| Boston Goes Def! (The Champions of Boston Rap!) | |
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 Compilation album by Various artists | |
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Released |
1986 |
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Genre |
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Label |
Beautiful Sounds |
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Producer |
Steve "Mr. Beautiful" Barry, Steve "Buzz" Magner (exec.) |
Boston Goes Def! (The Champions of Boston Rap!) is a compilation of Boston hip hop, released in 1986 on Beautiful Sounds. The album is notable for featuring the debut of rapper Edo.G, who appears under the stage name Edo Rock as a member of the Fresh to Impress FTI Crew. The majority of artists featured on the compilation released no additional material. Proceeds from the album were donated to the Greater Boston Youth at Risk Program, a volunteer organisation established to help Boston-area youth.
Track listing
All songs produced by Steve "Mr. Beautiful" Harris.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "Girls" | Disco P, The Fresh MC | Miller, Morgan |
| 2. | "Fat Girls" | Fat Girls of Boston | Morgan, Morgan |
| 3. | "You're Just a Thief" | Kid MC | Rogers |
| 4. | "Suzi Q" | Fresh to Impress FTI Crew | Anderson, Anthony "Atrain", Lomax, Phillips, Smith |
| 5. | "Power in Our Rhymes" | Body Rock Crew | Beasley, Ennis, McQueen, Stanton, Wilson |
| 6. | "We're Def" | Ultimate GQ | Harvey, Jenkins, Thomas, Wright |
| 7. | "In the Place to Be" | Rusty the Toejammer, Larry D | Harris, Pendleton |
| 8. | "World Class" | DJ Scratch | Jenkins, Thomas |
| 9. | "Popeye Rap" | White Boy Crew | Dorf, Gillis, Trafford |
| 10. | "Martin Luther King" | B-Down Brothers | Cruz, Moore |
| 11. | "Reality" | MC Capers | Holiday, Ramsey |
| 12. | "Stop, Look and Listen" | Professor Rock and the RCC Roxbury Crush Crew | Jackson, Johnson, Pete, Raynes, Terry T |
| 13. | "Betty Lou" | K Rock Crew | DJ Moe D, Harper, Harris, Smith |
| 14. | "Give Us Respect" | MC Throwdown, DJ Almighty Antski | Frazier, Green |
| 15. | "Goodnite" | Disco P, The Fresh MC | Miller, Morgan |