Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Studio album by Artifacts
Released	October 25, 1994
Recorded	July 1993 - March 1994
Studio	Soundtrack Studios (New York City, New York) Chung King Studios (Manhattan, New York)
Genre	East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, boom bap
Length	62:58
Label	Big Beat Records / Atlantic Records
Producer	Artifacts, Buckwild, Drew, Redman, Dana "Rocwilder" Stinson, T-Ray, Rob "Reef" Tewlow (exec.)

Artifacts chronology
Next	That's Them (1997)

Between a Rock and a Hard Place is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Artifacts. It was released on October 25, 1994 through Big Beat Records and Atlantic Records. Recording sessions took place at Soundtrack Studios and Chung King Studios in New York City from July 1993 to March 1994. Production was handled by T-Ray, Drew, Buckwild and Redman, with co-production from Rockwilder and the Artifacts themselves. It features guest appearances from Jay Burns Jaya and Busta Rhymes.

The album peaked at #137 on the Billboard 200 chart, #2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart, and #17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Between a Rock and a Hard Place released the singles: "Wrong Side of Da Tracks", "C'mon Wit Da Git Down" and "Dynamite Soul"

Track listing

All songs co-produced by Artifacts.

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Time
1.	"Drama (Mortal Kombat Fatality)"	-	-	Drew	1:31
2.	"C'mon Wit Da Git Down"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Brown, Best, Macdermot, Williams	Buckwild	4:04
3.	"Wrong Side of Da Tracks"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Anadon, Brown, Ray, Williams	T-Ray	4:20
4.	"Heavy Ammunition"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Brown, Ray, Williams	T-Ray	4:07
5.	"Attack of New Jeruzalum"	El da Sensei, Tame One, Jay Burns Jaya	Best, Brown, Oxendine, Williams	Buckwild	4:24
6.	"Notty Headed Nigguhz"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Brown, Ray, Williams	T-Ray	3:27
7.	"Whayback"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Brown, Ray, Williams	T-Ray	3:27
8.	"Flexi Wit Da Tech(nique)"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Brown, Ray, Williams	T-Ray	4:08
9.	"Cummin' Thru Ya Fuckin' Block"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Brown, Noble, Williams	Reggie Noble, Dana "Rocwilder" Stinson (co.)	4:20
10.	"Lower da Boom"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Brown, Ray, Williams	T-Ray	5:11
11.	"What Goes On?"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Best, Brown, Williams	Buckwild	3:33
12.	"Dynamite Soul"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Brown, Ray, Williams	T-Ray	3:51
13.	"Whassup Now Muthafucka?"	El da Sensei, Tame One	Brown, Ray, Williams	T-Ray	2:24

Notes:

• Track 1 features scratches performed by Dr. Butcher
• Track 2 features scratches performed by DJ Rockraider
• Track 5 features scratches performed by Rockraider

Samples

Drama (Mortal Kombat Fatality)

• "Interlude (Out Here on My Own)" by Lamont Dozier
• "Letters From the Front" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• "Flex Wit Da Tech(nique)" by Artifacts
• "Just Rhymin' With Biz" by Big Daddy Kane feat. Biz Markie

C'mon Wit Da Git Down

• "Ripped Open by Metal Explosions" by Galt MacDermot's First Natural Hair Band
• "Outside Love" by Brethen

Wrong Side of Da Tracks

• "Born to Be Blue" by Jack Bruce
• "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.
• "Bubble Gum" by 9th Creation

Heavy Ammunition

• "Pot Belly" by Lou Donaldson
• "Knick Knack Patty Wack" by EPMD
• "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps
• "Death Becomes You" by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
• "Hardcore" by EPMD feat. Redman

Attack of New Jeruzalum

• "The Sick Rose" by David Axelrod
• "Rufus" by Ron Carter
• "Blind Alley" by The Emotions
• "Ease Up" by 3rd Eye & The Group Home
• "Last Call" by Tha Alkaholiks

Notty Headed Nigguhz

• "Tonight's Da Night (Remix)" by Redman
• "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang
• "Go Stetsa I" by Stetsasonic
• "Taurus" by Cannonball Adderley and The Nat Adderley Sextet
• "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" by Curtis Mayfield
• "Hardcore" by EPMD feat. Redman

Whayback

• "Roxanne's Revenge" by Roxanne Shanté
• "Naima/Rainbeaux" by Everything is Everything
• "Kama (Part I)" by Michal Urbaniak's Fusion
• "Magnificent Sanctuary Band" by Donny Hathaway
• "Didn't We" by Gene Ammons
• "Going Way Back" by Just-Ice feat. KRS-One
• "Vapors" by Biz Markie
• "Just Rhymin' With Biz" by Big Daddy Kane feat. Biz Markie

Flex Wit Da Tech(nique)

• "The Sorcerer of Isis (The Ritual of the Mole)" by Power of Zeus
• "Come Clean" by Jeru the Damaja
• "Just Rhymin' With Biz" by Big Daddy Kane feat. Biz Markie

Cummin' Thru Ya Fuckin' Block

• "Along Came Betty" by Quincy Jones
• "A One Two" by Biz Markie

Lower Da Boom

• "The Lady Wants to Know" by Michael Franks
• "Papa Was Too" by Joe Tex
• "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Smith
• "Sad Song" by Amanda Ambrose
• "E.V.A." by Jean-Jacques Perrey

What Goes On?

• "Vibrations" by Buster Williams
• "You Can Fly" by Sons of Champlin
• "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band

Dynamite Soul

• "It's a New Day So Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn" by James Brown
• "Rooftop" by Sons of Champlin
• "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren

Whassup Now Muthafucka?

• "Upon This Rock" by Joe Farrell
• "On the Run" by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo

C'mon Wit Da Git Down (Remix)

• "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod
• "Rain, Rain Go Away" by Bob Azzam
• "The Harlem Buck Dance Strut" by Les McCann
• "Blues and Pants" by James Brown