Yo! What's Up (CD1: Born This Way)
Bad Girls (Rock The Spot)
Places & Spaces For Your Mind
Got To Keep On (B-Boy mix)
Places & Spaces (Mellow mix)
Rok Da House (12" - bonus track)
Rok Da House (remix - bonus track)
Females (Get On Up) (12" - bonus track)
Secrets (Of Success) (CD2: Fade To Black)
Love Will Bring Us Together
The Powers Of Positive Thinking
Watch The Cookies Crumble 'Em
How Long (Has This Been Going On)
Secrets (Of Success) (Cooks mix)
Secrets (Of Success) (live At The Bar-b- Que mix - bonus track)
Mental Maniac (Broadmoor version - bonus track)
Come On & Get Some (Cookapella - CD3: remixes 1987-1992 - part 1)
Females (Get On Up) (remix cut)
Got To Keep On (Danny D's HipHouse remix)
Love Will Bring Us Back Together (Biznizz beats)
Born This Way (Let's Dance) (12' version)
Come On & Get Some (Super Fly mix)
(Secrets (Of Success) (club mix)
Love Will Bring Us Back Together (Feel The Vibe)
Mental Maniac (Psychotropic version)
Brother, Like Sister (Sure Is Pure mix)
Born This Way (Let's Dance) (Prince Paul Dope mix)
Secrets (Of Success) (Cooks instrumental)
Born This Way (Sue's Favourite mix - CD4: remixes 1987-1992 - part 2)
Females (Get On Up) (The Godmother)
Come On & Get Some (Drum & Bass mix)
Secrets (Of Success) (Two Step Style)
Brother Like Sister (Full On mix)
Crew's Gone Mad (acappella)
Love Will Bring Us Back Together (Cooks mix)
Born This Way (Prince Paul instrumental)
Come On & Get Some (Jack Swing mix)
Secrets (Of Success) (acappella)
Love Will Bring Us Back Together (Louis Louis mix)
Brother Like Sister (Deep club mix)
Come On & Get Some (Raga mix)
Love Will Bring Us Back Together (acappella)
Review: Hardcore UK hip-hop heads may disagree, but there's a strong argument to say that Cookie Crew were Britain's first wildly successful rap group - even if they were initially more associated with hip-house. The South London four-piece's short but impactful career gets the retrospective treatment on this excellent four-CD set. Disc one offers an expanded edition of 1989 debut album Born This Way, an energetic collection of ear-catching party rockers, while disc two boasts 1991 follow-up Fade To Black, a big budget affair featuring guest production by DJ Premier, Black Sheep and Guru (amongst others), which was clearly informed by saucer-eyed house culture and New Jack Swing. Throw in two discs of remixes from the period, including some genuinely overlooked rarities, and you have a fine career retrospective.
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