Stone Cold Rhymin'

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Stone Cold Rhymin'
Stone Cold Rhymin' cover
Studio album by Young MC
Released September 5, 1989
Recorded 1988-1989
Genre Hip-Hop
Length 47:24
Label Delicious Vinyl
Producer Quincy Jones
Dust Brothers
Professional reviews
Young MC chronology
Stone Cold Rhymin'
(1989)		 Brainstorm
(1991)

Stone Cold Rhymin' is the debut album by rapper Young MC. It is generally seen as a brilliant pop-rap album. It was originally released in 1989 on Delicious Vinyl and was later re-issued by Rhino Records. The third track, "Bust a Move", was Young MC's biggest hit and was the song he is mostly remembered for today, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the charts in Australia. Even though his follow-up single "Principal's Office," did not become a huge hit, it was still nominated for Best Rap Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I Come Off"
  2. "Principal's Office"
  3. "Bust A Move"
  4. "Non Stop"
  5. "Fastest Rhyme" (M. Young)
  6. "My Name Is Young" (M. Young/M. Dike)
  7. "Know How" (M. Young/J. King/M. Simpson)
  8. "Roll With The Punches"
  9. "I Let 'Em Know"
  10. "Pick Up The Pace" (M. Young/M. Dike)
  11. "Got More Rhymes" (M. Young/M. Dike/J. King/M. Ross)
  12. "Stone Cold Buggin'" (M. Young/M. Dike)
  13. "Just Say No" (M. Young/Q. Jones Jr.)

All tracks composed by M. Young/M. Dike/M. Ross except where otherwise noted. All tracks published by PolyGram Music except "Just Say No" published by PolyGram/Warner Chappell.

[edit] Samples Used

  • "I Come Off" contains sample from "Hercules" by Aaron Neville.
  • "Principal's Office" contains sample from "Who Could Want More" by Lee Michaels.
  • "Bust A Move" contains samples from "Found A Child" by Ballin'jack, "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey & "Daytime Hustler" by Bette Midler.
  • "Non Stop" contains sample from "The Wizard" by Black Sabbath.
  • "Fastest Rhyme" contains sample from "Here We Go (Live)" by Run-D.M.C..
  • "Know How" contains samples from "Theme from Shaft" by Isaac Hayes, "Skin Tight" by The Ohio Players & "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band.
  • "I Let 'Em Know" contains samples from "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry & "Skin Tight" by The Ohio Players.
  • "Pick Up The Pace" contains sample from "We Call it the Box" by Bill Summers & Summers Heat.

[edit] Personnel

  • Young MC – vocals, songwriting
  • Matt Dike – production, arrangement & mixing (all tracks except 7 and 13)
  • Michael Ross – production, arrangement & mixing (all tracks except 7 and 13)
  • The Dust Brothers – production, arrangement & mixing (track 7), co-production (track 11)
  • Quincy Jones Jr. – production, arrangement & mixing (track 13)
  • Mario Caldato Jr. – engineering
  • Brian Foxworthy - additional engineering
  • Salomon - photography & art direction
  • EMC-0 - production coordinator
  • Crystal Blake - vocals (tracks 1, 3 & 11)
  • Flea - bass (tracks 2 & 3)
  • Kevin O'Neal - bass (tracks 7 & 8)
  • John Dexter Steward Jr. - drums (tracks 2 & 4)
  • Michael Gardner - management