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MTV Party to Go 5

1994 compilation album; various artists

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 17, 2023
Entity authorityQ6718781 ↗
Source-derived summary

MTV Party To Go Volume 5 was the fifth album in MTV's Party To Go series. The album was certified Gold on September 20, 1994, by the RIAA.

Track listing

"Anniversary (Quiet Storm)" – Tony! Toni! Toné!

"Let Me Ride" (Extra Clean Radio Edit) – Dr. Dre

"Boom! Shake the Room" (Ultimix) – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

"Slam" (Ultimix) – Onyx

"Informer" (Ultimix) – Snow

"I Get Around" (Remix) – 2Pac

"Come Baby Come" (Ultimix) – K7

"Whoomp! (There It Is)" (WPGC Remix) – Tag Team

"Hey Mr.

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The public source identifies “MTV Party to Go 5” as 1994 compilation album; various artists. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Party, compilation and album.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-05-31. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Party, compilation and album providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 17, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q6718781. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994.

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This entry incorporates text from “MTV Party to Go 5” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.