''Rap Essentials Volume One'' is a Canadian hip hop

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, released in 1996 on Beat Factory Music, and distributed by EMI Music Canada. It is considered a landmark hip-hop album, and it was very influential. Three songs from the album—"

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" by Kardinal Offishall, "Fitnredi" by Rascalz, and "Bright Lights, Big City" by

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—were nominated for Best Rap Recording at the

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Samples

*"Learn to Earn" – Contains a sample of " Paid in Full" by Eric B. & Rakim *"Naughty Dread" – Contains a sample of " Natty Dread" by

Bob Marley & The Wailers Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as The Wailers, and prior to that The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing Wailers and The Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley (Robert ...

*"Dear Hip Hop" – Contains a sample of " The Look of Love" by Ramsey Lewis

References

{{Reflist 1996 compilation albums Albums produced by Kardinal Offishall Compilation albums by Canadian artists EMI Records compilation albums Hip hop compilation albums

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