Almost forgot. When I was looking for the Greg Tate stuff I found rocklist.net's New Book of Rock Lists, which was fun because my copy of that is also in storage. It's not easy collecting books in New York. Loved this one. Check out number 5. Guess Rick Rubin wasn't solely responsible for all the Zep samples at Def Jam.
Bill Stephney’s Top 20 Recordings of All Time
As a founding member of the Bomb Squad, Bill Stephney was one of the principal architects of the first two Public Enemy albums as well as Ice Cube’s AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted. *= LP
1. Good Times – Chic
2. Sucker MCs – Run DMC
3. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back – Public Enemy*
4. Heartbeat – Taana Gardner
5. Led Zeppelin (1st Album) – Led Zeppelin*
6. Make if Funky – James Brown
7. Love TKO – Teddy Pendergrass
8. Straight Outta Compton – NWA*
9. Gratitude – Earth, Wind & Fire*
10. Raising Hell – Run DMC*
11. Dance to the Drummer’s Beat – Herman Kelly
12. Set it Off – Stafe
13. Zenyatta Mondatta – Police*
14. Don’t Look Any Further – Dennis Edwards with Siedah Garrett
15. I Know You, I Live You – Chaka Khan
16. Licensed to Ill – Beastie Boys*
17. Raw – Big Daddy Kane
18. Sugar Sperm – Captain Skyy
19. Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder*
20. Mr Magic – Grover Washington Jr