Big Time (Ultra album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Big Time
| type = studio
| artist = Ultra
| cover = Big Time (Ultra album).jpg
| alt =
| released = October 10, 1996
| recorded = 1996
| venue =
| studio = Krackhous Studios (Hollywood, CA)
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 47:07
| label = Our Turn
| producer = {{hlist|Eddie Pugh (exec.)|Tim Dog (exec.)|KutMasta Kurt|Pimpin' Rex|Kool Keith}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Kool Keith
| type = studio
| prev_title = Dr. Octagonecologyst
| prev_year = 1996
| title = Big Time
| year = 1996
| next_title = Sex Style
| next_year = 1997
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Tim Dog
| type = studio
| prev_title = Do or Die
| prev_year = 1993
| title = Big Time
| year = 1996
| next_title = Immortal
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{Singles
| name = Big Time
| type = studio
| single1 = Big Time
| single1date = September 24, 1996{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA105|title=Black Music Execs|publisher=Billboard|date=October 19, 1996|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| noprose = yes
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-time-mw0000612321|title=Big Time - Ultra|last=Huey|first=Steve|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=November 25, 2017}}
| rev2 = The Source
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Rodriguez|first=Carlito|date=September 1996|issue=84|title=Record Report: Ultra – Big Time|magazine=The Source|pages=152, 154|location=New York}}
}}
Big Time is the only album by Ultra, an American hip hop group composed of Kool Keith and Tim Dog, who had previously collaborated as part of Ultramagnetic MCs. The duo only released one album, which contained many disses towards other rappers. It has been called "the holy Grail of the Kool Keith catalog, owing mostly to its rarity".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics = Kool Keith & Tim Dog
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Selling My DAT's
| note1 = Intro
| length1 = 0:42
| extra1 = KutMasta Kurt
| title2 = Super Luv
| length2 = 3:09
| extra2 = KutMasta Kurt
| title3 = NYC Street Corner Battle
| length3 = 3:20
| extra3 = KutMasta Kurt
| title4 = Big Time
| length4 = 4:39
| extra4 = Pimpin' Rex
| title5 = Bitin' My Space Shit
| note5 = Skit
| length5 = 0:07
| extra5 = KutMasta Kurt
| title6 = Get Off the Dick
| length6 = 3:40
| extra6 = KutMasta Kurt
| title7 = Who Rocks?
| length7 = 3:35
| extra7 = KutMasta Kurt
| title8 = Peeping Tom
| note8 = Skit
| length8 = 0:15
| extra8 = KutMasta Kurt
| title9 = Private Eyes
| length9 = 3:24
| extra9 = Pimpin' Rex
| title10 = The Industry is Wak
| length10 = 4:19
| extra10 = KutMasta Kurt
| title11 = Moving Out the Projects?
| note11 = Skit
| length11 = 0:22
| extra11 = KutMasta Kurt
| title12 = Keep It Real... Represent
| length12 = 4:07
| extra12 = KutMasta Kurt
| title13 = Ain't Nobody Happenin{{'-}}
| note13 = featuring Motion Man
| length13 = 4:37
| extra13 = KutMasta Kurt
| title14 = Fat Lady
| length14 = 4:13
| extra14 = Kool Keith
| title15 = Visit to the Zoo
| note15 = Skit
| length15 = 0:28
| extra15 = KutMasta Kurt
| title16 = Bizarre
| length16 = 3:02
| extra16 = KutMasta Kurt
| title17 = No Face
| length17 = 2:33
| extra17 = KutMasta Kurt
| title18 = To the Real Ultra Fans
| note18 = Outro
| length18 = 0:36
| extra18 = KutMasta Kurt
| total_length = 47:07
}}
Sample credits
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- "NYC Street Corner Battle" contains samples from "You're Getting a Little Too Smart" by Detroit Emeralds (1973)
- "Big Time" contains samples from "The Breakdown (Part II)" by Rufus Thomas (1971)
- "Get Off the Dick" contains samples from "Kitty with the Bent Frame" by Quincy Jones (1971)
- "Industry is Wak" contains samples from "The Sick Rose" by David Axelrod (1969) and "Why Can't People Be Colors Too?" by the Whatnauts (1972)
- "No Face" contains samples from "The Mixed Up Cup" by Clyde McPhatter (1970)
Personnel
- Timothy Blair – writer, performer, executive producer, A&R
- Keith Matthew Thornton – writer, performer, producer (track 14), A&R
- Eddie Pugh – executive producer
- Kurt Matlin – producer (tracks: 1–3, 5–8, 10–13, 15–18)
- Rex Colonel Doby Jr. – producer (tracks: 4, 9)
- Paul Laster – performer (track 13)
- Tom Baker – mastering
- Junior – recording & mixing
- Jim Rasfeld – layout
- Scott Zuschin – photography
References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=https://koolkeith.bandcamp.com/album/big-time|title=Big Time, by Ultra|website=BandCamp|access-date=2017-11-25}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Ultra-Big-Time/master/172442|title=Ultra (4) - Big Time|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-11-25}}
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