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Released
  
October 25, 1988

Length
  
43:37

Artist
  
Kid 'n Play

Producer
  
Hurby Azor

Recorded
  
1987-1988

2 Hype (1988)
  
Funhouse (1990)

Release date
  
25 October 1988

Label
  
Select Records


Genres
  
Hip hop music, New jack swing, Golden age hip hop

Similar
  
Funhouse, Face the Nation, House Party, Heavy Hitz, Kool Moe Dee ‑ Greatest

2 Hype is the debut album by rap duo, Kid 'n Play. The album was released in 1988 for Select Records, distributed by Landmark Distributors owned by Jeffrey Collins, and was produced by Hurby Luv Bug and The Invincibles.

Contents

Kid n play 2 hype


Reception

2 Hype was a success for the duo, reaching #96 on the Billboard 200 and #9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and being certified Gold by the RIAA. Three singles found success on the Hot Rap Singles chart, "Rollin' with Kid 'n Play" (#2), "2 Hype" (#19) and "Gittin' Funky" (#24). In 2008, "Rollin' with Kid 'n Play" was ranked number 63 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.

Track listing

  1. "Rollin' with Kid 'n Play" – 4:01
  2. "Brother Man Get Hip" – 3:43
  3. "Gittin' Funky" – 4:41
  4. "Soul Man" – 3:31
  5. "Damn That DJ (The Wizard M.E.)" – 3:28
  6. "Last Night" – 4:23
  7. "2 Hype" – 3:57
  8. "Can You Dig That" – 3:27
  9. "Undercover" (feat. The Real Roxanne) – 3:38
  10. "Do the Kid 'n Play Kick Step" – 4:02
  11. "Do This My Way" – 4:46

Samples

Do This My Way

  • "Think (About It) by Lyn Collins
  • "'Cross the Tracks (We Better Go Back)" by Maceo & the Macks

    • Gittin' Funky

  • "Reggins" by The Blackbyrds
  • "Runaway" by The Blackbyrds
  • "Holy Ghost" by Bar-Kays
  • "Now That We Found Love" by Third World

    • Last Night

  • "Funky President" by James Brown
  • "Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball)" by Esther Williams
  • "Theme From the Planets" by Dexter Wansel
  • "Ain't We Funkin' Now" by The Brothers Johnson
  • "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus and Chaka Khan

    • Rollin' With Kid 'N Play

  • "I Don't Know What It Is, but It Sure Is Funky" by Ripple
  • "Crazy" by Slug-Go

    • Undercover

  • "My Jamaican Guy" by Grace Jones

    • Damn That DJ (The Wizard M.E.)

  • "Let a Woman Be a Woman - Let a Man Be a Man" by Dyke and the Blazers

    • Songs

    1Rollin’ With Kid ’n Play4:04
    2Brother Man Get Hip3:47
    3Gittin’ Funky4:44

    References

    2 Hype Wikipedia
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