Old School Prankstas

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Old School Prankstas
Studio album by
Released1995
3 The Hard Way chronology
Old School Prankstas
(1995)
Eyes on the Prize
(2004)

Old School Prankstas is the debut album by New Zealand hip-hop group, 3 The Hard Way released in 1995.[1] The success of the number one single "Hip Hop Holiday" led to the release of the album.[2]

According to author Philip Hayward, the band "maintained a commercial, accessible sound" suggesting they got to the top of the charts "the easy way".[3]

Track listing[edit]

  1. Intro Here It Is
  2. Rock Tha Nation
  3. Many Rivers
  4. Bass Freak
  5. Cheech Interlude
  6. All Around
  7. Dialog Interlude
  8. DJs Nightmare
  9. Hip Hop Holiday featuring Bobbylon
  10. What I Gotta Do featuring Larry Killip
  11. Coming At Ya (Remix)
  12. Dialog Interlude
  13. Everyday
  14. Get Down
  15. Gotta Do (Shout Outs)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mitchell, Tony, ed. (2001). Global noise: rap and hip-hop outside the USA. Music, culture. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan Univ. Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-8195-6501-3.
  2. ^ Noisey Staff (25 November 2016). "NOISEY's 10 Best New Zealand Hip-Hop Tracks of All Time". Vice. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. ^ Hayward, Philip, ed. (2016). Sound alliances: indigenous peoples, cultural politics, and popular music in the Pacific. Bloomsbury academic collections. Cultural studies. London Oxford New York New Delhi Sydney: Bloomsbury. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4742-8987-0.