Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Artifacts album)
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place is the first album by the hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 duo Artifacts
Artifacts (group)
Artifacts is a hip hop group consisting of El Da Sensei, Tame One and DJ Kaos. They hail from Newark, New Jersey and made underground music that paid homage to the four elements of hip hop...

. The album, which is mainly produced by T-Ray, reached number 17 on the Billboard R&B/Hip hop Albums chart.

Track listing

  1. Drama (Mortal Kombat Fatality)
  2. C'mon Wit da Git Down
  3. Wrong Side of da Tracks
  4. Heavy Ammunition
  5. Attack of New Jeruzalum
  6. Notty Headed Nigguhz
  7. Whayback
  8. Flexi With da Tech(nique)
  9. Cummin' Thru Ya F-Kin Block feat. Redman
  10. Lower da Boom
  11. What Goes On
  12. Dynamite Soul
  13. Whassup Now Muthaf-Ka?
  14. C'mon Wit da Git Down (Remix) feat. Busta Rhymes
    Busta Rhymes
    Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...


Samples

  • "Drama (Mortal Kombat Fatality)"
    • "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" by Lamont Dozier
      Lamont Dozier
      Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...

    • "Letters from the Front" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      Emerson, Lake & Palmer
      Emerson, Lake & Palmer, also known as ELP, are an English progressive rock supergroup. They found success in the 1970s and sold over forty million albums and headlined large stadium concerts. The band consists of Keith Emerson , Greg Lake and Carl Palmer...

  • "C'mon Wit Da Git Down"
    • "Ripped Open by Metal Explosions" by Galt MacDermot
      Galt MacDermot
      Galt MacDermot is a Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre. He won a Grammy Award for the song African Waltz in 1960. His most successful musicals have been Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona...

    • "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod
      David Axelrod
      David Axelrod may refer to:* David Axelrod * David Axelrod , Senior Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama* David B. Axelrod , poet and educator...

  • "Wrong Side of Da Tracks"
    • "Born to be Blue" by Jack Bruce
      Jack Bruce
      John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...

    • "Bubble Gum" by The 9th Creation
  • "Notty Headed Nigguhz"
    • "(Don't Worry)If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" by Curtis Mayfield
      Curtis Mayfield
      Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...

  • "Whayback"
    • "Kama (Part I)" by Michal Urbaniak
      Michal Urbaniak
      Michał Urbaniak is a Polish jazz musician and composer born in Warsaw, playing mainly the violin, lyricon and saxophone during concerts and recordings...

  • "Cummin' Thru Ya F@*kin' Block"
    • "Along Came Betty" by Quincy Jones
      Quincy Jones
      Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...

  • "Lower Da Boom"
    • "E.V.A." by Jean-Jacques Perrey
      Jean-Jacques Perrey
      Jean-Jacques Perrey is a French electronic music producer and was an early pioneer in the genre. He is best known within the sphere of popular music as a member of the influential electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, and for his unusually light-hearted style of music.-Biography:Perrey was...

    • "Lady Wants to Know" by Michael Franks
  • "What Goes On"
    • "Vibrations" by Buster Williams
      Buster Williams
      Charles Anthony Williams is an American jazz bassist.-Biography:Williams has gained prestige among jazz musicians as a solid supportive player. Since the early 1960s, he has made subtle swing, a precise rhythm and superb technique the landmark of his playing...

    • "Schoolboy Crush" by Average White Band
  • "Dynamite Soul"
    • "It's a New Day" by James Brown
      James Brown
      James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

  • "Whassup Now Muthaf*#ka"
    • "Upon this Rock" by Joe Farrell
      Joe Farrell
      Joseph Carl Firrantello , known as Joe Farrell, was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name on the CTI record label and for playing in the initial incarnation of Chick Corea's Return to Forever.-Biography:Farrell was born in Chicago...

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