Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1

• Artist: Various Artists
• Rating:
• Release Date: May 05, 1998
• Type: Collection (various artists), Contains explicit content
• Genre: Rap

Review

Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1 is an excellent showcase of underground and alternative rappers, including Kool Keith, De La Soul, 88 Keys, Natural Elements, Talib Kweli, Bahamadia, Q-Tip, and Jurassic 5, among many, many others. It's a great way to hear a number of the most talented and underappreciated rappers of the late '90s. ~ Leo Stanley, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Street Promoters (Skit)		Wise Guy	(0:44)
Intro (Lyrics)	Trugoy the Dove, David Jolicoeur	De La Soul, 88-Keys	(1:41)
Bring Hip Hop Back		Cipher Complet	(3:55)
Keep Pouring		Diaz Brothers	(5:29)
Blood	Sarah Jones	Sara Jones	(5:13)
Body Rock	R. Smith, Kamaal Fareed, Dante Smith	Q-Tip, Mos Def, Tash	(5:11)
Bathroom Cipher	J. Hill	Kwest tha Madd Ladd, Thirstin Howl III, J-Treds	(4:24)
Da Cipher		Punch & Words	(4:09)
Famous Last Words	Ivan Diaz, Miguel Herstein, William Tell	Word A' Mouth	(5:05)
No Matter (Lyrics)	Dan Troutman	Prime	(5:20)
Action Guaranteed		O.C., Ras Kass	(5:24)
All in My Own		Mike Zoot	(7:33)
The Phone Call (Skit)		Wise Guy, Words	(1:03)
Live From the D.J. Stretch Armstrong Show With Your Host Bobbito ...		Absolute, Black Thought, Common, Bobbito, Pharoahe Monch	(10:09)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Ohm (Lyrics)	Saul Williams	Saul Williams	(3:28)
Intro (Lyrics)	Jerry Knight, Keith Thornton	Kool Keith, Sir Menelik, Survival Soundz	(1:35)
Mayday	H. Charlemagne	Natural Elements	(5:38)
The Manifesto		Talib Kweli	(5:44)
Be OK		Bahamadia, Rah Digga	(5:44)
Lyrics	Kenny Diaz, Alex Mosquera	Al	(3:47)
Outside the Lounge	J-Ro, William Tell	Wise Guy, Talib Kweli, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Building Blocks, Lilscienz, Mr. Metaphor	(7:07)
Holy Water		Lord Have Mercy, DV Alias Khrist	(6:23)
Jayou (Lyrics)	DJ Nu-Mark, Cut Chemist, C. Stewart, C. "DJ Smooth" Henderson	Jurassic 5	(4:04)
C. Ia. (Criminals in Action)	Zack de la Rocha, L. Parker	Zack de la Rocha, KRS-One, The Last Emperor	(5:20)
Society	Donny Hathaway, Roy Ayers	Problemz	(5:16)
Weight	J. Hill	Company Flow, Juggaknots, Indelible MC's, J-Treds	(6:13)
After the Show	G. Young	Rise, Al, Punch, Jedi Mind Tricks, Words	(8:08)

Credits

Rise (Performer), Native Sun (Producer), O.C. (Performer), Al (Performer), Zack de la Rocha (Performer), De La Soul (Performer), Kenny Diaz (Producer), Blaise Dupuy (Engineer), Chris Flam (Mixing), Sara Jones (Performer), KRS-One (Performer), Mark Mandelbaum (Engineer), Q-Tip (Performer), Joe Quinde (Mixing), Bruce Tergesen (Engineer), Charles Stella (Engineer), Charles Stella (Editing), Charles Stella (Mastering), Charles Stella (Mixing), Daniel Wyatt (Engineer), Daniel Wyatt (Editing), Daniel Wyatt (Mastering), Daniel Wyatt (Mixing), Ken Ifill (Mixing), Nicole Willis (Vocals), Carlos Bess (Mixing), DJ Scratch (Producer), Yorum Vazan (Engineer), Yorum Vazan (Mixing), Bahamadia (Performer), Kwest tha Madd Ladd (Performer), Ras Kass (Performer), Kool Keith (Performer), Kool Keith (Interlude), Ben Arrindell (Engineer), Steve Souder (Engineer), Chris Athens (Mastering), Black Thought (Performer), DJ Nu-Mark (Producer), DJ Nu-Mark (Engineer), DJ Nu-Mark (Mixing), Ken "Duro" Ifle (Mixing), Vinny Nicoletti (Mixing), Mathias Q-Tip (Performer), Vaughn Sessions (Engineer), Taj Sidhu (Engineer), Taj Sidhu (Mixing), D. Trotman (Producer), D. Trotman (Engineer), Cut Chemist (Producer), Cut Chemist (Engineer), Cut Chemist (Mixing), Company Flow (Performer), Common (Performer), Jurassic 5 (Performer), Wise Guy (Performer), Mos Def (Performer), Charlemagne (Producer), Sir Menelik (Performer), Sir Menelik (?), Anthony Marshall (Executive Producer), Talib Kweli (Performer), Talib Kweli (?), Lord Have Mercy (Performer), Rah Digga (Performer), Punch (Performer), GM (Producer), GM (Engineer), 88-Keys (Producer), 88-Keys (Performer), Bobbito (Performer), Tim Tan (Engineer), DJ Spinbad (Scratching), Alon Cohen (Mixing), DV Alias Khrist (Performer), Saul Williams (Producer), Saul Williams (Performer), Natural Elements (Performer), Juggaknots (Performer), Shabaam Sahdeeq (Performer), Indelible MC's (Performer), Tash (Performer), The Last Emperor (Performer), Jedi Mind Tricks (Performer), Pharoahe Monch (Performer), Shawn J. Period (Vocals (Background)), Shawn J. Period (Producer), Thirstin Howl III (Performer), Word A' Mouth (Performer), Words (Performer), Mike Zoot (Performer), J-Treds (Performer), Ge-ology (Producer), Building Blocks (Performer), Survival Soundz (Performer), Nottz (Producer), Absolute (Performer), Problemz (Performer), Lilscienz (Performer), Mr. Metaphor (Performer), Prime (Performer), Diaz Brothers (Performer), Cipher Complet (Performer), Punch & Words (Performer), Keith Hill (Engineer), Keith Horne (Producer), Johnny O.C. (Performer), Tesfa Zawdie (Guitar), Danny Castro (Executive Producer), Perry Landesberg (Executive Producer), Ernesto Santana (Engineer), Ernesto Santana (Mixing), William Tell (Producer), William Tell (Engineer), William Tell (Mixing)