Stone Cold Rhymin' is the debut album

Album

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 by rapper

Rapping

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 Young MC

Young MC

Marvin Young , better known by his stage name Young MC, is an English-born American singer and actor. He is best known for his 1989 hit "Bust a Move"...

. It was originally released in 1989 on Delicious Vinyl

Delicious Vinyl

Delicious Vinyl is an American independent record label founded by Matt Dike and Michael Ross in 1987 and based in Los Angeles. Throughout its history, the label has had distribution deals with [Island Records/[PolyGram]], Warner Music Group, EMI, Red Ant, Rhino and Universal Music Group.-Early...

 and was later re-issued by Rhino Records. The third track, "Bust a Move

Bust a Move (Young MC song)

"Bust a Move" is a 1989 single by the rapper Young MC. It won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. It appeared on his album Stone Cold Rhymin and was his biggest hit, reaching number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the charts in Australia...

", was Young MC's biggest hit and was the song he is mostly remembered for today, reaching No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 and topping the charts in Australia

Australia

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. Even though his follow-up single "Principal's Office" only reached No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was still nominated for Best Rap Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards

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Track listing

1. "I Come Off" (feat. N'Dea Davenport)
2. "Principal's Office"
3. "Bust a Move
   Bust a Move (Young MC song)
   "Bust a Move" is a 1989 single by the rapper Young MC. It won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. It appeared on his album Stone Cold Rhymin and was his biggest hit, reaching number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the charts in Australia...
   
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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.)

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
  Aaron Neville
  Aaron Neville is an American soul and R&B singer and musician. He has had four top-20 hits in the United States along with four platinum-certified albums...
  
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• "Principal's Office" contains a sample from "Who Could Want More" by Lee Michaels
  Lee Michaels
  Lee Michaels plays the Hammond organ, piano, and guitar , and is best known for his 1971 Top 10 pop hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean."-Career:...
  
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• "Bust A Move" contains samples from "Found A Child" by Ballin' Jack
  Ballin' Jack
  Ballin' Jack was an American horn rock group formed in Seattle, Washington in 1969 by Luther Rabb and Ronnie Hammon . They had a minor hit in 1970 with "Super Highway", which hit #90 on the Billboard Top 100.-Career:...
  
  , "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
  Dennis Coffey
  Dennis Coffey is an American guitarist. He was a studio musician for many soul and R&B recordings.-Biography:Coffey learned to play guitar at the age of thirteen, in the Michigan Upper Peninsula town of Copper City...
  
   & "Daytime Hustler" by Bette Midler
  Bette Midler
  Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...
  
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• "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.
  Run-D.M.C.
  Run–D.M.C. was an American hip hop group from Hollis, in the Queens borough of New York City. Founded by Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell, the group is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture.Run–D.M.C...
  
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• "Know How" contains samples from "Theme from Shaft
  Theme from Shaft
  "Theme from Shaft", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, Shaft...
  
  " by Isaac Hayes
  Isaac Hayes
  Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
  
  , "Skin Tight" by The Ohio Players & "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band
  Incredible Bongo Band
  The Incredible Bongo Band, also known as Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, was a project started in 1972 by Michael Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records. Viner was called on to supplement the soundtrack to the virtually anonymous B film The Thing With Two Heads. The...
  
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• "I Let 'Em Know" contains samples from "Play That Funky Music
  Play That Funky Music
  "Play That Funky Music" is a funk song written by Robert Parissi and recorded by the band Wild Cherry. The performers on the classic recording included the members of the band at the time: lead singer Parissi, guitarist Bryan Bassett, bassist Allen Wentz, and drummer Ron Beitle, with session horn...
  
  " by Wild Cherry
  Wild Cherry (band)
  Wild Cherry was a funk/rock band best known for their funk song "Play That Funky Music".-History:Rob Parissi was raised in the steel mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. Parissi graduated from Mingo High School in 1968. Rob formed the band Wild Cherry in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio, one mile north of...
  
   & "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
  Ben E. King
  Benjamin Earl King , better known as Ben E. King, is an American soul singer. He is perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me", a U.S...
  
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Personnel

• Young MC – vocals, songwriting
• Matt Dike – production, arrangement & mixing (all tracks except 7 and 13)
• Michael Ross
  Michael Ross
  Michael Bruce Ross was an American serial killer. In 2005, he was executed by the state of Connecticut, making it the first execution in Connecticut since 1960.- Early life :...
  
   – production, arrangement & mixing (all tracks except 7 and 13)
• The Dust Brothers – production, arrangement & mixing (track 7), co-production (track 11)
• Quincy Jones Jr.
  Quincy Jones
  Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
  
   – 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
  Flea (musician)
  Michael Peter Balzary , better known by his stage name Flea, is an Australian-American musician and occasional actor. He is best known as the bassist, co-founding member, and one of the composers of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers...
  
  - bass (tracks 2 & 3)
• Kevin O'Neal - bass (tracks 7 & 8)
• John Dexter Steward Jr. - drums (tracks 2 & 4)
• Michael Gardner - management