The Om Years Explained

The Om Years
Type:	Compilation album
Artist:	People Under the Stairs
Cover:	Putsomyears.jpg
Released:	July 22, 2008
Recorded:	1996–2003, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Hip hop
Length:	121:11 (CD), 56:05 (LP)
Label:	Om Records
Prev Title:	Stepfather
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Fun DMC
Next Year:	2008

The Om Years is the second compilation album by People Under the Stairs. It is a combination of popular tracks from the group's first four albums (The Next Step, Question in the Form of an Answer, O.S.T. and ...Or Stay Tuned), and also includes extra b-sides and rarities.

The album was released in two formats:

A double-CD album, with the album tracks on the first CD, titled Disc 1: The Om Years, and a second bonus CD, titled Disc 2: B-Sides and Rarities.
A double-LP album, with a selection of the first CD's tracks, and two songs ("The Bomb Combo" and "Out Da Club") from the b-sides & rarities CD.

Om Records released this compilation album in an attempt to capitalize on the buzz about the group's upcoming album, Fun DMC, and the group's past success with the label.^[1] The group would return to the Om label on 2009's Carried Away.

CD track listing

All songs written by Christopher "Thes One" Portugal and Michael "Double K" Turner, except where noted.Disc 1:

Tracks 2, 4 & 20 are from The Next Step (1998).
Tracks 3 & 5-9 are from Question in the Form of an Answer (2000).
Tracks 1 & 10-18 are from O.S.T. (2002).
Track 19 is from ...Or Stay Tuned (2003).

Disc 2:

Tracks 1, 3 & 11 are B-sides from the "We'll Be There" single (2000).
Track 5 is a B-side from the "Youth Explosion" single (2000).
Track 2 is a B-side from the "Jappy Jap" single (2002).
Track 6 is a B-side from the "Acid Raindrops" single (2002).
Track 10 is a B-side from the "Yield" single (2003).
Tracks 4 & 7-9 are from various multi-artist Om compilation albums.

LP track listing

All songs written by Christopher "Thes One" Portugal and Michael "Double K" Turner, except where noted.

External links

Notes and References

People Under The Stairs interview . Presenters: KB and Murdoch . Subsoniq Radio . . 2009-10-13.