Anthology: A Decade of Hits 1988-1998

RELEASE
June 22, 1999
LABEL
Priority
GENRES
Rap, Alternative Rap, Jazz-Rap

Album Review

Though often neglected within the jazz-rap community during their brief, three-album run, Dream Warriors recorded a legion of interesting tracks, and Anthology does a better job than either of those albums in summarizing what made them so great. Featuring two versions of their nearest thing to a hit, "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style," the album also scores with a few collaboration tracks including others in the jazz-rap royalty -- "It's a Project Thing" with DJ Premier, "I've Lost My Ignorance" with Premier and Guru (i.e., Gang Starr), and "Tricycles and Kittens" with Digable Planets. Elsewhere, Dream Warriors salute their Caribbean influences with tracks like "Sound Clash" with Beenie Man and "Dem No Ready" with General Degree. It's a great look at one of the better hip-hop groups of the '90s.
Keith Farley, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style
  2. Wash Your Face in My Sink
  3. Ludi [Double Trouble Club mix]
  4. I've Lost My Ignorance [Gangstarr Remix]
  5. Day in Day Out
  6. Tricycles and Kittens
  7. California Dreamin'
  8. No Dingbats Allowed
  9. It's a Project Thing
  10. Test of Purity
  11. Sound Clash
  12. Dem No Ready
  13. Float On
  14. What Do You Want Ladies [80s Mix]
  15. U Ready [#]
  16. Dreamwarriors.Com [#]
  17. My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style [The Next Generation Mix]