Stone Cold Rhymin'

Stone Cold Rhymin'
Studio album by Young MC
Released	September 5, 1989
Genre	Hip hop
Length	47:24
Label	Delicious Vinyl
Producer	Quincy Jones Dust Brothers
Young MC chronology
Stone Cold Rhymin (1989) Brainstorm (1991)
Singles from Stone Cold Rhymin'
"I Let 'Em Know" Released: 1988 "Know How" Released: 1988 "Bust a Move" Released: May 22, 1989 "Principal's Office" Released: 1989 "I Come Off" Released: 1990 "Pick Up the Pace" Released: 1990

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	"Bust a Move" Young MC's "Bust a Move" from Stone Cold Rhymin'
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Stone Cold Rhymin is the debut album by rapper Young MC. 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 is his most well known song, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100^[4] and topping the charts in Australia.^[5] His follow-up single, "Principal's Office", reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it was also nominated for 'Best Rap Video' at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.

The album reached #9 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.^[1]

Track listing

1. "I Come Off" (feat. N'Dea Davenport)
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.)

*There were two versions of "My Name is Young." The lyrics were the same but the music was distinct.

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.

Samples used

• "I Come Off" contains a sample from "Hercules" by Aaron Neville.
• "Principal's Office" contains a 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 and "Daytime Hustler" by Bette Midler.
• "Non Stop" contains a sample from "The Wizard" by Black Sabbath.
• "Fastest Rhyme" contains a 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 and "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band.
• "I Let 'Em Know" contains samples from "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry and "Skin Tight" by The Ohio Players.
• "Pick Up The Pace" contains a sample from "We Call it the Box" by Bill Summers & Summers Heat.
• "Got More Rhymes" contains a sample from "Supernatural Thing" by Ben E. King.
• "Roll With The Punches" contains a sample from "Hot 'n Nasty" by Humble Pie.

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

References