Check Your Head
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Check Your Head is the third studio album
by the Beastie Boys
, released on April 21, 1992.
Three years elapsed between the release of Paul's Boutique
(the band's second album) and their recording of this album. Check Your Head was recorded at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, California in 1991. The album features the popular hits "So Whatcha Want" and "Pass the Mic"; the music videos for both songs are available on the Criterion Collection
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
DVD
set. The album was re-released in 2009
in a number of formats and featured 16 b-sides and rarities as well as a commentary track.
The album is extensively broken down track-by-track by Mike D, MCA, Ad-Rock, Mario Caldato Jr.
, and Money Mark
in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique
.
roots on Check Your Head, playing their own instruments for the first time on record since their early EPs
(although they did provide live instrumentation on at least two songs on Paul's Boutique). Hence photographer Glen E. Friedman
's idea to shoot photos with their instrument cases (one of which became the cover). The cover itself is a subtle depiction of the famous Three Wise Monkeys
: "See No Evil," "Hear No Evil," and "Speak No Evil." (This theme is revisited in the lyrics of "Finger Lickin' Good.") The album was their first to be fully co-produced by Mario Caldato Jr.
Caldato was an engineer on Paul's Boutique and was credited as producer on that album's track "Ask for Janice". The album also marks the first appearance of long time collaborator keyboardist Money Mark
.
The Beastie Boys toured with the Rollins Band
and Cypress Hill
in the spring of 1992 to support Check Your Head.
- 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "…their most unconventional outing to date…Beneath the seeming chaos, the Beastie Boys have created a harmonious playground out of their musical fantasies…"
Spin
- Ranked #12 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s".
Spin
- Ranked #4 in Spin's list of the "20 Best Albums Of The Year".
Alternative Press - Ranked #23 in AP's list of the "Top 99 Of '85-'95".
The Village Voice
- Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's list of the 40 Best Albums Of 1992.
PitchforkMedia - Ranked # 34 in Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s.
Japanese bonus tracks
2009 Remastered Edition Bonus Disc
Other:
"Jimmy James"
"Funky Boss"
"Pass the Mic"
"Finger Lickin' Good"
"So What'cha Want"
"The Biz vs. The Nuge"
"The Blue Nun"
"Stand Together"
"Live at P.J.'s"
"Mark on the Bus"
"Professor Booty"
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
, released on April 21, 1992.
Three years elapsed between the release of Paul's Boutique
Paul's Boutique
Paul's Boutique is the second studio album by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989, on Capitol Records. Featuring production by the Dust Brothers, the recording sessions for the album took place in Matt Dike's Apartment and the Record Plant in Los Angeles from 1988 to...
(the band's second album) and their recording of this album. Check Your Head was recorded at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, California in 1991. The album features the popular hits "So Whatcha Want" and "Pass the Mic"; the music videos for both songs are available on the Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection is a video-distribution company selling "important classic and contemporary films" to film aficionados. The Criterion series is noted for helping to standardize the letterbox format for home video, bonus features, and special editions...
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
Beastie Boys Video Anthology
Beastie Boys Video Anthology is a 2000 DVD compilation of video clips by the Beastie Boys.- Disc 1 :# "Intergalactic"# "Shake Your Rump"# "Gratitude"# "Something's Got to Give"# "Sure Shot"# "Hey Ladies"# "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun"...
DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
set. The album was re-released in 2009
2009 in music
The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year...
in a number of formats and featured 16 b-sides and rarities as well as a commentary track.
The album is extensively broken down track-by-track by Mike D, MCA, Ad-Rock, Mario Caldato Jr.
Mario Caldato Jr.
Mario Caldato, Jr. is a Brazilian record producer and studio engineer best known for his work with the Beastie Boys and Tone Loc. Born February 24, 1961 in São Paulo, Brazil, he and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1963...
