Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs

Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs
Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs
Greatest hits album by Rahzel
Released	June 1, 2004
Genre	Hip hop; beatboxing;
Length	68:13
Label	Sure Shot Recordings
Producer	A. Turner (exec.); Chris Landry (exec.); Russell Jones (exec.); DJ JS-1 (also exec.);
Rahzel chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
RapReviews	^[3]

Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs is the second album by American beatboxer and hip hop artist Rahzel. It was released on June 1, 2004, via Sure Shot Recordings.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Knockout!!!!" (intro)	1:30
2.	"Essentials" (remix) (featuring KRS-One)	1:21
3.	"Live from London"	1:29
4.	"Rahstrumental Breaks 1" (Mechanical Man 1)	0:44
5.	"Nuthin 2 F@%k With (Live!)" (featuring RZA)	1:58
6.	"The 4 Elements" (featuring Kenny Muhammad The Human Orchestra)	1:00
7.	"Freestyle (Tim Westwood Show)" (featuring Black Thought and DJ Hurricane)	1:54
8.	"Rahstrumental Break 2"	1:51
9.	"Children's Story" (featuring Everlast)	3:21
10.	"Rahstrumental Break 3 (Deep Cover)" (featuring Tonedeff)	1:31
11.	"Interlude" (featuring Funkmaster Flex)	5:48
12.	"Used to Be Perfect" (remix) (featuring Lynden David Hall)	3:20
13.	"'88" (featuring React)	2:51
14.	"Tribute to Jam Master Jay" (featuring Supernatural)	5:15
15.	"The Lesson, Pt. 1" (featuring ?uestlove, Dice Raw and Black Thought)	5:06
16.	"On Ya Block" (featuring Trez)	1:42
17.	"Live from Philadelphia" (featuring E.S.T.)	2:21
18.	"Get Fresh (Do the Beat Box)" (featuring Milini)	3:19
19.	"Night Riders" (remix) (featuring Slick Rick)	3:07
20.	"The Undisputed" (interlude)	1:48
21.	"Rahzel vs. Rob Swift"	2:54
22.	"Freestyle" (Tim Westwood Show) (featuring Gravediggaz)	2:46
23.	"U.N.I.T.Y." (featuring Cee-Lo)	1:27
24.	"Tribute to Aaliyah (One in a Million)" (live in London)	1:14
25.	"Guess (U Neva Knew)"	3:46
26.	"How Many Times (Remarkable!)" (featuring Keith Murray and Lord Tariq)	4:50
Total length:		1:08:13

Personnel

Rahzel Manely Brown – main artist
William Tramontozzi – executive producer, scratches (tracks: 2, 8, 13, 14), DJ mix
A. Turner – executive producer
Chris Landry – executive producer
Russell Jones – executive producer
Ahmir Khalib Thompson – featured artist (track 15)
Erik Francis Schrody – featured artist (track 9)
Karl Jenkins – featured artist (track 15)
Keith Murray – featured artist (track 26)
Kenny Muhammad The Human Orchestra – featured artist (track 6)
Lawrence Parker – featured artist (track 2)
Lynden David Hall – featured artist (track 12)
Pedro Antonio Rojas, Jr. – featured artist (track 10)
Reco Price – featured artist (track 14)
Richard Martin Lloyd Walters – featured artist (track 19)
Robert Aguilar – scratches (track 21)
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs – featured artist (tracks: 5, 22)
Robert Waller – featured artist (track 17)
Sean "Lord Tariq" Hamilton – featured artist (track 26)
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter – featured artist (tracks: 7, 15)
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway – featured artist (track 23)
Wendell Timothy Fite – featured artist (track 7)
Benjamin Altman – artwork and design
Kaysh Shinn – photography

Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs: Volume 2

Another volume of Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs was planned to be released in the summer of 2008. It was supposed to be his first solo album released after splitting with the Roots, but the project was never released. It was to feature two singles called "Ring the Alarm" and "Come Fly with Me" (featuring Mike Patton).^[4]

References

^ "Billboard". 8 May 2004.
^ Jeffries, David. "Rahzel's Greatest Knockouts - Rahzel". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (December 2, 2003). "Rahzel :: Rahzel's Greatest Knockouts :: Sure Shot Recordings". RapReviews. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
^ "Beat-Boxer Rahzel Preps New Album". XXL. January 15, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2017.

External links

Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs at Discogs (list of releases)

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[1] "Billboard". 8 May 2004.

[2] Jeffries, David. "Rahzel's Greatest Knockouts - Rahzel". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2017.

[RapReviews-3] Juon, Steve 'Flash' (December 2, 2003). "Rahzel :: Rahzel's Greatest Knockouts :: Sure Shot Recordings". RapReviews. Retrieved December 18, 2017.

[4] "Beat-Boxer Rahzel Preps New Album". XXL. January 15, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2017.

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