Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics

Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics
Compilation album by Pete Rock
Released	November 4, 2003
Recorded	1995
Genre	Hip Hop
Length	67:56 (Center of Attention) 57:53 (The Original Baby Pa)
Label	BBE Records/Rapster Records
Producer	Pete Rock, Grap Luva, Spunk Bigga
Pete Rock chronology
PeteStrumentals (2001)PeteStrumentals2001 Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics (2003) Soul Survivor II (2004)Soul Survivor II2004

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
HipHopDX	link
Mojo	link
Pitchfork Media	(8.2/10) link
PopMatters	(mixed) link
RapReviews link	9/10 (InI) 8/10 (Deda)
Yahoo! Music	(8/10) link

Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics is a double-disc album featuring previously shelved albums Center of Attention by InI and The Original Baby Pa by Deda. Both albums were recorded in 1995 and produced entirely by Pete Rock except for five overall tracks produced either by Grap Luva or Spunk Bigga; Neither album had been officially released until this compilation came out. Both albums were recorded in 1995, and were scheduled to be released through Pete Rock's Soul Brother Records label. The InI single, "Fakin' Jax", was released in that year and performed fairly well. Deda's song "Blah Uno" originally appeared on a live compilation released by Elektra which also gave a catalog number for the album which was then to be called "Every Man For Himself". Unfortunately, Rock's distribution deal with Elektra Records fell through, and plans to release the albums were subsequently cancelled because of issues over ownership of the masters. Center of Attention did, however, find its way onto the underground market through bootlegging.

In a 2006 interview, Pete Rock stated that BBE Records released this compilation without his permission.

InI Center of Attention

• All tracks produced by Pete Rock, except track 15 produced by Spunk Bigga and tracks 6 and 16 produced by Grap Luva

#	Title	Performer (s)
1	"Intro"	*Instrumental*
2	"No More Words"	Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O
3	"Step Up"	Rob-O, Grap Luva, Ras G
4	"Think Twice"	Grap Luva, Pete Rock, Rob-O
5	"Square One"	Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O
6	"The Life I Live"	Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O
7	"Kross Roads"	Rob-O, Pete Rock
8	"To Each His Own"	Grap Luva, Q-Tip, Rob-O, Large Professor
9	"Fakin Jax'"	Pete Rock, Rob-O, Ras G, Grap Luva
10	"What You Say"	Marco Polo, Grap Luva, Ras G, Rob-O
11	"Props"	Rob-O
12	"Center Of Attention"	Ras G, Rob-O, Grap Luva
13	"Grown Man Sport"	Ras G, Grap Luva, Rob-O, Meccalicious, Marco Polo
14	"Mind Over Matter"	Grap Luva, Rob-O, Ras G
15	"Don't You Love It"	Rob-O
16	"Microphonist Wanderlust"	Rob-O

Samples

• "Intro"
  • "Midnight Ravers" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
• "No More Words"
  • "Morning" by Cal Tjader
• "Step Up"
  • "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat
  • "Bumpin' Bus Stop" by Thunder & Lightning
  • "It's Too Late To Turn Back" by Jackie Mittoo
  • "Save Yourself" by Soft Machine
• "Think Twice"
  • "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod
  • "Why Can't People Be Colors Too?" by The Whatnauts
• "Square One"
  • "Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba" by Harlem Underground Band
  • "A Secret" by Billy Taylor
• "The Life I Live"
  • "Memory Band" by Rotary Connection
  • "Free Soul" by John Klemmer
• "Kross Roads"
  • "Hope We Can Be Together Soon" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
• "To Each His Own"
  • "Leyte" by Cal Tjader
• "Fakin' Jax"
  • "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
  • "Cause I Need It" by Dorothy Ashby
  • "Give Up The Goods (Just Step)" by Mobb Deep
• "What You Say"
  • "Lay Lady Lay" by David T. Walker
• "Props"
  • "Turista" by Howard Roberts
  • "Blues And Pants" by James Brown
  • "The Champ" by The Mohawks
• "Center of Attention"
  • "Come Dancing" by Jeff Beck
  • "Summer of '42" by Monty Alexander
• "Grown Man Sport"
  • "Water No Get Enemy" by Fela Kuti
• "Mind Over Matter"
  • "Dedicate All My Love" by Raw Soul Express
  • "You Can Fly" by The Sons of Champlin
• "Don't You Love It"
  • "Don't Cha Love It" by The Miracles
• "Microphonist Wonderlust"
  • "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Kenny Burrell

Deda The Original Baby Pa

• All tracks produced by Pete Rock

#	Title	Performer (s)
1	"Everyman"	Deda, Pete Rock
2	"Baby Pa"	Deda
3	"How I'm Livin'"	Deda, Vinia Mojica
4	"Blah Uno"	Deda
5	"Can't Wait"	Deda
6	"I Originate"	Deda
7	"Markd4death"	Ex-cons
8	"Nasty Scene"	Deda
9	"Nothing More"	Deda
10	"Press Rewind"	Deda, Pete Rock
11	"Rhyme Writer"	Deda
12	"Too Close"	Deda
13	"Understand?"	Deda