, and Money Mark
Money Mark
Mark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times. He also appears on the first Banyan album in 1997 as the "Freeway Keyboardist".-Career:...
in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique
Check the Technique
Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies is a book by music journalist Brian Coleman that covers the making of thirty-six classic hip hop albums, based on interviews with the artists who created them, also providing a track-by-track breakdown for each album entirely in the words of the...
.
Background
In contrast to their previous album, Paul's Boutique, the Boys returned stylistically to their punk rockPunk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
roots on Check Your Head, playing their own instruments for the first time on record since their early EPs
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
(although they did provide live instrumentation on at least two songs on Paul's Boutique). Hence photographer Glen E. Friedman
Glen E. Friedman
Glen E. Friedman is an American photographer and artist.Coming to prominence in the 1980s with his photography of skateboarders and musicians, Friedman is considered one of the most important photographers of his generation.He is perhaps best known for his work promoting rebellious artists such as...
's idea to shoot photos with their instrument cases (one of which became the cover). The cover itself is a subtle depiction of the famous Three Wise Monkeys
Three wise monkeys
The Three Wise Monkeys , sometimes called the Three Mystic Apes, are a pictorial maxim. Together they embody the proverbial principle to "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"...
: "See No Evil," "Hear No Evil," and "Speak No Evil." (This theme is revisited in the lyrics of "Finger Lickin' Good.") The album was their first to be fully co-produced by Mario Caldato Jr.
Mario Caldato Jr.
Mario Caldato, Jr. is a Brazilian record producer and studio engineer best known for his work with the Beastie Boys and Tone Loc. Born February 24, 1961 in São Paulo, Brazil, he and his family moved to Los Angeles in 1963...
Caldato was an engineer on Paul's Boutique and was credited as producer on that album's track "Ask for Janice". The album also marks the first appearance of long time collaborator keyboardist Money Mark
Money Mark
Mark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times. He also appears on the first Banyan album in 1997 as the "Freeway Keyboardist".-Career:...
.
The Beastie Boys toured with the Rollins Band
Rollins Band
Rollins Band was an American rock band led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins.They are best known for the songs "Low Self Opinion" and "Liar", which both earned heavy airplay on MTV in the early 1990s...
and Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide...
in the spring of 1992 to support Check Your Head.
Reception
Rolling StoneRolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
- 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "…their most unconventional outing to date…Beneath the seeming chaos, the Beastie Boys have created a harmonious playground out of their musical fantasies…"
Spin
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
- Ranked #12 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s".
Spin
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
- Ranked #4 in Spin's list of the "20 Best Albums Of The Year".
Alternative Press - Ranked #23 in AP's list of the "Top 99 Of '85-'95".
The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
- Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's list of the 40 Best Albums Of 1992.
PitchforkMedia - Ranked # 34 in Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s.
Track listing
All tracks by Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz and Adam Yauch, except as indicated.- "Jimmy JamesJimmy James (song)"Jimmy James" is the first song and third single from Beastie Boys' third album Check Your Head. The song has been described as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix by Beastie Boys member MCA, and contains samples from several Hendrix songs including "Foxy Lady", "Happy Birthday", and "Still Raining, Still...
" – 3:14 - "Funky Boss" – 1:35
- "Pass the MicPass the Mic"Pass the Mic" is the first single from the third studio album Check Your Head by Beastie Boys, released on April 7, 1992.The last track on the single, "Netty's Girl", has a short clip stitched on the end of it, as well as a secret 3 second clip at the end of the track...
" – 4:17 - "GratitudeGratitude (song)"Gratitude" is a song by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, from their third studio album Check Your Head. It was released in November 1992 as the fourth single for the album, primarily serviced to modern rock radio. The live version B-side was recorded in September 1992.The bass guitar in...
" – 2:45 - "Lighten Up" – 2:41
- "Finger Lickin' GoodFinger Lickin' Good (song)"Finger Lickin' Good" is a song by the Beastie Boys on the 6th track of their 3rd studio album Check Your Head.Among others, the song contains samples of: James Brown's "Licking Stick - Licking Stick", Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Freaks For The Festival", and Cold Blood's "Shop Talk", as well as a line...
