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v/a - the beat generation 10th ann. collection - bbe - cd

Genre: Hip Hop

1. Madlib The Beat Konducta - Stop
2. Pete Rock - Nothin' Lesser (feat. The UN)
3. Madlib The Beat Konducta - What It Do (feat. Talib Kweli)
4. Marley Marl - Big Faces
5. DJ Jazzy Jeff - My Peoples (feat. Raheem Devaughn)
6. Pete Rock - Pete's Jazz
7. Jay Dee - African Rhythms
8. Marley Marl - What Ruling Means (feat. Kevin Brown & Grap Luva)
9. DJ Spinna - Drive (feat. Shadowman)
10. Madlib The Beat Konducta - Go! (feat. Guilty Simpson)
11. DJ Jazzy Jeff - Are You Ready? (feat. Slum Village)
12. will.i.am - Lay Me Down (feat. Terry Dexter)
13. DJ Jazzy Jeff - Rock Wit U (feat. Erro)
14. DJ Spinna - Surely
15. Pete Rock - Give It To Y'all (feat. Roc Marciano & Trife)
16. Jay Dee - Beej-N-Dem Pt. 2 (feat. Beej)
17. Madlib The Beat Konducta - Blow The Horns On 'Em (feat. Guilty Simpson)
18. Marley Marl - Live Ova Beats
19. DJ Jazzy Jeff - We Live In Philly (feat. Jill Scott)
20. DJ Spinna - All Up In it (feat. Eric Krasno & Neal Evans)
21. DJ Jazzy Jeff - A Charmed Life (feat. J Live)
22. will.i.am - Money (feat. Huck Fynn, Oezlem, The Horn Dogs)
23. Marley Marl - Hummin' (feat. Roy Ayers & Edwin Birdsong)
24. Jay Dee - Rico Suave Bossa Nova
25. King Britt - Spaces (feat. Quasimoto)
26. will.i.am - Lost Change In D Minor
27. King Britt - Transcend (feat. Bahamadia)
28. DJ Spinna - Idols (feat. Vinia Mojica)
29. Larry Gold - No Stoppin' (feat. Black Thought, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead)
30. DJ Spinna - Love Is Sold (feat. Abdul Shylon)
31. Jay Dee - Big Booty Express
32. Madlib The Beat Konducta - Stop
33. Pete Rock - Nothin' Lesser (feat. The UN)
34. Marley Marl - What Ruling Means (feat. Kevin Brown & Grap Luva)
35. DJ Jazzy Jeff - Are You Ready? (feat. Slum Village)
36. DJ Spinna - Galactic Soul
37. will.i.am - Lay Me Down (feat. Terry Dexter)
38. DJ Jazzy Jeff - Rock Wit U (feat. Erro)
39. Pete Rock - Pete's Jazz
40. Jay Dee - African Rhythms
41. Jay Dee - Beej-N-Dem Pt. 2 (feat. Beej)
42. Madlib The Beat Konducta - Blow The Horns On 'Em (feat. Guilty Simpson)
43. Pete Rock - Give It To Y'all (feat. Roc Marciano & Trife)
44. Pete Rock - To My Advantage (feat. Nature)
45. King Britt - Spaces (feat. Quasimoto)
46. DJ Spinna - All Up In it (feat. Eric Krasno & Neal Evans)
47. Marley Marl - Live Ova Beats
48. will.i.am - Money (feat. Huck Fynn, Oezlem, The Horn Dogs)
49. Jay Dee - Rico Suave Bossa Nova
50. King Britt - Transcend (feat. Bahamadia)
51. King Britt - Cobbs Creek (feat. De La Soul)
52. will.i.am - Lost Change In D Minor
53. Larry Gold - No Stoppin' (feat. Black Thought, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead)
54. DJ Spinna - Rock (Unplugged)

Over the course of nine albums in the 2000s for their producer-led Beat Generation series, BBE adopted an unusual stance. "Do what you want," their artists were told for probably the first time in their careers. The label's enormously liberal approach was the antithesis of stiff major record label A&R practices, their forward thinking rewarded handsomely by a truly diverse set of albums from some of the world's most capable hip-hop architects.

Among those picked to contribute were Golden Era greats (Marley Marl, Jazzy Jeff), acclaimed DJ/producers whose work habitually blurred genre lines (King Britt, DJ Spinna, Madlib), and those whose regular gigs didn't afford them the creative freedom they craved (Will.i.am).

DJ Spinna is something of an anomaly in music. A humbling example of what it takes to truly succeed within the framework of multiple fields: a steadfast work ethic, an obsessively extensive vinyl library and the willingness to pursue the full extents of his roots (Funk, Soul and Jazz), foundation (Hip-Hop) and future (Electronic/Dance music) with no restraints.

Known popularly as Mr Thing, this supreme disc jockey first started djing in 1987. He said recently- "the first hip-hop record I bought was Streetsounds Crucial Electro, first import 12" was BDP 'Poetry', first actual record was ... (cringing) Adam & The Ants 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier'." From these humble beginnings Mr Thing went on to become one the worlds finest DJs and producers.

Press play and give it up for the Beat Generation !