Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Artifacts album)

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Studio album by Artifacts
Released	October 25,1994
Recorded	1993-1994
Genre	Hip hop
Length	62:58
Label	Big Beat Records (Atlantic subsidiary)
Producer	T-Ray, Buckwild (02, 05, 11, 14), Redman (09)
Artifacts chronology
Between a Rock and a Hard Place (1994) That's Them (1997)

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place is the first album by the hip hop duo Artifacts. The album, which is mainly produced by T-Ray, reached number 17 on the Billboard R&B/Hip hop Albums chart.

Track listing

1. Drama (Mortal Kombat Fatality) - 1:31
2. C'mon Wit da Git Down - 4:04
3. Wrong Side of da Tracks - 4:20
4. Heavy Ammunition - 4:07
5. Attack of New Jeruzalum feat. Jay Burnz Jay - 4:24
6. Notty Headed Nigguhz - 3:27
7. Whayback - 4:47
8. Flexi With da Tech(nique) - 4:08
9. Cummin' Thru Ya F-kin' Block feat. Redman - 4:21
10. Lower da Boom - 5:11
11. What Goes On - 3:33
12. Dynamite Soul - 3:51
13. Whassup Now Muthaf-Ka? - 2:25
14. C'mon Wit da Git Down (Remix) feat. Busta Rhymes - 3:43

Samples

• "Drama (Mortal Kombat Fatality)"
  • "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" by Lamont Dozier
  • "Letters from the Front" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• "C'mon Wit Da Git Down"
  • "Ripped Open by Metal Explosions" by Galt MacDermot
  • "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod
• "Wrong Side of Da Tracks"
  • "Born to be Blue" by Jack Bruce
  • "Bubble Gum" by The 9th Creation
• "Notty Headed Nigguhz"
  • "(Don't Worry)If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" by Curtis Mayfield
• "Whayback"
  • "Kama (Part I)" by Michal Urbaniak
• "Cummin' Thru Ya F-kin' Block"
  • "Along Came Betty" by Quincy Jones
• "Lower Da Boom"
  • "E.V.A." by Jean-Jacques Perrey
  • "Lady Wants to Know" by Michael Franks
• "What Goes On"
  • "Vibrations" by Buster Williams
  • "Schoolboy Crush" by Average White Band
• "Dynamite Soul"
  • "It's a New Day" by James Brown
• "Whassup Now Muthaf*#ka"
  • "Upon this Rock" by Joe Farrell