The Awakening (Lord Finesse album)

The Awakening
Studio album by Lord Finesse
Released	February 20, 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	East Coast hip hop, hardcore rap
Length	51:43
Label	Penalty Records
Producer	Lord Finesse, Myke Loe, Jesse West
Lord Finesse chronology
Return of the Funky Man (1992) The Awakening (1996)
Singles from The Awakening
"Hip 2 Da Game" Released: October 28, 1995 "Gameplan" Released: January 9, 1996

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The Awakening is the third and final album from Hip Hop artist Lord Finesse, released four years after his second album Return of the Funky Man. Unlike his first two albums, The Awakening features a large number of album guests, including Doo-Wop, O.C., KRS-One, MC Lyte, Marquee, Akinyele, Showbiz, Diamond D, A.G., Kid Capri, Large Professor and Brand Nubian's Grand Puba and Sadat X. The album features the single "Hip 2 Da Game" and the hidden track "Actual Facts".

Music videos

There have been music videos for the tracks "Hip 2 Da Game", "Actual Facts" & "Gameplan". Gameplan features a cameo from Big L.

Track listing

Samples

Time Ta Bounce

• "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.

True and Livin'

• "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat
• "Nobody Beats the Biz" by Biz Markie
• "Funky President" by James Brown

O Lord

• "Lifetime Monologue" by Lou Rawls

Brainstorm / P.S.K. (No Gimmicks Remix)

• "Cannon Raps" by Cannonball Adderley
• "Ironside" by Quincy Jones
• "Come On" by The Notorious B.I.G.
• "A Divine Image" by David Axelrod
• "The Basement" by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

Taking It Lyte

• "Stefanie" by James Moody

Gameplan

• "E.V.A." by Jean-Jacques Perrey
• "Dreams" by Ramsey Lewis
• "Outside Love" by Brethren
• "Kama Part 1" by Michał Urbaniak
• "The Harlem Buck Dance Strut" by Les McCann
• "San Juan Sunset" by Eumir Deodato

Words from Da Ak

• "Safari" by Frank Walton

Flip Da Style

• "Pot Belly" by Lou Donaldson

Showtime

• "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band
• "Diggin' in the Crates" by Showbiz & A.G.

Speak Ya Peace

• "Naima" by Tom Scott & the California Dreamers
• "The Harlem Buck Dance Strut" by Les McCann
• "The Basement" and "On and On" by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

Food for Thought

• "Cannon Raps" by Cannonball Adderley
• "Ain't No Half-Steppin'" by Big Daddy Kane
• "Our Generation" by Ernie Hines
• "Go Stetsa I" by Stetsasonic
• "Remind Me" by Patrice Rushen

Da Kid Himself

• "Who's Making Love" by Lou Donaldson

Hip 2 Da Game

• "Dream of You" by Oscar Peterson
• "Tramp" by Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
• "You're Getting a Little Too Smart" by Detroit Emeralds
• "My Thang" by James Brown

No Gimmicks

• "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band

Actual Facts

• "The Smile" by David Axelrod
• "Just Rhymin' With Biz" by Big Daddy Kane
• "Move the Crowd" by Eric B. & Rakim
• "I Wanna Be Down (Remix)" by Brandy Norwood

Charts

Album

Singles

References