Album · Compilation

The Roots of Rap

Released 199623 tracks · 69:58EnglishYazoo Records

Tracks

The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's

#	Title	Sung by
1	If I Had My Way I'd Tear This Building Down	Blind Willie Johnson	3:12
2	Cocaine Blues	Luke Jordan	3:18
3	Bow Wow Blues	The Allen Brothers	3:21
4	Jive Man Blues	Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon	2:54
5	Jonah in the Wilderness	Henry Thomas	2:57
6	South Carolina Rag	Willie Walker	3:14
7	Whitewash Station	Will Shade, Charlie Burse, Jab Jones	2:45
8	Automobile Ride Through Alabama	Red Henderson	3:17
9	The Dirty Dozen No. 2	Speckled Red	3:00
10	'Tain't None o' Your Business	Butterbeans & Susie	3:22
11	It's a Good Thing	Frank Stokes	3:00
12	She's a Hum Dum Dinger	Jimmie Davis	2:48
13	Papa's on the House Top	Leroy Carr	2:58
14	Let That Liar Alone	Rev. Edward W. Clayborn	2:38
15	Back in My Home Town	Frank Hutchison	3:04
16	Track Linin	T.C.I. Section Crew	2:48
17	Atlanta Strut	Blind Willie McTell	3:12
18	Arkansas Hard Luck Blues	Lonnie Glosson	2:44
19	How Can You Have the Blues?	Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom	2:53
20	Pickin' Off Peanuts	Seven Foot Dilly & His Dill Pickles	3:29
21	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	Pinetop Smith	2:47
22	When I Stopped Running I Was at Home	Prince LaVaughn	3:25
23	Frankie Jean	Memphis Minnie	2:52

Source: MusicBrainz release group ab770b1d-4b23-3ad3-b6f6-557f66389eb2 (CC0). Cover: Cover Art Archive.