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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.

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