Profile's two young founders were products of the disco boom. Cory Robbins and Steve Plotnicki, both Jewish New Yorkers in their 20s, first met in 1979 when Robbins released a Plotnicki-penned disco song, ?Love Insurance,? on Panorama, a small imprint that Robbins ran for MCA Music Publishing. The idea behind Profile Records - which Robbins and Plotnicki launched in May 1981 with a $34,000 loan from their parents - was to release 12-inch dance singles. In hindsight, it might not have been the best business plan for the post-disco apocalypse. Profile's first single, a disco record by British TV star Grace Kennedy, was an all-American flop. But over the course of the next twenty years, with signings like Run DMC, Dana Dane, Rob Base & D.J. EZ Rock, Poor Righteous Teachers, Profile Records would become one of the biggest & most respected hip hop labels in the world.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Genius Rap DR. JECKYLL & MR. HYDE
2. Whip Rap DISCO FOUR
3. Beat Bop RAMMELZEE VS K-ROB
4. Fresh Fresh 3 MC'S
5. Here Comes That Beat! PUMPKIN & THE PROFILE ALL-STARS
6. King Kut WORD OF MOUTH
7. Sucker M.C.'s (KRUSH-GROOVE 1) RUN DMC
8. A Fly Guy PEBBLEE POO
9. Nightmares DANA DANE
10. Get Off My Tip! THE MASTERDON COMMITTEE
11. Lies. Lies RAP-O-MATIC LTD.
12. I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mike) SPYDER D
13. Drag Rap THE SHOWBOYS
14. It's My Beat SWEET TEE & JAZZY JOYCE
15. Ragamuffin Hip-Hop ASHER D & DADDY FREDDY

Disc 2:

1. Walk This Way RUN DMC
2. Cinderfella Dana Dane DANA DANE
3. It Takes Two ROB BASE & DJ E-Z ROCK
4. Beats To The Rhyme RUN DMC
5. Give 'Em A Sample TOO KOOL POSSE
6. I Got It Made SPECIAL ED
7. Do It To The Crowd TWIN HYPE
8. Hey Love KING SUN
9. Ah, And We Do It Like This ONYX
10. Rock Dis Funky Joint POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS
11. Born And Raised In Compton DJ QUICK
12. Be True To Yourself II NONE
13. Zulu War Chant TIME ZONE
14. Whutcha Want? NINE
15. Broken Language SMOOTH DA HUSTLER
16. Luchini AKA This Is It CAMP LO