Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics
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 via a distribution deal with Elektra Records. 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 that 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. The Life I Live did, however, find its way onto the underground market through bootlegging.
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Released | October 27, 2003[1] | |||
Recorded | 1995-96 | |||
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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Pitchfork Media | (8.2/10) link |
PopMatters | (mixed) link |
RapReviews link | 9/10 (InI) 8/10 (Deda) |
Yahoo! Music | (8/10) link |
In a 2006 interview, Pete Rock stated that BBE Records released this compilation without his permission.[2]
INI Center of Attention
# | Title | Performer (s) |
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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, Denise Weeks |
Deda The Original Baby Pa
# | Title | Performer (s) |
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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 |
* | Bonus Track (Demo): "Anything Goes" | Deda |