Adding gunshots, sirens and rewinds to remove swears from rap records is all well and good, but you’ve got to respect the effort made by certain rappers who went to the trouble of re-writing and re-recording their lyrics in order to cater to radio guidelines. Some of my personal favorites include Tim Dog‘s ‘Forget Compton,’ (not re-recorded but hilariously re-edited) Willie Dee‘s ‘Bald Head Gals’ and King Tee‘s ‘Played Like A Piano’ (which sports a remixed beat and numerous mentions of the fact that it’s a clean radio version), while who can forget Showbiz switching up “Hoes give me head on the escalator” for “Girls smile at me on an escalator”? Hold ya head everyone who was gifted the first Wu-Tang tape clean version with three songs removed.
Download: The Effin’ Clean Rap Radio Re-recordings compilation
Track listing:
01. ‘Forget Compton’ [Radio Mix] – Tim Dog
02. ‘Shame On A Nuh’ [Clean Version] – Wu-Tang Clan
03. ‘Gangsta Gangsta’ [Clean Version] -N.W.A.
04. ‘On The Run’ [Untouchable Clean Mix] – Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
05. ‘Deep Cover’ [Radio Version] – Dr Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg
06. ‘Mr Scarface’ [Clean Version] – Scarface
07. ‘Played Like A Piano’ [Clean Version] – King Tee feat. Ice Cube and Breeze
08. ‘Mind Playing Tricks On Me’ [Urban Radio Version] – GETO Boys
09. ‘Fat Pockets’ [Radio Remix] – Showbiz & A.G
10. ‘AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted’ [Clean Version] – Ice Cube
11. ‘Simon Says’ [Clean Version] – Pharoahe Monch
12. ‘Fugitive On The Run’ [Radio Version] – Too Much Trouble feat. Scarface
13. ‘Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down’ [Clean] – Brand Nubian
14. ‘Player’s Anthem’ [Radio Version] – Junior MAFIA
15. ‘Paparazzi’ [Clean] – Xzibit
16. ‘Guerillas In The Mist’ [Clean Version] – Da Lench Mob
17. ‘I’m Not A Player’ [Clean Version] – Big Punisher
18. ‘Bald Head Gals’ [Radio Version] – Willie Dee
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