Drop the Bomb

Drop the Bomb
Studio album by
Trouble Funk
Released1982
Genres
Length36:43
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
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star
ARTISTdirectStarStarStarStarHalf star
Robert ChristgauA−
musicHound R&BStarStarStarStarHalf star
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStar

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

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. 1 2 Stephen Cook. "Drop the Bomb - Trouble Funk | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ Cook, Stephen. Trouble Funk: Drop the Bomb > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Trouble Funk Albums Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Trouble Funk". Robert Christgau. Retrieved September 23, 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.