Stick 2 the Script

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Stick 2 the Script
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ReleasedOctober 21, 2008
Recorded2008
Genre Hip hop
Length52:38
Label Showoff Records, Brick Records
Producer Statik Selektah
Statik Selektah chronology
Spell My Name Right: The Album
(2007)
Stick 2 the Script
(2008)
100 Proof: The Hangover
(2010)
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Stick 2 the Script is the second studio album by East Coast hip hop producer Statik Selektah. It was released by Showoff Records and Brick Records on October 21, 2008. It is composed of 18 tracks--all containing production from Statik Selektah and rapping from featured artists. Much like Selektah's debut album, the album features well-established New York City rappers like Jadakiss, Q-Tip and Talib Kweli. It additionally features newer artists like Jon Hope and Reks, as well as Southern rappers like Bun B, West Coast rappers like Mistah F.A.B. and a slew of Massachusetts rappers on the song "Streets of M.A.". DJ Premier ranked the album 3rd in his top 20 albums of 2008 list.

East Coast hip hop is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in New York City during the 1970s. Hip hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first in The Bronx, New York; East Coast hip hop only became a distinct subgenre after artists from other regions of the United States emerged with different styles. In contrast to other styles, East Coast hip hop music has prioritized complex lyrics for attentive listening rather than beats for dancing. The main components of hip hop culture from that time and still today are MCing, DJing, break dancing, and graffiti.

Hip hop music music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop or rap music, is a genre of popular music developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans and Latino Americans in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s. It consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records, and rhythmic beatboxing. While often used to refer solely to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. The term hip hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music, though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip hop culture, including DJing, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.

Hip hop production

Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music in a recording studio. While the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music creation, including recording the rapping of an MC, a turntablist or DJ providing a beat, playing samples and "scratching" using record players and the creation of a rhythmic backing track, using a drum machine or sequencer, it is most commonly used to refer to recording the instrumental, non-lyrical and non-vocal aspects of hip hop.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Stick 2 the Script (Intro)"0:54
2."To the Top (Stick 2 the Script)" (featuring Cassidy, Saigon & Termanology)3:41
3."For the City" (featuring M.O.P. & Jadakiss)3:43
4."Get Out the Way" (featuring Bun B & Cory Mo)2:55
5."All 2gether Now" (featuring Freeway, Peedi Crakk & Young Chris)3:29
6."Interlude" (featuring Q-Tip)0:42
7."Church" (featuring Termanology)2:41
8."Talkin Bout You (Ladies)" (featuring Skyzoo, Joell Ortiz & Talib Kweli)3:37
9."On the Marquee" (featuring Little Brother, Joe Scudda & Chaundon)3:44
10."Mr. Popularity" (featuring Consequence)2:28
11."Interlude" (featuring Mad Rapper)1:12
12."This Is It (Showoff Remix)" (featuring Black Rob, D-Dot & Redman)3:06
13."So Good (Live From The Bar)" (featuring Naledge, Reks & CL Smooth)4:04
14."Streets of M.A." (featuring Masspike Miles, Termanology, SuperSTah Snuk, Reks, Slaine, Ea$y Money, Frankie Wainwright & Smoke Bulga)4:42
15."Sounds of the Street (Interlude)" (featuring JFK)1:20
16."Destined to Shine" (featuring Torae, Sha Stimuli & Jon Hope)3:20
17."Cali Nights" (featuring Glasses Malone, Mistah F.A.B. & Novel)3:03
18."Take It All Back" (featuring Reks, Ea$y Money, Royce Da 5'9" & Paula Campbell)3:56
Total length:52:38

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