Colors [Original Soundtrack]

by Colors / O.s.t.

Overview

One of the earliest gangsta rap albums, propelled by an exploitative cop film and the following media frenzy about movie violence and the glamorization of criminals. Most of these tracks had been previously released, but here now were such tracks as Ice-T's brutal title track, Big Daddy Kane's "Raw," and M.C. Shan's "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" in one friendly package, and suddenly middle America knew about the Crips and the Bloods. It's a solid album, with only one out of place song: Decadent Dub Team's "Six Gun" (with the film's star Sean Penn on uncredited vocals), which sounds like filler. Highlight of the whole thing: Coldcut's infamous remix of Eric B. and Rakim's "Paid in Full," which no rap collection should be without. ~ Ted Mills

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0075992571326

Tracks

1. Colors  -  Afrika Islam  -  Ice-T  - Michael Mazzarella
2. Six Gun  - Joe Liles  - D. Williams  -  Decadent Dub Team
3. Let the Rhythm Run  -  Fingerprints  -  Salt-N-Pepa
4. Raw  -  Big Daddy Kane  - Marlon Williams
5. Paid in Full (7 Minutes of Madness)  -  Eric B.  -  Rakim  -  Eric B. & Rakim
6. Butcher Shop  - Marlon Williams  - Nathaniel Wilson  -  Kool G Rap
7. Mad, Mad World  -  7A3
8. Go on Girl  -  Big Daddy Kane  - M. Williams  - Roxanne Shante
9. A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste  - Shawn Moltke  - Marlon Williams  -  MC Shan
10. Everywhere I Go (Colors)  - Rick James

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Decadent Dub Team   Primary Artist
Big Daddy Kane   Primary Artist
Ice-T   Primary Artist
Salt-N-Pepa   Primary Artist
Roxanne Shante   Primary Artist
Rick James   Primary Artist
Kool G Rap   Primary Artist
The 7A3   Primary Artist
MC Shan   Primary Artist
Eric B. & Rakim   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Salt-N-Pepa   Performer
Marlon Williams   Composer
Roxanne Shante   Performer
Rick James   Composer,Performer
Nathaniel Wilson   Composer
Rakim   Composer
Michael Mazzarella   Composer
Afrika Islam   Composer
The 7A3   Performer
Eric B. & Rakim   Composer,Performer
Eric B.   Composer
M. Williams   Composer
Decadent Dub Team   Performer
MC Shan   Performer
Fingerprints   Composer
Kool G Rap   Performer
Joe Liles   Composer
Shawn Moltke   Composer
D. Williams   Composer
Big Daddy Kane   Composer,Performer
Ice-T   Composer,Performer
Benny Medina   Producer