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This Is How It Is is Original Flavor
's first album. It is produced entirely by Ski
Original Flavor
Original Flavor was a hip hop group from the mid 90's. The group originally consisted of Ski and Suave Lover. They released two albums This Is How It Is and Beyond Flavor although for Beyond Flavor Suave Lover was replaced by T-Strong and DJ Chubby Chub. They had a hit with the song "Can I Get...
's first album. It is produced entirely by Ski
Ski (producer)
David Willis, otherwise known as DJ Ski and Ski Beatz, is an American record producer mainly working in hip hop.-Biography:Discovered by DJ Clark Kent, Ski was originally known as "MC Will-Ski". In the 1990s, he was a member of the group Original Flavor, the first group managed by future recording...
Track listing
| # | Title | Composer(s) | Sample(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "This Is How It Is" | Havens, Reevers, Willis | 3:40 | *"Something Else Again" by Richie Havens Richie Havens Richard P. "Richie" Havens is an African American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense, rhythmic guitar style , soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.-Career:Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children... |
| 2 | "When I Make It" | Benson, Reevers, Willis | 4:01 | *"So This Is Love" by George Benson George Benson George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist.... |
| 3 | "Best Friend's Girl" | Harris, Reevers, Willis | 3:29 | |
| 4 | "Way Wit Words" | Comanor, Reevers, Willis | 3:12 | |
| 5 | "Kick The Butta" | Commodores, Reevers, Willis | 5:05 | |
| 6 | "Waitin' 4 My Break" | Cropper, Reevers, Willis | 3:27 | *"The Big Beat" by Billy Squier Billy Squier William Haislip "Billy" Squier is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No... *"Gee Whiz, It's Christmas" by Carla Thomas Carla Thomas Carla Thomas is an American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. She is the daughter of Rufus Thomas.-Childhood:... *"UFO" by ESG ESG ESG may refer to:* Engineering Seismology Group, a microseismic monitoring and data analysis company from Canada.* Environmental Social and Corporate Governance, the commonly accepted factors involved in Responsible Investment assessments... |
| 7 | "Handle The Technique" | Reevers, Washington, Willis | 2:56 | |
| 8 | "Give 'Em Some Wrek" | Brown, Reevers, Willis | 2:43 | *"I Know You Got Soul" by Bobby Byrd Bobby Byrd Bobby Byrd born Robert Howard Byrd was an American funk/soul/R&B/gospel musician, songwriter and record producer. He was born in Toccoa, Georgia, and is a 1998 winner of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's prestigious Pioneer Award... *"Hot Pants" by Enoch Light Enoch Light Enoch Henry Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer. As A&R chief and vice-president of Grand Award Records, he founded Command Records in 1959. Light's name was prominent on many albums both as musician and producer... |
| 9 | "Gumdrops" | Hancock, Reevers, Willis | 3:53 | *"Watermelon Man" by Herbie Hancock Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound... |
| 10 | "I Like It (Freestyle)" | Reevers, Willis | 3:51 | |
| 11 | "Brain Storm" | Reevers, Washington,Willis | 4:39 | |
| 12 | "Swingin'" | Reevers, Sample, Willis | 4:32 | |
| 13 | "Here We Go" | Reevers, Willis | 3:45 | |