Back to Black: 1900-1999
02/13/2001 | Polygram Uk
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All Music Guide Review
Back to Black: 1900-1999 is an imposing achievement. A ten-disc box set that chronicles the history of black music in the 20th century, it spans 100 years in 220 tracks, beginning with Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag," and ending with DJ Luck's "A Little Bit of Luck." It touches on every conceivable style and artist between those two points. Moving from early blues, through jazz and big band/swing, the birth of R&B, the rock & roll years, early classic soul, deep soul, Nu Wave soul, disco, black pop, early and late hip-hop, to the edge of the current urban scene, this collection seems to simply have everything, from Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Count Basie, Muddy Waters, Ella Fitzgerald, Chuck Berry, Nina Simone, Miles Davis to Public Enemy, D'Angelo and Arrested Development. Also included are forays into black gospel, Jamaican ska and reggae, Motown, Stax, and Philly soul. One is struck by the seemingly endless ways that polyrhythmic patterns and melismatic vocals can be reshuffled, reinvented and reapplied, always breaking fresh musical ground. It is impossible to imagine Western pop music without this stuff, and one wonders how there would even be a Western pop music without these contributions. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
Back to Black: 1900-1999 Track Listing
Credits of Back to Black: 1900-1999
- Nick Martinelli
- Producer
- Alphonso Mizell
- Producer
- Muddy Waters
- Performer
- The Orioles
- Performer
- Charlie Parker
- Performer
- Freddie Perren
- Producer
- Bob Power
- Producer
- Deke Richards
- Producer
- Sarah Vaughan
- Performer
- Valerie Simpson
- Producer
- William "Mickey" Stevenson
- Producer
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Performer
- Ed Townsend
- Producer
- William Weatherspoon
- Producer
- Jerry Wexler
- Producer
- Norman Whitfield
- Producer
- Stevie Wonder
- Performer
- Gary Hines
- Producer
- Charles Mims, Jr.
- Producer
- Prince Rakeem
- Producer
- BeBe Winans
- Performer
- Diana Ross & the Supremes
- Performer
- Edwin Hawkins Singers
- Performer
- Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
- Performer
- Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
- Performer
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Performer
- Rufus & Chaka Khan
- Performer
- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
- Performer
- The Jacksons
- Performer
- David Kreisberg
- Producer
- Miriam Cutler & Swing Street
- Producer
- Ron Berinstein
- Producer
- Mike Rowe
- Photography
- Bo Didley, Jr.
- Performer
- Paul J. Falcone
- Producer
- Bob Killbourn
- Producer, Selection
- Boilerhouse Boys
- Producer
- Damon Dash
- Producer
- Sidney Bechet & His Orchestra
- Performer
- Shawn Carter
- Producer
- Jamal Cantero
- Producer
- Kareem "Biggs" Burke
- Producer
- Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua
- Producer
- Lenny Santiago
- Producer
- MC Neat
- Producer
- DJ Luck
- Producer
- Soulsonic Force
- Performer
- The Family Stand
- Performer
- Ten City
- Producer
- The Ink Spots
- Performer
- Bob & Marcia
- Performer
- The Crystals
- Performer
- Bernard Edwards
- Producer
- Betty Everett
- Performer
- Van McCoy
- Performer
- Nile Rodgers
- Producer
- Tommy Edwards
- Performer
- Eddie Holman
- Performer
- Dr. Dre
- Performer
- T-Bone Walker
- Performer
- Marie Knight
- Performer
- Blackstreet
- Performer
- R. Kelly
- Producer
- Afrika Bambaataa
- Performer
- Louis Armstrong
- Performer
- Nickolas Ashford
- Producer
- Larry Blackmon
- Producer
- Fontella Bass
- Performer
- Billie Holiday
- Performer
- Mary J. Blige
- Performer
- Howlin' Wolf
- Performer
- Tony Camillo
- Producer
- Judy Clay
- Performer
- Nat King Cole
- Performer
- John Coltrane
- Performer
- Sean "Puffy" Combs
- Producer
- Henry Cosby
- Producer
- Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Performer
- D'Angelo
- Performer
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
- Performer
- DJ Premier
- Producer
- De La Soul
- Performer
- Keith Diamond
- Producer
- Lamont Dozier
- Producer
- Fats Domino
- Performer
- Duke Ellington
- Performer
- Little Eva
- Performer
- Dino Fekaris
- Producer
- Berry Gordy, Jr.
