''Soul Food'' is the second album by
Def Jef
Def Jef is the stage name of Jeffrey Fortson (born September 27, 1970), an American alternative hip hop musician and rapper of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born in Harlem, New York City.
His debut album was 1989's '' Just a Poet wit ...
.
It was released on September 22, 1991, on
Delicious Vinyl and featured production from Def Jef,
DJ Mark the 45 King, the
Brand New Heavies, and Devastatin' of Funkytown Pros. Two singles were released, "Here We Go Again" and "Cali's All That," but neither made it to the
''Billboard'' charts.
Track listing
#"A Poet's Prelude" - 1:43
#"Get Up 4 the Get Down" - 3:46
#"Soul Provider" - 4:00
#"Here We Go Again" - 4:09
#"Cali's All That" - 4:52 (featuring
Tone Loc)
#"Brand New Heavy Freestyle" - 4:54 (featuring the
Brand New Heavies)
#"Soul Is Back" - 4:51
#"Shadow of Def" - 4:18
#"Fa Sho Shot" - 4:45
#"Don't Sleep (Open Your Eyes)" - 3:30
#"Soul Food (A Hip Hop Duet)" - 4:38 (featuring Funkytown Pros)
#"Voice of a New Generation" - 5:44
#"God Complex" - 4:07
Samples
Here We Go Again
*"Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)" by
Run-DMC
Run-DMC (also spelled Run-D.M.C.) was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York City, founded in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of ...
*"
Children's Story
"Children's Story" is a song recorded by British-American hip hop artist Slick Rick. Taken as the second single from his album ''The Great Adventures of Slick Rick'', the song was a Top 5 hit on both the Hot R&B Singles and the Hot Rap Tracks ...
" by
Slick Rick
Cali's All That
*"8th Wonder" by
Sugarhill Gang
*"Bon Bon Vie" by
T.S. Monk
*"West Coast Poplock" by Ronnie Hudson & the Street People
Soul Is Back
*"Drumbeat" by Jim Ingram
*"Blow Your Head" by
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s.
Biography
Wesley was born the son of a high school teacher and big band lead ...
and
the J.B.'s
The J.B.'s (sometimes punctuated The JB's or The J.B.s) was the name of James Brown's band from 1970 through the early 1980s. On records the band was sometimes billed under alternate names such as Fred Wesley and the JBs, The James Brown Soul T ...
Fa Sho Shot
*"Shack Up" by Banbarra
*"
(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again
"(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" is a hit song written by Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey for R&B/funk band L.T.D. Released from their '' Something To Love'' album, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in the fall ...
" by
L.T.D.
Soul Food
*"
The Thrill Is Gone
"The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gon ...
" by
B.B. King
*"
Think (About It)" by
Lyn Collins
References
1991 albums
Def Jef albums
Delicious Vinyl albums
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