Old School Prankstas is the debut album by New Zealand hip-hop group, 3 The Hard Way released in 1995.[1] The success of the number one single "Hip Hop Holiday" led to the release of the album.[2]
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According to author Philip Hayward, the band "maintained a commercial, accessible sound" suggesting they got to the top of the charts "the easy way".[3]
Track listing
edit- Intro Here It Is
- Rock Tha Nation
- Many Rivers
- Bass Freak
- Cheech Interlude
- All Around
- Dialog Interlude
- DJs Nightmare
- Hip Hop Holiday featuring Bobbylon
- What I Gotta Do featuring Larry Killip
- Coming At Ya (Remix)
- Dialog Interlude
- Everyday
- Get Down
- Gotta Do (Shout Outs)
References
edit- ^ Mitchell, Tony, ed. (2001). Global noise: rap and hip-hop outside the USA. Music, culture. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan Univ. Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-8195-6501-3.
- ^ Noisey Staff (25 November 2016). "NOISEY's 10 Best New Zealand Hip-Hop Tracks of All Time". Vice. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Hayward, Philip, ed. (2016). Sound alliances: indigenous peoples, cultural politics, and popular music in the Pacific. Bloomsbury academic collections. Cultural studies. London Oxford New York New Delhi Sydney: Bloomsbury. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4742-8987-0.
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