Your Face or Your Kneecaps
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Your Face or Your Kneecaps is the first release by hip-hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 producer RJD2
RJD2
RJD2 is an American music producer, singer and musician. RJD2 was born in Eugene, Oregon, and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was signed to the Definitive Jux label where he released two largely instrumental hip hop albums and has produced tracks...

. It is a 39-track DJ mix composed mostly of obscure funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 records from the 1970s and 1980s that are beat juggled
Beat juggling
Beat juggling is the act of manipulating two or more samples , in order to create a unique composition, using multiple turntables and one or more mixers. This can involve pauses, scratching, backspins and delays...

 to extend certain drum heavy parts of the songs. Layered on top of the music are also a few hip-hop a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...

s and vocal clips from the classic New York City hip-hop film Wild Style
Wild Style
Wild Style is a 1983 hip hop film produced by Charlie Ahearn. Released theatrically in 1983 by First Run Features and later re-released for home video by Rhino Home Video, it is regarded as the first hip hop motion picture...

. Also included in the mix are a few original tracks produced by RJ, some of which are featured on his debut solo production LP Deadringer
Deadringer (album)
Deadringer is the debut album of RJD2. It was released on July 23, 2002 on Definitive Jux.-Track listing:# "The Horror" – 4:11# "Salud" – 0:38# "Smoke & Mirrors" – 4:26# "Good Times Roll Pt.2" – 4:57# "Final Frontier" – 4:25...

. At the end of the mix are 2 full length tracks produced by RJ exclusively for this album.

Track listing

Tracks 1-37 are listed as the "Poorboy Lover Megamix" on the actual album notes. The users of the Vinyl Vulture forum started compiling a detailed track list which is still incomplete. This is the specific forum thread
  1. “Jim Ingram - Black Woman” – 2:38
  2. “The Nite Liters - Tanga Boo Gonk” – 1:22
  3. “Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again Naturally / Wild Style Dialogue - Zorro & Fab 5 Freddy” – 0:41
  4. “Unknown” – 0:09
  5. “Timmy Thomas - Sexy Woman” – 0:16
  6. “Donny Hathaway - Magnificent Sanctuary Band / The Barons - Makin' It Better” – 1:03
  7. Oliver Sain
    Oliver Sain
    Oliver Sain was an American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer....

    - St. Louis Breakdown” – 0:37
  8. “Hot Ice Company - I Got the Love You Need” – 0:43
  9. “Unknown” – 0:41
  10. “Syl Johnson - Concrete Reservation” – 0:11
  11. “Albert King - I'll Play the Blues for You” – 0:28
  12. “Jethro Tull - Cross Eyed Mary / Volume 10 - Pistol Grip Pump” – 1:41
  13. “Different Strokes - Sing a Simple Song / Ike & Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister / Sly & the Family Stone - Sing a Simple Song / Charles Earland - Sing a Simple Song” – 1:28
  14. “Southside Movement - I've Been Watching You” – 1:22
  15. “Lighthouse - The Love of a Woman” – 1:20
  16. “RJD2 - ? / Double Trouble - Stoop Rap (from Wild Style OST)” – 2:23
  17. “Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band - Giggin Down 103rd” – 0:29
  18. “King Curtis - Sweet Inspiration / ? ” – 1:50
  19. “Monk Higgins - Gotta Be Funky” – 0:21
  20. “Eddy Senay - Ain't No Sunshine” – 0:31
  21. “Charles Whitehead - Between the Lines” – 1:10
  22. “African Music Machine - Mr. Brown” – 0:31
  23. “Soul Tornadoes - Bobby's Mood” – 0:41
  24. “Cold Blood - Baby I Love You” – 0:48
  25. “Ben Vereen - I'll Keep My Light in My Window” – 0:10
  26. “Allen Toussaint - Worldwide” – 0:31
  27. “Steve Colt - Dynamite” – 1:26
  28. “Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You” – 0:12
  29. “Toddlin Town Sounds - It's Your Thing” – 0:29
  30. “Ray Bryant - Up Above the Rock” – 0:48
  31. “Eric & the Vikings - Get Off the Streets Y'all” – 1:14
  32. “Jimmy Castor Bunch - Bad” – 1:00
  33. “Soul Severes - I Got It” – 1:24
  34. “James Brown - The Drunk” – 0:36
  35. “Sisters and Brothers - Jed Clampett” – 2:09
  36. “RJD2 - Let the Good Times Roll Part II / Mr. C & Funck Junction - Hot Butter 'n All” – 3:22
  37. “RJD2 - Let the Good Times Roll Part I / Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader (a cappella)” – 2:33
  38. “RJD2 - Rain” – 5:41
  39. “RJD2 - Find You Out” – 5:02
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