The Flip Squad All-Star DJs

• Artist: The Flip Squad All-Star DJs
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• Release Date: November 03, 1998
• Total Time: 53:08
• Genre: Rap

Review

Employing eight hip-hop DJs (including Funkmaster Flex, DJ Hollywood, and Mister Cee) and various East Coast rappers (most notably, Lovebug Starski and the goofy Biz Markie), the Flip Squad All-Star DJs are the rap equivalent of a hard bop jam session. Just as jazz saxmen and trumpeters would tend to be especially extroverted at a jam session and show their chops off, the Flip Squad is essentially about rappers showing off their "flow," or rhyming technique. No particular MC dominates the microphone; Biz, Starski, Canibus, McGruff and others take turns rapping and emphasize flow, flow, and more flow. Most of the time, the results are exhilarating, if limited. But a few of the tunes tell a story rather than simply concentrating on technique. "Get Tough '98" and the menacing "Villain Guys" address the dangers of the inner city, while "Turntables" angrily speaks out against materialistic, gold digging women who dis rappers when they're poor but try to seduce them after they've made some money. Some politically correct types will whine that "Turntables" is sexist or misogynist, but in fact, the song is simply telling it like it is. "Turntables" doesn't insult women in general -- only gold diggers. Flip Squad All-Star DJs isn't without late 1990s influences, but much of the material is a throwback to the New York hip-hop of the 1980s. "How Ya Like Us Now," in fact, isn't unlike something the Treacherous Three, Grandmaster Flash or Kurtis Blow would have done 10 or 15 years earlier. Although not essential, Flip Squad All-Star DJs is a spirited effort that seasoned hip-hop fans will find enjoyable. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Things I Do	Mike Lowe	Doo Wop, Flip Squad Allstar DJs, Don Blaq	(4:17)
Seriously	Jesse Williams, Jr.	Funkmaster Flex, Canibus, Flip Squad Allstar DJs	(3:42)
Turntables	Mark Ronson	Mark Ronson, Sha Stimuli, Debonair, Flip Squad Allstar DJs	(3:49)
Members Only		Uneek, Doo Wop, Flip Squad Allstar DJs, Don Blaq	(4:19)
Only Time You Love 'Em	Mark Ronson	Ghetto Inmates, Mark Ronson, Flip Squad Allstar DJs	(3:13)
It's da Biz	Paul Mitchell, Marcel Hall	Biz Markie, Kia Jeffries, Flip Squad Allstar DJs, Kia Jethries	(3:50)
Fa Reel	Willie Mac, Keith Carter, Darryl Pittman	Big Kap, Papoose, Flip Squad Allstar DJs, Trigger	(3:44)
Get Tough '98	Luis Diaz	Cipha Sounds, Powa, Ruler Divine, Flip Squad Allstar DJs, Spintek	(4:30)
Villian Guys	Herbert Brown	Jiv Pos, McGruff, DJ Enuff, Flip Squad Allstar DJs	(4:54)
Biz & Candy	Marcel Hall	Candy, Biz Markie, Flip Squad Allstar DJs	(3:54)
Because	Rob Alphonse	Big Kap, Dessean Supa Star, Flip Squad Allstar DJs	(5:01)
Shoo	Keith Carter	Big Kap, Jiv Pos, DJ Enuff, Doo Wop, Flip Squad Allstar DJs	(4:17)
How Ya Like Us Now	Bruce Robinson, Anthony Holloway	DJ Hollywood, Mister Cee, Brucie B, Luvburg Starski, Flip Squad Allstar DJs	(3:38)

Credits

Mr. Sexxx (Vocals), Jesse West (Producer), Kia Jeffries (Performer), Doo Wop (Executive Producer), Ghetto Inmates (Performer), Big Kap (Producer), Doo Wop (Producer), Biz Markie (Producer), Cipha Sounds (Producer), Mister Cee (Performer), DJ Hollywood (Performer), Jiv Pos (Performer), Jiv Pos (Producer), Villa (Vocals), Tom Coyne (Mastering), McGruff (Performer), Uneek (Performer), Kia Jeffries (Vocals), B.O.E. (Vocals), Mark Ronson (Producer), Funkmaster Flex (Performer), DJ Enuff (Performer), Large Professor (Producer), Mike Lowe (Producer), Papoose (Performer), Big Kap (Performer), Funkmaster Flex (Producer), Cipha Sounds (Performer), Canibus (Performer), Biz Markie (Performer), D.R. Period (Producer), DJ Enuff (Producer), QDIII (Producer)