01. Express Yourself - Stretch Arm Strong 02. Deep Cover - Candiria
03. Baby Got Back - Throwdown
04. Mama Said Knock You Out - Hoods
05. I Can't Do Nothin' For You, Man - The Movielife
06. World Is Yours, The - E-Town Concrete
07. New Jack Hustler - Clocked In
08. Humpty Dance, The - F.O. The Smackmagnet
09. P.S.K. What Does It Mean? - Skarhead
10. White Lines (Don't Do It) - Bad Luck 13
11. Bust A Move - Diehard Youth
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The idea to get Hip Hop tracks covered by Metal or Hardcore bands is not new, not by a few years. The other way around it already had been realised and co operations between Metal and Hip Hop acts are something more ordinary nowadays. The list of these collaborations is endless and a very important impulse had definitely been the soundtrack of "Judgement Night" (1993), which clearly shadowed the plot of the movie. Similar projects like "Loud Rocks" (1999) and "Take A Bite Outta Rhyme" (2000) also enthused the fans, so it is not surprising that now a similar project has been launched. Instead of Metal bands we now have Hardcore formations inducing new life and lots of heaviness into legendary Hip Hop songs. And even it should already be old fashioned to finance recordings like this, it still is entertaining. This compilation contains everything from well distinguishable versions close to the original to wildly belted out tracks. Cult songs like "Express Yourself", "Mama Said Knock You Out", "The World Is Yours" and "New Jack Hustler" should be known to many open minded music listeners also in the original, newly interpreted a few tracks still have some surprises in store.
Baffling, too, with which ease each band approached the not really known material and put Hip Hop tracks onto a comparably brutal level as if it was the easiest thing one could do. I cannot filter out single tracks as every interpretation has its very own appeal and there are no flaws. Soundwise there also is nothing left to be desired, so every open minded Metal freak should get this disc. What stands against cool rhymes with fat guitars? Hip Hop goes Hardcore, that's it!
Baffling, too, with which ease each band approached the not really known material and put Hip Hop tracks onto a comparably brutal level as if it was the easiest thing one could do. I cannot filter out single tracks as every interpretation has its very own appeal and there are no flaws. Soundwise there also is nothing left to be desired, so every open minded Metal freak should get this disc. What stands against cool rhymes with fat guitars? Hip Hop goes Hardcore, that's it!
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