No Pressure
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| Studio album by Erick Sermon | ||||||||||
| Released | October 5, 1993 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1992-1993 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hip hop, East Coast hip hop | |||||||||
| Length | 54:23 | |||||||||
| Label | Def Jam | |||||||||
| Producer | Erick Sermon (exec.), Colin Wolfe | |||||||||
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No Pressure is the solo debut studio album from American hip hop artist Erick Sermon, released in 1993 on Def Jam Recordings.
The album peaked at number sixteen on the Billboard 200 chart.
Release and reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[2] |
| RapReviews | (7.5/10)[3] |
The album peaked at sixteen on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the second spot on the R&B Albums chart.[4]
Ron Wynn of Allmusic noted the album's aesthetic being the same as when Sermon was still in EPMD; "fat, crunching basslines, neatly inserted samples lifted mainly from Zapp, tight vocal edits, and Sermon's mush-mouthed, deadpan raps." Wynn ended his review stating that "No Pressure is as much, if not more, EPMD's final release as Erick Sermon's debut."[1]
Track listing
All music by Erick Sermon except where noted.
| No. | Title | Music | Length | |
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| 1. | "Intro" | 0:34 | ||
| 2. | "Payback II" (feat. Joe Sinistr) | 3:58 | ||
| 3. | "Stay Real" | Sermon, Troutman, Troutman | 3:55 | |
| 4. | "Imma Gitz Mine" | 3:31 | ||
| 5. | "Hostile" (feat. Keith Murray) | 3:38 | ||
| 6. | "Do It Up" | 4:00 | ||
| 7. | "Safe Sex" | Brown, Sermon, Starks, Troutman, Troutman, Wesley | 3:43 | |
| 8. | "Hittin' Switches" | 3:55 | ||
| 9. | "Intro" | 0:10 | ||
| 10. | "Erick Sermon" | Hall, Myers, Sermon, Williams | 3:18 | |
| 11. | "The Hype" | Brockert, Brockert, McGrier, Sermon | 4:04 | |
| 12. | "Lil Crazy" (feat. Shadz of Lingo) | 4:23 | ||
| 13. | "The Ill Shit" (feat. Ice Cube and Kam) | Sermon, Troutman | 3:25 | |
| 14. | "Swing It Over Here" (feat. Keith Murray and Redman) | 2:53 | ||
| 15. | "Interview" | 1:24 | ||
| 16. | "All in the Mind" (feat. Soup) | 3:37 | ||
| 17. | "Female Species" | 3:55 |
Chart history
Album
| Chart (1993)[4] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 16 |
| U.S. R&B Albums | 2 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[5] | |||
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | U.S. Hot Rap Singles | ||
| 1993 | "Hittin' Switches" | — | 20 | — | 14 |
| "Stay Real" | 92 | 2 | 52 | 1 | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Personnel
Information taken from Allmusic.[6]
- arranging – Jeffrey Stewart
- engineering – Mike Calderon, David Greenberg, George Pappas, Gary Platt, Darin Prindle
- executive production – Erick Sermon
- mastering – Tony Dawsey
- mixing – George Pappas
- photography – Danny Clinch
- production – Erick Sermon, Colin Wolfe
- vocals – Derrick Culbreath, Ice Cube, Kam, Debra Killings, Keith Murray, Redman, Shadz of Lingo, Jeffrey Stewart
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wynn, Ron. "allmusic ((( No Pressure > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ↑ Bernard, James (1993-10-15). "No Pressure – Music – EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ↑ Jost, Matt (2010-05-18). "Erick Sermon :: No Pressure :: Def Jam/Rush Associated Labels". RapReviews.com. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "allmusic ((( No Pressure > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ↑ "allmusic ((( No Pressure > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ↑ "allmusic ((( No Pressure > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
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