A Night at the Hip Hopera

2004 remix album by The Kleptones
A Night at the Hip Hopera
Remix album by
The Kleptones
Released2004
GenreBastard pop
Length78:18
ProducerThe Kleptones
The Kleptones chronology
Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots
(2003)
A Night at the Hip Hopera
(2004)
From Detroit to J.A.
(2005)

A Night at the Hip Hopera is the third album by The Kleptones. It fused Queen's rock music with rap vocals and many sound bites from movies (such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and other sources. Unlike 1992's cancelled BASIC Queen Bootlegs album and despite its title, it is considered a bastard pop album rather than a hip-hop album.

On 8 November 2004 Waxy, the main site that hosted A Night At The Hip Hopera, received a cease & desist notice from the Walt Disney Company (Hollywood Records) for illegal sampling of songs by Queen, similar to the banning of DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album.

Track listing

  1. "Precession" – 2:06
    • Samples – Queen, "Procession"
    • Samples – Queen, Queen: The eYe soundtrack
    • Sound bites – Sigue Sigue Sputnik, "She's My Man"
    • Sound bites – Flash Gordon
    • Sound bites – The Dramatics, "Introduction"
    • Sound bites – GG Allin, "Intro (M. Board)"
    • Sound bites – Kosmo Vinyl, introducing The Clash (Kingston Advice: Live in Jamaica 1982 bootleg)
    • Sound bites – Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "One February Friday"
  2. "See" – 4:14
  3. "Live" – 3:10
  4. "Bite" – 4:02
  5. "Jazz" – 4:48
    • Samples – Queen, "More of That Jazz"
    • Samples – Queen, "We Will Rock You"
    • Samples – Task Force, "Tears on My Pillowcase"
    • Sound bites – 5 Headed Retard
    • Sound bites – Jane's Addiction bootleg
    • Sound bites – Timothy Leary
  6. "Rock" – 2:45
  7. "Love" – 0:31
    • Samples – Queen, "Tenement Funster"
    • Sound bites – Brian May interview
  8. "Fight" – 3:20
    • Samples – Queen, "Fight from the Inside"
    • Samples – Dilated Peoples, "Marathon"
  9. "Fuck" – 1:09
  10. "Play" – 3:41
  11. "Ride" – 3:10
  12. "Sniff" – 4:20
  13. "Ridicule" – 0:36
    • Samples – Queen, "Queen Talks"
  14. "Plan" – 4:49
  15. "Break" – 3:11
  16. "Listen" – 3:59
    • Samples – Queen, "Radio Ga Ga"
    • Samples – Beastie Boys, "Shake Your Rump"
    • Samples – Beastie Boys, "Intergalactic"
    • Samples – Beastie Boys, "Root Down"
    • Samples – Beastie Boys, "Sure Shot"
    • Sound bites – Hancock's Half Hour
  17. "Work" – 2:21
    • Samples – Queen, "Machines (Back to Humans)"
    • Samples – Missy Elliott, "She's a Bitch"
    • Sound bites – Dilbert (episode: "The Gift")
    • Sound bites – Flavor Flav
    • Sound bites – Richard Hamming, IBM slogan "Machines should work, people should think" (From Raymond Scott's "IBM MT/ST: The Paperwork Explosion")
    • Sound bites – Star Trek: The Next Generation
  18. "Come" – 4:26
  19. "Expose" – 3:15
    • Samples – Queen, "Flash"
    • Samples – Brandy and Monica, "The Boy Is Mine"
    • Samples – Beats International, "Dub Be Good to Me"
    • Samples – Jethro Tull, "The Third Hoorah"
    • Samples – Randall Jones, "Up Out of Here"
  20. "Jerk" – 5:04
  21. "Save" – 4:13
    • Samples – Queen, "Save Me"
    • Samples – DJ Vadim featuring Atmosphere, "Edie Brickell"
    • Sound bites – Keith Murray
  22. "Stop" – 3:28
  23. "Question" – 5:28

Related track

  • "Bo Rhap" – 6:50
    • Although not part of the A Night At The Hip Hopera album, this unique track mashes up multiple versions of Queen's legendary song, Bohemian Rhapsody. It was released as a Christmas 2004 single (after the album), and since Bohemian Rhapsody was not among the songs sampled by the Kleptones for the album, it's possible that "Bo Rhap" was meant to be part of it, or at the very least a bonus track.
  • "Kill" & "Smash"
    • While neither are on the album, they are included on the unreleased tracks compilation Shits & Giggles.

See also

External links

  • A Night At The Hip-Hopera download page
  • Waxy
  • Cease and desist letter from EMI #1
  • DownHill Battle
  • Download "Bo Rhap"
  • Podcast of discussion among John Batelle, Eric Kleptone, and EMI executive David Munns
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