If you interpret the title of this three-disc compilation the right way, you won't be let down. Its title is This Is Hip Hop -- as in "this is some hip-hop," rather than " this is hip-hop." So it's not the definitive set you might expect it to be, though anyone remotely familiar with hip-hop will understand its lack of definitiveness after the quickest of glances at the track listing. A lot of big names are present (Snoop Dogg, Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Twista, KRS-One, and many others), but none of them provide any ...
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If you interpret the title of this three-disc compilation the right way, you won't be let down. Its title is This Is Hip Hop -- as in "this is some hip-hop," rather than " this is hip-hop." So it's not the definitive set you might expect it to be, though anyone remotely familiar with hip-hop will understand its lack of definitiveness after the quickest of glances at the track listing. A lot of big names are present (Snoop Dogg, Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Twista, KRS-One, and many others), but none of them provide any top-rate material, and they mix it up with a host of relative no-names. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi
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Add this copy of This is Hip Hop to cart. $13.61, good condition, Sold by Bookmans rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Cleopatra.