#Jock jams volume 1 songs upgrade#

Four years later, after developing De La Soul, Digital Underground, Queen Latifah and others, earning her the title 'The High Priestess of Hip-hop,' in 1985 Lynch became president of Tommy Boy, which earned her access to the company's luxury box at Madison Square Garden. Released on July 25, 1995, the collection opened with Michael Buffer's now ubiquitous 'Let's Get Ready To Rumble' boxing howl and was overstuffed with an infectious, borderline-obnoxious mix of arena earworms such as 'Get Ready for This,' 'Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)' and 'YMCA.' And while many sports and music fans are familiar with the carrot-colored CD case covered in airborne cheerleaders, or the seminal collection of stadium anthems once described as an 'orgy of chantable hooks' and 'adrenaline-fueled schmaltz,' few know the actual creation story behind the project, the vision of the two women executives who made it all possible, or the stories behind the songs that have been echoing inside arenas and our collective sports brains for decades.ДЄnd so to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original Jock Jams release, ESPN tracked down the key executives and artists and asked them to retell inspirations behind the greatest - and strangest - compilation of sports anthems in music history.ДЄfter gigs as a model and go-go dancer in her hometown of Chicago, Monica Lynch moved to New York, where she answered a want ad in The Village Voice in 1981 to become the first employee of the fledgling Tommy Boy record label. 'But I don't think I've ever been at a sporting event and not heard our Jock Jams song.' 'Not to toot my own horn,' says KayGee, while locating Naughty's 'Hip Hop Hooray' (Track 11) on the original compilation of stadium anthems. It doesn't occupy the same prestigious wall space as the group's other hit records or even the large custom portrait of former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison, but after all this time, Jock Jams remains nearly impossible to ignore - no matter how hard we all might try. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER,В the commemorative platinum-record plaque awarded for 'Jock Jams, Volume 1' still hangs inside the New Jersey recording studio of KayGee from Naughty By Nature.

#Jock jams volume 1 songs upgrade#

You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.ДЇor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserДЇrom 'Hip Hop Hooray' to 'YMCA,' the untold stories of Jock Jams, 25 years later