" – 3:39 - "So What'cha WantSo What'cha Want"So What'cha Want" is the second single from the album Check Your Head by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released on June 2, 1992.Beck used the rhythm track of the song as a sample in "E-Pro", the opening track of his 2005 album Guero...
" – 3:37 - "The Biz vs. The Nuge" – 0:33
- "Time for Livin'" – 1:48 (Sly & the Family StoneSly & the Family StoneSly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music...
) - "Something's Got to Give" – 3:28
- "The Blue Nun" – 0:32
- "Stand Together"– 2:47
- "POW" – 2:13
- "The Maestro" – 2:52
- "Groove Holmes" – 2:33
- "Live at P.J.'s" – 3:18
- "Mark on the BusMark on the BusMark on the Bus is a short song by the Beastie Boys on their third studio album Check Your Head. The song is about a man's morning to work. He goes to sleep and dreams of a woman who he thinks is attractive, but when he wakes up, he realizes he's on 3rd avenue. The ending features a sample from...
" – 1:05 - "Professor BootyProfessor Booty"Professor Booty" is a song by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released as the fifth and final single from their third studio album Check Your Head.The sample at the start of the track is taken from the 1983 film Wild Style.-MCA vs...
" – 4:13 - "In 3's" – 2:23
- "Namasté" – 4:01
Japanese bonus tracks
- "Dub The Mic (Instrumental)"
- "Drunken Praying Mantis Style"
- "Skills to Pay the Bills (Pass the Mic, Pt. 2)"
- "Netty's Girl"
2009 Remastered Edition Bonus Disc
- "Dub The Mic (Instrumental)" - 4:30
- "Pass The Mic (Pt2, Skills To Pay The Bills)" - 4:25
- "Drunken Praying Mantis Style" - 2:40
- "Netty's Girl" - 3:24
- "The Skills To Pay The Bills (Original Version)" - 3:16
- "So What'cha Want (Soul Assassins Remix Version)" - 4:08
- "So What'cha Want (Butt Naked Version)" - 3:29
- "Groove Holmes (Live vs The Biz)" - 6:13
- "So What'cha Want (All The Way Live Freestyle Version)" - 3:39
- "Stand Together (Live at French's Tavern, Sydney Australia)" - 2:32
- "Finger Lickin' Good (Government Cheese Remix)" - 4:15
- "Gratitude (Live at Budokan 9-16-92)" - 4:28
- "Honky Rink" - 2:13
- "Jimmy James (Original Original Version)" - 3:44
- "Boomin' Granny" - 2:18
- "Drinkin' Wine" - 4:42
Personnel
Beastie Boys:- Ad-Rock – Vocals, guitar
- Mike D – Vocals, drums
- MCA – Vocals, bass
Other:
- James Bradley, Jr. – Percussion
- Drew Lawrence – Percussion
- Money MarkMoney MarkMark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times. He also appears on the first Banyan album in 1997 as the "Freeway Keyboardist".-Career:...
– Organ, synthesizer, keyboards, clavinet, wurlitzer - Art Oliva – Percussion
- Juanito Vazquez – Percussion, conga, cuica
Technical personnel
- Tom BakerTom BakerThomas Stewart "Tom" Baker is a British actor. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974 to 1981.-Early life:...
– Mastering - Beastie Boys – Producer
- Mario Caldato, Jr. – Producer, engineer
- Glen E. FriedmanGlen E. FriedmanGlen E. Friedman is an American photographer and artist.Coming to prominence in the 1980s with his photography of skateboarders and musicians, Friedman is considered one of the most important photographers of his generation.He is perhaps best known for his work promoting rebellious artists such as...
