Gab/Lateef the Truthspeaker
5. Pistol Whipped - One
6. Play the Drum - Zeph & Azeem
7. Que Pasa - Deuce Eclipse/J Boogie's Dubtronic Science
8. From the Lab - Colossus/MC Azeem/Azeem (mix)
9. Make U Fly - Esthero/Zion I & the Grouch/The Grouch/Zion I
10. Good Times - Strange Fruit Project
11. PPP - P.E.A.C.E/J Boogie's Dubtronic Science/Raashan Ahmad/P.E.A.C.E.
12. Hot Mamma - One
13. Rise Up - Luv Fyah/Zeph & Azeem
14. Happy - Raashan Ahmad
15. Contemplating - Colossus/Flash/Colossus/Flash (Sunday Brain Mix)
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 249
Credits

Producer A. Anderson; Charlie Tate; Gilad Gershoni
Engineer
Personnel: Errol Cooney (guitar); Marguerite Ostro (violin); Carlos Araiza (flute, saxophone, baritone saxophone).
Audio Remixer: Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez.
Recording information: Crown Control; Judah Line Studio, SF; Liquid Soul Lab; Million 7 Studio, Santa Cruz, CA; Next Level Studios; Our House, Oakland, CA.
Wanting to show off their b-boy side, San Francisco-based Om Records released Om: Hiphop, Vol. 1, a sampler that pretty well covers their roster of rappers. Bay Area acts like Zion I & the Grouch (who appear two times with "Hit Em" and "Make U Fly") and E Da Boss (who brings on Quannum stars Gift of Gab and Lateef on his track "Go Left") are featured prominently, but space is also given to the Native Tongues-inspired Texan group Strange Fruit Project as well as former Digable Planet MC Ladybug Mecca. It makes for a nice selection, with both upbeat and mellow songs, the consistent factor being the quality of the rhymes and the beats, which are complicated but not overproduced. It's a promising look into the future of hip-hop. ~ Marisa Brown