Drop the Bomb

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Drop the Bomb
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Studio album by
Trouble Funk
Released1982
Genre
Length36:43[1]
LabelSugar Hill Records
ProducerReo Edwards(exec)
Trouble Funk chronology
Live
(1981) 		Drop the Bomb
(1982) 		In Times of Trouble
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[2]
ARTISTdirect4.5/5 stars[3]
Robert ChristgauA−[4]
musicHound R&B(4.5/5)[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 stars[6]

Drop the Bomb is a studio album released in 1982 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk.[1][7] The album included the songs "Drop the Bomb" and "Pump Me Up" which have been sampled numerous times by many hip hop artists.[8]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Hey Fellas" (Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed/Tony Fisher)7:18
2."Get On Up" (Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed)4:50
3."Let's Get Hot" (Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed)4:38
4."Drop the Bomb" (Chester Davis/Emmett Nixon/James Avery/Robert Reed/Taylor Reed/Timothy Davis/Tony Fisher)6:58
5."Pump Me Up" (Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed/Taylor Reed/Tony Fisher)6:34
6."Don't Try to Use Me" (Robert Reed/Tony Fisher)6:15
Total length:36:43

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Stephen Cook. "Drop the Bomb - Trouble Funk | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  2. ^ Cook, Stephen. Trouble Funk: Drop the Bomb > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 09 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Trouble Funk Albums Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Trouble Funk". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. ^ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 574-575. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
  6. ^ Colelman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 824. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. ^ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
  8. ^ "Drop the Bomb by Trouble Funk". WhoSampled.com. 1911-01-06. Retrieved 2016-12-19.

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