Christmas Rap

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: November 01, 1993
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of), Christmas
• Genre: Rap

Review

For all of its street cred, hip-hop has been surprisingly fond of novelty songs, and nothing provides better source material for novelties than the holidays. And there's nothing but novelties on Christmas Rap, a budget-priced collection of holiday hip-hop tunes. Only one track, Run-D.M.C.'s "Christmas in Hollis," qualifies as a classic, but many of the remaining tunes from the likes of Dana Dane, Sweet Tee, Derek B., Disco 4 and Spyder-D are quite enjoyable, even if they are a little slight. Then again, anyone curious about an album called Christmas Rap will realize that the music on the record is likely to be a little silly, and they're likely not to be disappointed by this collection, especially given its budget price. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Christmas in Hollis	Darryl McDaniels, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, Jason Mizell, J. Mitzell, Joseph Simmons	Run-D.M.C.	(3:00)
Let the Jingle Bells Rock		Sweet Tee	(4:01)
Dana Dane Is Coming to Town		Dana Dane	(3:47)
Ghetto Santa		Spyder-D	(3:26)
Christmas in the City		King Sun	(5:17)
Chillin' With Santa		Derek B.	(4:56)
He's Santa Claus		Disco 4	(3:29)
That's What I Want for Christmas	E.E. Lawrence	Showboys	(6:06)
A Surf M.C. New Year		Surf M. C.'s, Surf MC's	(4:36)

Credits

Dana Dane (?), Surf MC's (Performer), King Sun (Performer), Troy Patterson (Producer), King Sun (?), Derek B. (Performer), Run-D.M.C. (Performer), Surf MC's (?), Sweet Tee (Performer), Disco Four (?), Greg Maruis (Producer), Dana Dane (Performer), Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor (Producer), Norman Kerner (Producer), Showboys (Performer), Showboys (?), Scott Roberts (Producer), Cliff Hall (Producer), Derek Boland (Producer), Run-D.M.C. (Producer), Sweet Tee (?), Derek B. (?), Disco Four (Performer), Spyder-D (Producer), Spyder-D (Performer), Sun-Born (Producer)