– Photography
Partial list of samples
The following lists some songs and sounds sampled for Check Your Head."Jimmy James"
- "Rockin' It" by Fearless FourFearless FourThe Fearless Four was an old school rap crew from Harlem, New York, best known for their 1982 single "Rockin' It", which was based on the Kraftwerk track "The Man-Machine" and was featured in the 1983 documentary Style Wars. Originally The Fearless Four was a two-member group called the...
- "Fresh Is the Word" by MantronixMantronixMantronix was an influential 1980s hip hop and electro funk music group founded by DJ Kurtis Mantronik , and rapper MC Tee...
- "Beat Bop" by Rammelzee vs. K Rob
- "Surrender" by Cheap TrickCheap TrickCheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
(Live version from Cheap Trick at Budokan) - "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)" by The TurtlesThe TurtlesThe Turtles are an American rock group led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. The band became notable for several Top 40 hits beginning with its cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" in 1965...
- "3rd Stone from the Sun", "Foxy LadyFoxy Lady"Foxy Lady" is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from their 1967 album Are You Experienced. It can also be found on a number of Hendrix's greatest hits compilations, including Smash Hits and Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix...
", "Happy Birthday", and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" by Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
"Funky Boss"
- "Funky Worm" by Ohio PlayersOhio PlayersThe Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".- Biography :...
- "Under Mi Sensi" by Barrington LevyBarrington LevyBarrington Levy is a reggae and dancehall artist from Jamaica.-Career:In 1976, Levy formed a band with his cousin, Everton Dacres, called the Mighty Multitude; the pair released "My Black Girl" in 1977...
- "Anywhere But Nowhere" by K.C. White
- "Acid" and "Bicentennial Nigger" by Richard PryorRichard PryorRichard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets...
- "Duppy Conqueror" by Bob Marley & the WailersBob Marley & The WailersBob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae, ska and rocksteady band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. Additional members were Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry Smith and Aston and Carlton Barrett...
"Pass the Mic"
- "Choir" by James NewtonJames NewtonJames W. Newton is an American jazz flautist, composer, and conductor.-Biography:From his earliest years, James Newton grew up immersed in the sounds of African American music, including urban blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel. In his early teens he played electric bass guitar, alto saxophone,...
- "The Black Prince Has Arrived" by Jimmie WalkerJimmie WalkerJames Carter "Jimmie" Walker is an American actor and stand-up comedian, known for portraying J. J. Evans on the television series Good Times, which ran from 1974 to 1979...
- "Big Take Over" by Bad BrainsBad BrainsBad Brains is an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1977. They are widely regarded as among the pioneers of hardcore punk, though the band's members objected to this term to describe their music. They are also an adept reggae band, while later recordings featured elements of...
- "So Wat Cha Sayin'" by EPMDEPMDEPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group's name is a concatenation of the members' name "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith...
- "Big Sur Suite" by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
- "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" by Johnny JenkinsJohnny JenkinsJohnny Edward Jenkins was an American left-handed blues guitarist, who helped launch the career of Otis Redding...
- "I Wanna Know If It's Good to You" by FunkadelicFunkadelicFunkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...
"Finger Lickin' Good"
- "Aquarius" by The 5th Dimension
- "Breakout" by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
- "Just Like Tom Thumb's BluesJust Like Tom Thumb's Blues"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan. It was originally recorded on August 2, 1965 and released on the album Highway 61 Revisited. The song was later released on the compilation album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol...
" by Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly... - "Dance to the MusicDance to the MusicDance to the Music can refer to one of the following:*Dance to the Music , a 1968 album by Sly & the Family Stone**"Dance to the Music ", a 1968 hit single from said album....
" by Sly & the Family StoneSly & the Family StoneSly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music... - "Freaks for the Festival" by Rahsaan Roland KirkRahsaan Roland KirkRahsaan Roland Kirk was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute and many other instruments...
"So What'cha Want"
- "When The Levee BreaksWhen the Levee Breaks"When the Levee Breaks" is a blues song written and first recorded by husband and wife Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The song is in reaction to the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927....
" by Led ZeppelinLed ZeppelinLed Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham... - "Just Rhymin' With Biz" by Big Daddy KaneBig Daddy KaneAntonio Hardy better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MC's in Hip Hop...
featuring Biz MarkieBiz MarkieMarcel Theo Hall better known by his stage name, Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, singer, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson. He is best known for his single "Just a Friend", an American Top 10 hit in 1989... - "I've Been Watching You" by Southside MovementSouthside MovementThe Southside Movement was an American soul and funk musical group from Chicago, Illinois. Composed of vocalist Melvin Moore, guitarist Bobby Pointer, keyboardist Morris Beeks, bassist Ronald Simmons, drummer Willie Hayes, alto saxophonist Milton Johnson, trumpeter Stephen Hawkins, and trombonist...
"The Biz vs. The Nuge"
- "Homebound" by Ted NugentTed NugentTheodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...
"The Blue Nun"
- "On Wine: How To Select and Serve" by Peter M. F. SichelPeter SichelPeter Max F. Sichel is a German American wine merchant, who created the success of the Blue Nun wine brand, for a while the largest international wine brand in the world....
and Sondra Bianca - "Hector" by The Village Callers
"Stand Together"
- "Slivadiv" by Back Door
- "Be Black Baby" by Grady TateGrady TateGrady Tate, , is a hard bop and soul-jazz drummer and singer.He has played with Lional Hampton, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Lena Horne, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Blossom Dearie, Chris Connor, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Cal Tjader, Peggy Lee, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Count...
- "Kissing My Love" by Cold Blood
"Live at P.J.'s"
- "Change Le Beat" by Fab Five FreddyFab Five FreddyFred Brathwaite , more popularly known as Fab 5 Freddy, is an American Hip hop historian, Hip hop pioneer and former graffiti artist...
featuring Beeside
"Mark on the Bus"
- Dialogue from the film Wild StyleWild StyleWild Style is a 1983 hip hop film produced by Charlie Ahearn. Released theatrically in 1983 by First Run Features and later re-released for home video by Rhino Home Video, it is regarded as the first hip hop motion picture...
- "Mr. Roberts #1" from National LampoonNational Lampoon IncNational Lampoon, Incorporated is a company formed in 2002 in order to use the brand name "National Lampoon" in comedy and entertainment. In the words of its prospectus, the role of the company is to "develop, produce, provide creative services and distribute National Lampoon branded comedic...
's That's Not Funny, That's Sick! (1977) - Dialogue from a bootleg recording of pioneering black metalBlack metalBlack metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band VenomVenom (band)Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general...
's 1986 performance at City gardensCity gardensCity Gardens was a nightclub located at 1701 Calhoun Street in Trenton, New Jersey.The Nalbone family of Trenton and Lawrence, New Jersey, owned the building several years before it became the legendary rock club known as City Gardens. The "City Gardens" moniker was first used strictly as a blues...
, New Jersey
"Professor Booty"
- Dialogue from Wild Style
- "Give It Up" by Kool & the GangKool & the GangKool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...
- "Loose Booty" by FunkadelicFunkadelicFunkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...
- "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe" by Jimmy SmithJimmy Smith (musician)Jimmy Smith was a jazz musician whose performances on the Hammond B-3 electric organ helped to popularize this instrument...
Album
Year | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|
1992 | The Billboard 200 | 10 |
1992 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 37 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|---|
1992 | So What'cha Want | The Billboard Hot 100 | 93 |
1992 | So What'cha Want | Hot Dance Music/Max-Singles Sales | 26 |
1992 | So What'cha Want | Hot Rap Singles | 18 |
1992 | So What'cha Want | Modern Rock Tracks | 22 |
1992 | Pass The Mic | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 38 |
1992 | Jimmy James | ||
1992 | Gratitude |