Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics
Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics is a double-disc album featuring previously shelved albums Center of Attention by InI and The Original Baby Pa by Deda. Both albums were recorded in 1995 and produced entirely by Pete Rock except for five overall tracks produced either by Grap Luva or Spunk Bigga; Neither album had been officially released until this compilation came out. Both albums were recorded in 1995, and were scheduled to be released through Pete Rock's Soul Brother Records label. The InI single, "Fakin' Jax", was released in that year and performed fairly well. Deda's song "Blah Uno" originally appeared on a live compilation released by Elektra which also gave a catalog number for the album which was then to be called "Every Man For Himself". Unfortunately, Rock's distribution deal with Elektra Records fell through, and plans to release the albums were subsequently cancelled because of issues over ownership of the masters. Center of Attention did, however, find its way onto the underground market through bootlegging.
In a 2006 interview, Pete Rock stated that BBE Records released this compilation without his permission.[1]
InI Center of Attention
- All tracks produced by Pete Rock, except track 15 produced by Spunk Bigga and tracks 6 and 16 produced by Grap Luva
| # |
Title |
Performer (s) |
| 1 |
"Intro" |
*Instrumental* |
| 2 |
"No More Words" |
Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O |
| 3 |
"Step Up" |
Rob-O, Grap Luva, Ras G |
| 4 |
"Think Twice" |
Grap Luva, Pete Rock, Rob-O |
| 5 |
"Square One" |
Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O |
| 6 |
"The Life I Live" |
Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O |
| 7 |
"Kross Roads" |
Rob-O, Pete Rock |
| 8 |
"To Each His Own" |
Grap Luva, Q-Tip, Rob-O, Large Professor |
| 9 |
"Fakin Jax'" |
Pete Rock, Rob-O, Ras G, Grap Luva |
| 10 |
"What You Say" |
Marco Polo, Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O |
| 11 |
"Props" |
Rob-O |
| 12 |
"Center Of Attention" |
Ras G, Rob-O, Grap Luva |
| 13 |
"Grown Man Sport" |
Ras G, Grap Luva, Rob-O, Meccalicious, Marco Polo |
| 14 |
"Mind Over Matter" |
Grap Luva, Rob-O, Ras G |
| 15 |
"Don't You Love It" |
Rob-O |
| 16 |
"Microphonist Wanderlust" |
Rob-O |
Samples
- "Intro"
- "No More Words"
- "Step Up"
- "Think Twice"
- "Square One"
- "Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba" by Harlem Underground Band
- "A Secret" by Billy Taylor
- "The Life I Live"
- "Kross Roads"
- "To Each His Own"
- "Fakin' Jax"
- "What You Say"
- "Props"
- "Center of Attention"
- "Grown Man Sport"
- "Mind Over Matter"
- "Don't You Love It"
- "Microphonist Wonderlust"
Deda The Original Baby Pa
- All tracks produced by Pete Rock, except tracks 7 and 10 produced by Grap Luva
| # |
Title |
Performer (s) |
| 1 |
"Everyman" |
Deda, Pete Rock |
| 2 |
"Baby Pa" |
Deda |
| 3 |
"How I'm Livin'" |
Deda, Vinia Mojica |
| 4 |
"Blah Uno" |
Deda |
| 5 |
"Can't Wait" |
Deda |
| 6 |
"I Originate" |
Deda |
| 7 |
"Markd4death" |
Ex-cons |
| 8 |
"Nasty Scene" |
Deda |
| 9 |
"Nothing More" |
Deda |
| 10 |
"Press Rewind" |
Deda, Pete Rock |
| 11 |
"Rhyme Writer" |
Deda |
| 12 |
"Too Close" |
Deda |
| 13 |
"Understand?" |
Deda |
Samples
- "Everyman"
- "Baby Pa"
- "How I'm Livin'"
- "Blah Uno"
- "Can't Wait"
- "I Originate"
- "Markd4death"
- "Nasty Scene"
- "Nothing More"
- "Press Rewind"
- "Anticipation" by Les McCann
- "Why Can't People Be Colors Too?" by The Whatnauts
- "Rhyme Writer"
- "Too Close"
- "Understand?"
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