I Miss the Hip Hop Shop

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I Miss the Hip Hop Shop
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Mixtape by
ReleasedJune 15, 2004
Recorded2002–2004
Genre Underground hip hop
Length58:40
Label Iron Fist Records
Producer
Proof chronology
D12 World
(2004)
I Miss the Hip Hop Shop
(2004)
Searchin' For Jerry Garcia
(2005)
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I Miss the Hip Hop Shop is a mixtape by Detroit rapper Proof, released on June 15, 2004, via Iron Fist Records. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Diss track

One of the most notable tracks is "Ja In A Bra" a diss track to rapper Ja Rule for the feud he had with Shady Records which Proof was a part of. Ja Rule also dissed Proof in a freestyle on "It's Murda" by saying "Y'all haven't heard yet that nigga change is 'Loose' and I got "Proof" get it, I got 'Proof'" and on "The Wrap" with "Nah, I'ma give it to you, The same way that we gave it to 'Proof', The same way that we gave it to 'Loose'". The track list was printed wrong on the album, with tracks 8 and 9 being interchanged.

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Intro" 1:05
2."E and 1 Equal None" Kareem Riggins 2:54
3."Yzark"Essman3:52
4."Derty Harry"Cyzer Soset3:39
5."People Hi for Change"
2:04
6."Neil Armstrong"Cyzer Soset4:23
7."Broken" (featuring Journalist & MU) House Shoes 4:24
8."Shake Dat Donkey"Cyzer Soset3:30
9."Runnin' Yo! Mouth" (featuring T-Flame & Fatt Father)Stacey3:58
10."Skit-Dolo Speaks 2" 1:16
11."Know Ya! Name" (featuring 1st Born) Davina 2:45
12."Play With Myself" DJ Premier 2:37
13."You Know How 2" (featuring Famous) Kon Artis 3:29
14."It Ain't About Tha"Sicknotes2:43
15."Cross tha' Line"Reef3:00
16."Bring It 2 Me" (featuring Killa Khann) J Dilla 3:10
17."Ja in a Bra'"Sicknotes3:39
18."Nowhere Fast" (featuring Dogmatic)Sicknotes3:21
19."Love Letters"DJ DDT-Da Busta2:56
Total length:58:40

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