Blood, Sweat & No Tears

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Blood, Sweat & No Tears
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 5, 1991 [1]
Genre Hip Hop
Length69:01
Label
Producer
Stetsasonic chronology
In Full Gear
(1988)
Blood, Sweat & No Tears
(1991)
People in the Neighborhood 1991-1994 EP
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Christgau Scissors icon black.svg [4]
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Blood, Sweat & No Tears is the third and final album by hip hop band Stetsasonic. [7] [8]

Contents

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

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

#TitleProducersPerformers
1"Hip Hop Band"Bobby Simmons*Interlude*
2"No B.S. Allowed"Bobby SimmonsDaddy-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 SimmonsDaddy-O, Wise, Delite
5"Gyrlz"Daddy-O, DBCDaddy-O, Delite
6"Blood, Sweat & No Tears"Prince PaulDaddy-O, Delite
7"So Let The Fun Begin"Daddy-O, Alvin MooneyDaddy-O, Delite
8"Go Brooklyn 3"Bobby SimmonsDaddy-O, Wise, Delite
9"Walkin' In The Rain"Bobby Simmons, Daddy-ODaddy-O, Wise, Delite
10"Don't Let Your Mouth Write A Check Your Ass Can't Cash"Daddy-ODaddy-O, Delite
11"Ghetto Is The World"Daddy-ODaddy-O, Wise, Delite
12"Your Mother Has Green Teeth"Prince PaulPrince Paul
13"You Still Smokin' That Shit?"Bob CoulterDaddy-O
14"Heaven Help The M.F.'s"DBCDaddy-O, Wise, Delite
15"Took Place In East New York"Wise, Daddy-OWise
16"Paul's A Sucker"Prince Paul*Instrumental*
17"Free South Africa [Remix]"Stetsasonic, Norman CookDaddy-O, Wise, Delite

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Billboard Top R&B Albums75 [12]

References

  1. https://stetsasonic1.bandcamp.com/album/blood-sweat-no-tears
  2. 1 2 Mills, David (February 3, 1991). "POP RECORDINGS" via www.washingtonpost.com.
  3. Blood, Sweat & No Tears at AllMusic
  4. "Robert Christgau: CG: Stetsasonic". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 744.
  6. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 671.
  7. "Stetsasonic | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. 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.
  9. "TrouserPress.com :: Stetsasonic". www.trouserpress.com.
  10. "Blood, Sweat & No Tears". EW.com.
  11. Considine, J. D. "BLOOD, SWEAT & NO TEARS". baltimoresun.com.
  12. "Stetsasonic". Billboard.