The Best of Enjoy! Records
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| The Best of Enjoy! Records | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 1989 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Label | Hot |
The Best of Enjoy! Records is a 1989 compilation album of early hip hop music released by the Enjoy! Records music label. The album was part of a series of compilation albums from Hot Records covering various releases from American and British independent music labels. Retrospective reviews of the album from The Rough Guide to Hip-Hop and Spin and the Oakland Tribune as containing some of the best music of early hip hop.
Hot Productions released a nine-volume compilation album of "Best Of..." series in late 1989 that were double albums that trace back to the beginning of various New York music scenes, British independent dance music, and more. These ranged from compilations for "O" Records, Personal Records, as well as early hip hop music from the Enjoy! label.[1] Oliver Wang of the Oakland Tribune discussed the music on the compilation, comparing it other contemporary hip hop tracks like the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" and Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" stating that the music was "far more clean and minimalistic -- often times little more than a rollicking breakbeat and well-placed bassline -- than much of the overproduced rap tunes of the era that aped disco production."[2]
