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Wild Pitch Classics [PA]

Various Artists
1 disc

1. Words I Manifest - Gang Starr
2. No Tricks - Latee
3. Dig It - The Coup
4. Looking at the Front Door - Main Source
5. Time's Up - O.C. (previously unreleased)
6. Blue Cheese - The U.M.C.'s
7. Live at the Barbecue - Fatal/Akinyele/Main Source/Nas
8. Funky Technician - DJ Mike Smooth/Mike Smooth/Lord Finesse
9. How My Man Went Down in the Game - Large Professor/Main Source (previously unreleased)
10. Court Is Now in Session - Chill Rob G.
11. Raise It Up - Ultramagnetic MC's
12. Hush Hush Tip - N-Tyce
13. Fakin' the Funk - Main Source
14. This Cut's Got Flavor - Latee
15. Rhythmologist - Jamose
16. One to Grow On - The U.M.C.'s
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 4200056
Credits

Producer
Engineer
Includes liner notes by MC Serch.
Gang Starr is the biggest name to be found on '80s/'90s hip-hop label Wild Pitch's roster, but they had to move to a bigger home to do their best work. Instead, look to a handful of singles -- Main Source's "Looking at the Front Door" and "Fakin the Funk" and UMC's "Blue Cheese" are good places to start -- for the real deal on this patchy compilation. Not quite rap classics, but still pretty representative of the era's indie scene. ~ Michael Gallucci
Critic Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (10/7/94, p.76) - "...if your collection doesn't include GangStarr's `Words I Manifest' or any of the early-`90s Main Source tracks...then you'd better catch up with the rest of the class..." - Rating: A-
Alternative Press (10/01, p.104) - 8 out of 10 - "...Proves Wild Pitch's roster was packed with innovators..."