Bullet from a Gun (album)

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Bullet from a Gun
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Studio album by
Derek B
Released1988
Genre Hip hop
Length59:46
Label Tuff City
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Bullet from a Gun is the only album by British rapper and producer Derek B, released in 1988 on Tuff City Records. [2] It reached number nine on the UK Albums Chart. [3] American rap mogul Russell Simmons signed Derek to Rush Artist Management and the album was re-released on Profile Records later in the year. [4] Thanks to the tie-up with Simmons, Derek B toured the world with Public Enemy and Run-DMC that year to promote the album.

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The album was one of the first successful hip hop albums by a British artist, and has been cited as an influence by later stars of British urban music. Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe has said Bullet from a Gun "was a massive album for me" and London rapper Ty recalls "he was absolutely groundbreaking. He definitely broke the door down." [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Derek Boland, except where noted.

UK and Europe track listing

  1. "Bullet from a Gun" – 5:41
  2. "Bad Young Brother" – 3:58
  3. "Power Move" – 4:05
  4. "Human Time Bomb" – 5:21
  5. "All City" (Boland, Lintott, Morgans, Woodbridge) – 4:21
  6. "Rock the Beat" – 5:30 (bonus track on cassette and CD only)
  7. "Get Down" – 5:36
  8. "We've Got the Juice" (Boland, Cockfield) – 4:37
  9. "Alright Now" (Boland, Scott) – 5:00
  10. "Good Groove" (Boland, The Corporation) – 5:52
  11. "Success" – 4:49
  12. "Derek B's Got...! – 4:01 (bonus track on CD only)
  13. "Bad Young Brother" (Billy Beat Mix) – 4:48 (bonus track on CD only)

US track listing

  1. "Bullet from a Gun" – 5:39
  2. "Goodgroove" (Boland, The Corporation) – 6:31
  3. "Power Move" – 4:05
  4. "Bad Young Brother" – 4:04
  5. "We Got the Juice" (Boland, Cockfield) – 5:44
  6. "Def Beat Boy" – 3:46
  7. "All City" (Boland, Lintott, Morgans, Woodbridge) – 4:21
  8. "Rock the Beat" – 4:42
  9. "Human Time Bomb" – 5:22
  10. "Get Down" – 5:40
  11. "Success" – 4:50
  12. "It's Alright Now" (Boland, Alan Scott) – 5:02

Production

References

  1. ↑ Bullet from a Gun – Derek B at AllMusic. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ Oswald, Vanessa (2018). Hip-Hop: A Cultural and Musical Revolution. Greenhaven Publishing LLC. pp. 84–85.
  3. ↑ Official Charts. Bullet From A Gun. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Speers, Laura (2017). Hip-Hop Authenticity and the London Scene: Living Out Authenticity in Popular Music. Taylor & Francis.
  5. ↑ "British rapper Derek B dies at 44". BBC News . 16 November 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2019.


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