Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Studio album by Artifacts
Released	25 October 1994
Recorded	July 1993 - March 1994
Studio	Soundtrack Studios and Chung King Studios (New York City, NY)
Genre	Hip hop, East Coast hip hop, Underground hip hop
Length	62:58
Label	Big Beat Records
Producer	Artifacts, Buckwild, Redman, Rockwilder, T-Ray

Artifacts chronology
Next	That's Them (1997)

Between a Rock and a Hard Place is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Artifacts, released in October 25, 1994 on Big Beat. The album is predominantly produced by T-Ray, with additional production supplied by Buckwild and Redman. Busta Rhymes makes a guest appearance on the remix of "C'mon wit da Get Down". 

The album reached #17 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. 

Track listing

All songs co-produced by Artifacts.

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Producer(s)	Time
1.	"Drama (Mortal Kombat Fatality)"	-	Dr. Butcher	1:31
2.	"C'mon Wit Da Git Down"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Buckwild	4:04
3.	"Wrong Side of Da Tracks"	El da Sensei, Tame One	T-Ray	4:20
4.	"Heavy Ammunition"	El da Sensei, Tame One	T-Ray	4:07
5.	"Attack of New Jeruzalum"	El da Sensei, Tame One, Jay Burns Jaya	Buckwild	4:24
6.	"Notty Headed Nigguhz"	El da Sensei, Tame One	T-Ray	3:27
7.	"Whayback"	El da Sensei, Tame One	T-Ray	3:27
8.	"Flexi Wit Da Tech(nique)"	El da Sensei, Tame One	T-Ray	4:08
9.	"Cummin' Thru Ya Fuckin' Block"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Reggie Noble, Rockwilder (co.)	4:20
10.	"Lower da Boom"	El da Sensei, Tame One	T-Ray	5:11
11.	"What Goes On?"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Buckwild	3:33
12.	"Dynamite Soul"	El da Sensei, Tame One	T-Ray	3:51
13.	"Whassup Now Muthafucka?"	El da Sensei, Tame One	T-Ray	2:24
14.	"C'mon wit da Git Down (Remix)"	El da Sensei, Tame One, Busta Rhymes	Buckwild	3:43

Samples

Drama (Mortal Kombat Fatality)

• "Letters From the Front" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• "Interlude (Out Here on My Own)" by Lamont Dozier

C'mon Wit Da Git Down

• "Outside Love" by Brethren
• "Ripped Open by Metal Explosions" by Galt MacDermot's First Natural Hair Band

Wrong Side of Da Tracks

• "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.
• "Born to be Blue" by Jack Bruce
• "Bubble Gum" by 9th Creation

Heavy Ammunition

• "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps
• "Knick Knack Patty Wack" by EPMD
• "Death Becomes You" by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

Attack of New Jeruzalum

• "Blind Alley" by The Emotions
• "The Sick Rose" by David Axelrod

Notty Headed Nigguhz

• "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" by Curtis Mayfield
• "Tonight's Da Night (Remix)" by Redman

Whayback

• "Magnificent Sanctuary Band" by Donny Hathaway
• "Naima/Rainbeaux" by Everything Is Everything

Flex Wit Da Tech(nique)

• "The Sorcerer of Isis (The Ritual of the Mole)" by Power of Zeus
• "Come Clean" by Jeru the Damaja
• "Just Rhymin' Wit Biz" by Big Daddy Kane feat. Biz Markie

Cummin' Thru Ya Fuckin' Block

• "Along Came Betty" by Quincy Jones

Lower Da Boom

• "The Lady Wants to Know" by Michael Franks
• "Sad Song" by Amanda Ambrose
• "E.V.A." by Jean-Jacques Perrey
• "Papa Was Too" by Joe Tex

What Goes On?

• "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band
• "Vibrations" by Buster Williams

Dynamite Soul

• "It's a New Day So Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn" by James Brown
• "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren

Whassup Now Muthafucka?

• "Upon This Rock" by Joe Farrell
• "On the Run" by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo

C'mon Wit Da Git Down (Remix)

• "Rain, Rain Go Away" by Bob Azzam
• "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod