Blood, Sweat & No Tears | ||||
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Released | February 5, 1991[1] | |||
Genre | Hip Hop | |||
Length | 69:01 | |||
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Stetsasonic chronology | ||||
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Blood, Sweat & No Tears is the third and final album by hip hop band Stetsasonic.[7][8]
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
[edit]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."[9] 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."[10] The Baltimore Sun praised the "unmistakable ensemble groove."[11]
Track listing
[edit]# | 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
[edit]Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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Billboard Top R&B Albums | 75[12] |
References
[edit]- ^ https://stetsasonic1.bandcamp.com/album/blood-sweat-no-tears
- ^ 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. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 744.
- ^ 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. ISBN 9780313357596 – 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.