Kid 'N Play
2 Hype (RSDBF 2022)
Event: BLACK FRIDAY 2022
Release Date: 11/25/2022
Format: LP
Label: Select Records – SELE8510-LP
Quantity: 2800
Release type: Opaque White Colored RSD Exclusive Release
For a certain generation of hip-hop fans, just the mention of Kid ‘n’ Play brings on a wave of nostalgia. The group released three full length albums between 1988 and 1991 with a focus on positive lyrics and pop-friendly production. The success of the group’s music led to countless House Party films (well, some have counted), a Saturday morning cartoon show and even a series of comic books for Marvel (so yes, technically speaking, Kid ‘n’ Play are part of the Marvel Universe).
It all started here on 1988’s 2 Hype which features “Do The Kid 'n Play Kick Step” (the musical accompaniment to their trademark dance), “Rollin With Kid ‘n Play” which hit #11 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and of course Kid's now classic hi-top fade haircut, which measured up to over six inches high at its peak. Producer Hurby “Luv Bug” Azor, instrumental in the success of Salt-N-Pepa, was certainly a factor and the full length went on to Billboard Top 200 and RIAA certified gold status.
Unavailable on vinyl for decades, Select Records presents 2 Hype in a colored vinyl pressing exclusive to RSD Black Friday.
- Rollin' With Kid 'N Play
- Brother Man Get Hip
- Gittin' Funky
- Soul Man
- Damn That DJ (The Wizard M.E.)
- Last Night
- 2 Hype
- Can You Dig That
- Undercover (Feat. The Real Roxanne)
- Do The Kid 'N Play Kick Step
- Do This My Way
