Blood, Sweat & No Tears
Blood, Sweat & No Tears | ||||
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Released | February 5, 1991 | |||
Genre | Hip Hop | |||
Length | 69:01 | |||
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Producer | Prince Paul Bobby Simmons[1] Alvin Mooney Bob Coulter Norman Cook | |||
Stetsasonic chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Robert Christgau | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Blood, Sweat & No Tears is the third and final album by hip hop band Stetsasonic.[6][7]
The CD version replaces the songs "To Whom It May Concern," "Corporate America," and "Do You Remember This?," which were included on the cassette version, with the new tracks "Gyrlz," "Your Mother Has Green Teeth," and "Took Place In East New York."
Critical reception[]
Trouser Press called Blood, Sweat & No Tears "an engaging state-of-the-art album seamlessly loaded with diverse music, thoughtful and/or amusing raps and more friendly family atmosphere than an Italian wedding."[8] Entertainment Weekly wrote: "The music is pieced together well enough but still scattershot — solid if not innovative beats in one place, an L.L. Cool J-like ballad ('Walkin’ in the Rain') in another, a novelty throwaway or a stark beat somewhere else."[9] The Baltimore Sun praised the "unmistakable ensemble groove."[10]
Track listing[]
# | Title | Producers | Performers |
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1 | "Hip Hop Band" | Bobby Simmons | *Interlude* |
2 | "No B.S. Allowed" | Bobby Simmons | Daddy-O, Wise, Delite |
3 | "Uda Man" | Prince Paul | Daddy-O, Wise, Delite, Aasim, DBC, Bobby Simmons, Prince Paul |
4 | "Speaking Of A Girl Named Suzy" | Bobby Simmons | Daddy-O, Wise, Delite |
5 | "Gyrlz" | Daddy-O, DBC | Daddy-O, Delite |
6 | "Blood, Sweat & No Tears" | Prince Paul | Daddy-O, Delite |
7 | "So Let The Fun Begin" | Daddy-O, Alvin Mooney | Daddy-O, Delite |
8 | "Go Brooklyn 3" | Bobby Simmons | Daddy-O, Wise, Delite |
9 | "Walkin' In The Rain" | Bobby Simmons, Daddy-O | Daddy-O, Wise, Delite |
10 | "Don't Let Your Mouth Write A Check Your Ass Can't Cash" | Daddy-O | Daddy-O, Delite |
11 | "Ghetto Is The World" | Daddy-O | Daddy-O, Wise, Delite |
12 | "Your Mother Has Green Teeth" | Prince Paul | Prince Paul |
13 | "You Still Smokin' That Shit?" | Bob Coulter | Daddy-O |
14 | "Heaven Help The M.F.'s" | DBC | Daddy-O, Wise, Delite |
15 | "Took Place In East New York" | Wise, Daddy-O | Wise |
16 | "Paul's A Sucker" | Prince Paul | *Instrumental* |
17 | "Free South Africa [Remix]" | Stetsasonic, Norman Cook | Daddy-O, Wise, Delite |
Charts[]
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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Billboard Top R&B Albums | 75[11] |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mills, David (February 3, 1991). "POP RECORDINGS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Blood, Sweat & No Tears at AllMusic
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Stetsasonic". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 744.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 671.
- ^ "Stetsasonic | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn; Fonseca, Anthony J. (December 1, 2018). "Hip Hop around the World: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]". ABC-CLIO – via Google Books.
- ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Stetsasonic". www.trouserpress.com.
- ^ "Blood, Sweat & No Tears". EW.com.
- ^ Considine, J. D. "BLOOD, SWEAT & NO TEARS". baltimoresun.com.
- ^ "Stetsasonic". Billboard.
- 1991 albums
- Stetsasonic albums
- Tommy Boy Records albums
- Albums produced by Prince Paul (producer)
- 1990s hip hop album stubs