| Crazy Noise | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988–1989 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, East Coast hip hop | |||
| Length | 44:29 | |||
| Label | Sleeping Bag Records | |||
| Producer | Stezo | |||
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Crazy Noise is the 1989 debut album by New Haven, Connecticut rapper and producer Stezo. After being a dancer for hip-hop group EPMD, Stezo signed a solo record deal with Sleeping Bag Records and recorded this debut album. It features two charting singles: "Freak the Funk" and "It's My Turn". [1] "It's My Turn" was the first recorded sample of the drum break in the Skull Snaps song "It's a New Day". [2] This break would become one of the most commonly sampled drum breaks for hip-hop music in the 1990s.
| Year | Title | Hot Rap Songs [3] | Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop [4] | Dance Club Songs [5] |
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| 1989 | "To the Max" | - | - | 39 |
| "It's My Turn" | 18 | 57 | - | |
| "Freak the Funk" | - | 85 | - |