Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Artifacts album)

Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Studio album by Artifacts
Released	October 25, 1994
Recorded	1993-1994
Genre	Hip hop
Length	62:58
Label	Big Beat Records (Atlantic subsidiary)
Producer	T-Ray, Buckwild (02, 05, 11, 14), Redman (09)
Artifacts chronology
Between a Rock and a Hard Place (1994) That's Them (1997)

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Between A Rock And A Hard Place is the first album by the hip hop duo Artifacts. The album, which is mainly produced by T-Ray, reached number 17 on the Billboard R&B/Hip hop Albums chart.

Track listing

1. Drama (Mortal Kombat Fatality) - 1:31
2. C'mon Wit da Git Down - 4:04
3. Wrong Side of da Tracks - 4:20
4. Heavy Ammunition - 4:07
5. Attack of New Jeruzalum feat. Jay Burnz Jay - 4:24
6. Notty Headed Nigguhz - 3:27
7. Whayback - 4:47
8. Flexi With da Tech(nique) - 4:08
9. Cummin' Thru Ya F-kin' Block feat. Redman - 4:21
10. Lower da Boom - 5:11
11. What Goes On? - 3:33
12. Dynamite Soul - 3:51
13. Whassup Now Muthaf-ka? - 2:25
14. C'mon Wit da Git Down (Remix) feat. Busta Rhymes - 3:43

Samples

Drama (Mortal Kombat Fatality)

• "Interlude (Out Here on My Own)" by Lamont Dozier
• "Letters from the Front" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

C'mon Wit Da Git Down

• "Ripped Open by Metal Explosions" by Galt MacDermot
• "Don't Tell It" by James Brown
• "Outside Love" by Brethren

Wrong Side of Da Tracks

• "Born to Be Blue" by Jack Bruce
• "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.
• "Bubble Gum" by 9th Creation

Heavy Ammunition

• "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps

Attack of New Jeruzalum

• "Blind Alley" by The Emotions

Notty Headed Nigguhz

• "(Don't Worry) if There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" by Curtis Mayfield

Whayback

• "Naima/Rainbeaux" by Everything Is Everything
• "Kama Part 1" by Michał Urbaniak
• "Magnificent Sanctuary Band" by Donny Hathaway

Flexi Wit Da Tech(nique)

• "The Sorcerer of Isis" by Power of Zeus

Cummin' Thru Ya F-kin' Block

• "Along Came Betty" by Quincy Jones

Lower Da Boom

• "The Lady Wants to Know" by Michael Franks
• "Sad Song" by Amanda Ambrose
• "E.V.A." by Jean-Jacques Perrey
• "Creativity" by Jack S. Margolis

What Goes On?

• "Vibrations" by Buster Williams
• "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band

Dynamite Soul

• "It's a New Day So Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn" by James Brown
• "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren

Whassup Now Muthaf-ka?

• "Upon This Rock" by Joe Farrell

C'mon Wit Da Git Down (Remix)

• "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod
• "Rain, Rain, Go Away" by Bob Azzam
• "The Harlem Buck Dance Strut" by Les McCann
• "Blues and Pants" by James Brown