DESC: Also available as part of a box set on Rhino (75939). Compilation producers: Garson Foos, Quincy Newell, David McLees. Includes liner notes by Jon Levy. Digitally remastered by Dave Schultz & Bill Inglot (DigiPrep). This is part of Rhino's Millenium Party series. Those looking for a succinct compilation of the most popular anthems in the history of hip-hop up to 2000 could do far worse than MILLENNIUM HIP-HOP PARTY. Beginning with Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel's admirable anti-drug broadside "White Lines (Don't Do It)," MILLENNIUM HIP HOP PARTY follows the path of hip-hop from the days when its roots were firmly grounded in street culture to the era in which a series of hip-hop anthems were thrust into the collective consciousness. Who will ever forget the phenomena of MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This," House of Pain's "Jump Around," or Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back?" The tracks are arranged in chronological order. Early cuts like Run DMC's retooling of the Aerosmith classic "Walk This Way" (generally ...