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Make Way for the Motherlode

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Released
  
March 19, 1991

Length
  
43:54

Artist
  
Yo-Yo

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Recorded
  
1990–1991

Make Way for the Motherlode (1991)
  
Black Pearl (1992)

Release date
  
19 March 1991

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Genres
  
Hip hop music, Gangsta rap

Producers
  
Ice Cube, Chilly Chill, Sir Jinx, Del the Funky Homosapien, Yo-Yo

Similar
  
Yo-Yo albums, Hip hop music albums

Make Way for the Motherlode is the debut studio album by American West Coast hip hop recording artist Yo-Yo. The album was released on March 19, 1991, on Atco/East West America/Atlantic Records and featured production by Ice Cube, Sir Jinx and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. The album did very well on the Billboard charts, peaking at #74 on the Billboard 200 and #5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Two singles were released, "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo" and "What Can I Do?", both of which featured Ice Cube. The album was more of a critical success than a commercial one, but it is usually considered to be one of the best female hip-hop albums of all time.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Stand Up for Your Rights" (feat. Ricky Harris, Tamika Ingram & Threat) - 1:00
  2. "Stompin to tha 90's" - 4:07
  3. "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo" (feat. Ice Cube) - 3:34
  4. "Cube Gets Played" - 0:19
  5. "Put a Lid on It" - 3:04
  6. "What Can I Do?" (feat. Ice Cube) - 4:13
  7. "Dedication" (feat. LA Jay & Ricky Harris) - 0:52
  8. "Sisterland" - 3:38
  9. "The I.B.W.C. National Anthem" (feat. IBWC) - 1:44
  10. "Make Way for the Motherlode" - 3:47
  11. "Tonight's The Night" (feat. Dazzie Dee) - 3:38
  12. "I Got Played" - 2:45
  13. "Girl, Don't Be No Fool" - 4:40
  14. "Ain't Nobody Better" - 4:22
  15. "Outro" - 0:23
  16. "More of What I Can Do" - 1:48

Samples

Stand Up for Your Rights

  • "Too High" by Stevie Wonder

    • Stompin' to Tha '90s

  • "Itch and Scratch" by Rufus Thomas
  • "Flavor Flav" by Public Enemy
  • "The Blueprint" by Boogie Down Productions
  • "Fugitive" by Whodini
  • "It's Just Begun" by The Jimmy Castor Bunch
  • "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy
  • "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)" by Run DMC
  • "It's Funky Enough" by The D.O.C.
  • "Sing Sing" by Gaz
  • "Back to Life (Acapella)" by Soul II Soul
  • "Funky Music is the Thing" by Dynamic Corvettes
  • "Welcome to the Terrordome" by Public Enemy
  • "Looking Out My Window" by Tom Jones

    • You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo

  • "Devotion" by Earth, Wind and Fire
  • "Wrath of My Madness" by Queen Latifah
  • "You Can Make It if You Try" by Sly and the Family Stone
  • "Save the World" by Southside Movement

    • Cube Gets Played

  • "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) by Wilson Pickett
  • "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
  • "Kanday" by LL Cool J

    • Put a Lid On It

  • "Reach Out" by Average White Band
  • "Person to Person" by Average White Band
  • "Mind Power" by James Brown
  • "Funky President (People It's Bad)" by James Brown
  • "Timebomb" by Public Enemy
  • "Kissing My Love" by Bill Withers
  • "Calling Mr. Welfare" by Big Daddy Kane
  • "Shake Your Thing" by Salt 'n' Pepa featuring E.U.

    • What Can I Do?

  • "90% of Me Is You" by Gwen McCrae
  • "Bouncy Lady" by Pleasure

    • Girl, Don't Be No Fool

  • "You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight" by Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s
  • "Women's Love Rights" by Laura Lee
  • "Feel Good" by Fancy
  • "Don't Be Cruel" by Bobby Brown
  • "Everybody Plays the Fool" by The Main Ingredient

    • I Got Played

  • "Who Is He (And What Is He to You?)" by Bill Withers
  • "Who Is She (And What Is He to You?)" by Gladys Knight and the Pips

    • Sisterland

  • "Lady Marmalade" by LaBelle
  • "Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball)" by Esther Williams
  • "The Payback" by James Brown
  • "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force

    • Make Way for the Motherlode

  • "Love the Life You Live" by Kool and the Gang
  • "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" by Parliament Funkadelic
  • "The Assembly Line" by The Commodores
  • "Action" by Orange Krush
  • "Monster Jam" by Spoonie Gee and The Sequence

    • Ain't Nobody Better

  • "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
  • "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by George Clinton and Funkadelic
  • "Hey Ladies" by The Beastie Boys
  • "If I Was Your Girlfriend" by Prince
  • "My Philosophy" by Boogie Down Productions
  • "Public Enemy No. 1" by Public Enemy
  • "I Wouldn't Change a Thing" by Coke Escovedo
  • "Timebomb" by Public Enemy
  • "Kool is Back" by Funk Inc.
  • "Pumpin' It Up (Special Club Mix)" by P-Funk All-Stars
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
  • "South Bronx" by Boogie Down Productions
  • "Eric B. Is President" by Eric B. and Rakim

    • Songs

    1Stand Up for Your Rights1:00
    2Stompin' to the 90's4:07
    3You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo5:04

    References

    Make Way for the Motherlode Wikipedia
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