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Livin' Proof

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Released
  
November 21, 1995

Length
  
49:12

Release date
  
21 November 1995

Producers
  
DJ Premier, Guru, Jaz-O

Recorded
  
1994-95

Artist
  
Group Home

Label
  
Payday Records

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Livin' Proof (1995)
  
A Tear for the Ghetto (1999)

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Underground hip hop, East Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop

Hip hop music albums
  
The Sun Rises in the East, Hard to Earn, Daily Operation, Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr, Wrath of the Math

Group home livin proof 1995 full album


Livin' Proof is the debut album from Gang Starr affiliates Group Home. The album featured the hit underground single "Supa Star" and the production work of DJ Premier. The album is known both for the superior instrumental work and the interplay between the advanced and highly original rhymes of Lil Dap and the more oldschool block party rap of Melachi the Nutcracker. It is widely considered to be Premier's most focused work to date but is often overshadowed by his work with more proficient emcees. Premier produced all the album's songs apart from "Serious Rap Shit" and "4 Give My Sins," which were produced by Guru and Big Jaz, respectively.

Contents

"Supa Star" also appeared in the soundtrack of the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV and is prominently featured in the movie Boiler Room.

Group home livin proof intro


Track listing

  • All songs produced by DJ Premier, except for track 4 and 14 by Guru and track 8 by Jaz-O

    • Samples

    Intro

  • "Yesterday" by Wes Montgomery
  • "For the Same Man" by B Beat Girls
  • "El Shabazz" by LL Cool J
  • "Ain't No Half-Steppin'" by Big Daddy Kane

    • Inna Citi Life

  • "Nautilus" by Bob James
  • "It Ain't Hard to Tell" by Nas
  • "Serious" by Steady B

    • Livin' Proof

  • "Collage" by The Ramsey Lewis Trio
  • "C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan

    • Serious Rap Shit

  • "In Our Lifetime" by Marvin Gaye
  • "Birdland" by Weather Report
  • "Mass Appeal" by Gang Starr

    • Suspended in Time

  • "Pipeline" by Incredible Bongo Band
  • "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'" by Wu-Tang Clan
  • "Real Hip Hop" by Das EFX
  • "Touch Me (All Night Long)" by Fonda Rae

    • Sacrifice

  • "Crack" by Paul Mooney
  • "Breakthrough" by Isaac Hayes
  • "What Do I Wish For?" by Chi-Lites

    • Up Against the Wall (Low Budget Mix)

  • "Windows of the World" by Isaac Hayes

    • 4 Give My Sins

  • "Da-Da" by Hiroshima
  • "Survival of the Fittest" by Mobb Deep
  • "Hustlin'" by Smoothe Da Hustler

    • Baby Pa

  • "Do It Over" by The Olympic Runners
  • "Que Te Hace Pensar" by Beny More
  • "The Golden Apple" by Bob James

    • 2 Thousand

  • "I Feel Like Loving You Today" by Donald Byrd

    • Supa Star

  • "One Woman" by Isaac Hayes
  • "Hanging Downtown" by Cameo
  • "Funky President" by James Brown
  • "I Got It Made" by Special Ed
  • "Words from the Nutcracker" and "I'm the Man" by Gang Starr
  • "Who's Gonna Love You" by Muscle Shoals Horns

    • Up Against the Wall (Getaway Car Mix)

  • "The Jewel in the Lotus" by Bennie Maupin
  • "Red Sails in the Sunset" by Young-Holt Unlimited
  • "The Year of the 9" by Brother Arthur
  • "Speak Ya Clout" by Gang Starr

    • Tha Realness

  • "Valley of the Shadows" by Bob James
  • "Shook Ones Pt. II" by Mobb Deep

    • Songs

    1Intro0:49
    2Inna Citi Life2:58
    3Livin Proof4:15

    References

    Livin' Proof Wikipedia
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