The second volume in Rhino's old school rap series compiles a few more big hits than the first, including
Run-D.M.C.'s "It's Like That,"
Grandmaster Flash's "Scorpio,"
UTFO's "Roxanne, Roxanne,"
Whodini's "Five Minutes of Funk," and
Kurtis Blow's "Basketball." Consequently, there's less room for obscurities (not necessarily a bad thing for neophytes), but those are selected well, with tracks from
Rock Master Scott ("The Roof Is on Fire"),
the Boogie Boys ("Fly Girl"), and
the Real Roxanne (her self-titled answer track to
Roxanne Shanté's "Roxanne's Revenge"). As with the first volume, there's a sense that Rhino concentrated on novelties rather than solid tracks, but a few of these inclusions won't be found easily elsewhere.
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John Bush, Rovi