- Producer
- Isaac Hayes
- Performer
- Brian Holland
- Producer
- Michael Ivey
- Design
- Jimmy Jam
- Producer
- Elmore James
- Performer
- B.B. King
- Performer
- King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
- Performer
- LL Cool J
- Performer
- Terry Lewis
- Producer
- Peter Lord
- Producer
- Nigel Lowis
- Producer
- Mahalia Jackson
- Performer
- Sounds of Blackness
- Performer
- Candi Staton
- Performer
- The Abyssinians
- Performer
- Aswad
- Performer
- Bob Marley
- Performer
- Maxi Priest
- Performer
- Third World
- Performer
- Paul Robeson
- Performer
- Nina Simone
- Performer
- Dionne Warwick
- Performer
- Ashford & Simpson
- Performer
- Patti Austin
- Performer
- William Bell
- Performer
- Chuck Berry
- Performer
- Booker T. & the MG's
- Performer
- Earl Bostic
- Performer
- Jerry Butler
- Performer
- Gene Chandler
- Performer
- Chubby Checker
- Performer
- The Chi-Lites
- Performer
- The Clovers
- Performer
- The Coasters
- Performer
- The Commodores
- Producer
- Arthur Conley
- Performer
- Randy Crawford
- Performer
- Steve Cropper
- Producer
- The Drifters
- Performer
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Performer
- The Emotions
- Performer
- Eddie Floyd
- Performer
- The Four Tops
- Performer
- Aretha Franklin
- Performer
- Marvin Gaye
- Producer
- Gloria Gaynor
- Performer
- Al Green
- Performer
- The Impressions
- Performer
- James Ingram
- Performer
- The Isley Brothers
- Performer
- Michael Jackson
- Performer
- Rick James
- Performer
- Ben E. King
- Performer
- Kool & the Gang
- Performer
- Labelle
- Performer
- Little Richard
- Performer
- Curtis Mayfield
- Performer
- Clyde McPhatter
- Performer
- Aaron Neville
- Performer
- Billy Ocean
- Performer
- Billy Paul
- Performer
- Freda Payne
- Performer
- Teddy Pendergrass
- Performer
- Wilson Pickett
- Performer
- The Platters
- Performer
- Billy Preston
- Performer
- Lloyd Price
- Performer
- Otis Redding
- Performer
- Lionel Richie
- Producer
- Minnie Riperton
- Performer
- Smokey Robinson
- Producer
- Rose Royce
- Performer
- Diana Ross
- Performer
- Jimmy Ruffin
- Performer
- Patrice Rushen
- Producer
- Sam & Dave
- Performer
- Shalamar
- Performer
- The Shirelles
- Performer
- Sister Sledge
- Performer
- Percy Sledge
- Performer
- Sly & the Family Stone
- Performer
- Soul II Soul
- Performer
- The Staple Singers
- Performer
- Edwin Starr
- Performer
- The Stylistics
- Performer
- Donna Summer
- Performer
- Syreeta
- Performer
- The Temptations
- Performer
- The Three Degrees
- Performer
- The Trammps
- Performer
- Ike & Tina Turner
- Performer
- Luther Vandross
- Performer
- Mary Wells
- Performer
- Barry White
- Producer
- Jackie Wilson
- Performer
- Bill Withers
- Performer
- Count Basie
- Performer
- Ruth Brown
- Performer
- Cab Calloway
- Performer
- Miles Davis
- Performer
- Billy Eckstine
- Performer
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Performer
- Herbie Hancock
- Performer
- Quincy Jones
- Producer
- Scott Joplin
- Performer
- Hugh Masekela
- Performer
- Fats Waller
- Performer
- Dinah Washington
- Performer
- Ethel Waters
- Performer
- The Sugarhill Gang
- Performer
- Leroy Carr
- Performer
- Lowell Fulson
- Performer
- Wynonie Harris
- Performer
- John Lee Hooker
- Performer
- Etta James
- Performer
- Blind Willie Johnson
- Performer
- Percy Mayfield
- Performer
- Blind Willie McTell
- Performer
- Amos Milburn
- Performer
- Bessie Smith
- Performer
- Big Mama Thornton
- Performer
- Big Joe Turner
- Performer
- Gang Starr
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- Ice Cube
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- Public Enemy
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