A Night at the Hip Hopera

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A Night at the Hip Hopera
HipHopera.jpg
Remix album by
Released2004
Genre Bastard pop
Length78:18
Producer The Kleptones
The Kleptones chronology
Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots
(2003)
A Night at the Hip Hopera
(2004)
From Detroit to J.A.
(2005)

A Night at the Hip Hopera is the third album by The Kleptones. It fused Queen's rock music with rap vocals and many sound bites from movies (such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and other sources. Unlike 1992's cancelled BASIC Queen Bootlegs album and despite its title, it is considered a bastard pop album rather than a hip-hop album.

Contents

On 8 November 2004 Waxy, the main site that hosted A Night At The Hip Hopera, received a cease & desist notice from the Walt Disney Company (Hollywood Records) for illegal sampling of songs by Queen, similar to the banning of DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album .

Track listing

  1. "Precession" – 2:06
  2. "See" – 4:14
  3. "Live" – 3:10
  4. "Bite" – 4:02
  5. "Jazz" – 4:48
  6. "Rock" – 2:45
  7. "Love" – 0:31
    • Samples – Queen, "Tenement Funster"
    • Sound bites Brian May interview
  8. "Fight" – 3:20
    • Samples – Queen, "Fight from the Inside"
    • Samples Dilated Peoples, "Marathon"
  9. "Fuck" – 1:09
  10. "Play" – 3:41
  11. "Ride" – 3:10
  12. "Sniff" – 4:20
  13. "Ridicule" – 0:36
    • Samples – Queen, "Queen Talks"
  14. "Plan" – 4:49
  15. "Break" – 3:11
  16. "Listen" – 3:59
  17. "Work" – 2:21
  18. "Come" – 4:26
  19. "Expose" – 3:15
  20. "Jerk" – 5:04
  21. "Save" – 4:13
  22. "Stop" – 3:28
  23. "Question" – 5:28

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