Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics
| Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics | ||||
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| Compilation album by Pete Rock | ||||
| Released | November 4, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Hip Hop | |||
| Length |
67:56 (Center of Attention) 57:53 (The Original Baby Pa) | |||
| Label | BBE Records/Rapster Records | |||
| Producer | Pete Rock, Grap Luva, Spunk Bigga | |||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| HipHopDX | link |
| Mojo | link |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.2/10) link |
| PopMatters | (mixed) link |
| RapReviews link | 9/10 (InI) 8/10 (Deda) |
| Yahoo! Music | (8/10) link |
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
| # | 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
- "Midnight Ravers" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
No More Words
- "Morning" by Cal Tjader
Step Up
- "Bumpin' Bus Stop" by Thunder and Lightning
- "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat
- "Save Yourself" by Soft Machine
- "Too Late to Turn Back" by Jackie Mittoo
Think Twice
- "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod
- "Why Can't People Be Colors Too?" by The Whatnauts
Square One
- "A Secret" by Billy Taylor
- "Smokin' Cheeba-Cheeba" by Harlem Underground Band
The Life I Live
- "Memory Band" by Rotary Connection
- "Free Soul" by John Klemmer
Kross Roads
- "Is It Him or Me" by Jackie Jackson
- "Hope We Can Be Together Soon" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
- "Down Here on the Ground" by Grant Green
To Each His Own
- "Leyte" by Cal Tjader
Fakin' Jax
- "Cause I Need It" by Dorothy Ashby
- "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
What You Say
- "Lay Lady Lay" by David T. Walker
Props
- "Ode to Billie Joe" by Lou Donaldson
- "Turista" by Howard Roberts
- "The Champ" by The Mohawks
- "Psychedelic Shack" by Albino Gorilla
- "Blues and Pants" by James Brown
Center of Attention
- "Summer of '42" by Monty Alexander
- "Come Dancing" by Jeff Beck
Grown Man Sport
- "Water No Get Enemy" by Fela Kuti
- "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
Mind Over Matter
- "Dedicate All My Love" by Raw Soul Express
- "You Can Fly" by Sons of Champlin
Don't You Love It
- "Don't Cha Love It" by The Miracles
Microphonist Wonderlust
- "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Kenny Burrell
Deda The Original Baby Pa
| # | 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
- "Down on the Avenue" by Fat Larry's Band
- "Cymbaline" by Hubert Laws
- "Enchanted Lady" by Milt Jackson
- "Player's Balling (Players Doin' Their Own Thing)" by Ohio Players
Baby Pa
- "Summer Song" by John Klemmer
- "Shape of Things to Come" by George Benson
How I'm Livin'
- "Heartbeat" by Dazz Band
Blah Uno
- "Trackin' Shoes" by A.B. Skhy
- "Free Soul" by John Klemmer
Can't Wait
- "Why Can't People Be Colors Too?" by The Whatnauts
- "Dolphin Dance" by Ahmad Jamal
- "Black Cat" by Motherlode
I Originate
- "Wee Tina" by Donald Byrd & Booker Little
- "Upon This Rock" by Joe Farrell
- "Cymbaline" by Hubert Laws
- "Stoop Rap" from Wild Style
Markd4death
- "Butterfly Dreams" by Norman Connors
Nasty Scene
- "Night on Bald Mountain" and "Valley of the Shadows" by Bob James
- "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod
Nothing More
- "Suite Sioux" by Freddie Hubbard
- "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
- "Stormy" by Buddy Montgomery
Press Rewind
- "Anticipation" by Les McCann
- "Why Can't People Be Colors Too?" by The Whatnauts
Rhyme Writer
- "Love and Happiness" by Monty Alexander
Too Close
- "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone
- "Cymbaline" by Hubert Laws
Understand?
- "Soft Winds" by Dorothy Ashby
- "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Smith
- "Tensity" by Cannonball Adderley