Previously I harshed on the Amazon MP3 Store because I couldn’t get Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. That criticism still stands, but a crack has appeared in iTMS armor!
None of Big Daddy Kane’s classics like Raw, Ain’t No Half Steppin, and Smooth Operator are in the iTMS. In fact, it doesn’t look like any of the Cold Chillin’ catalog is in the store. Boooooo!
Thankfully, the Amazon MP3 store at least has Marley Marl’s House of Hits. Okay, so you can’t get Smooth Operator, but digital versions of The Symphony, Part 1 and The Bridge more than make up for it. The rest of the collection isn’t that bad either.
Ob Trivia. The Bridge was originally a B side. The supposedly lesser side of a 12” vinyl record for you youngsters out there. Which reminds me to dig up Public Enemy’s B Side Wins Again