Deuce (Kurtis Blow album)

Deuce
Studio album by Kurtis Blow
Released	June 15, 1981
Studio	Greene St. Recording
Genre	Hip hop
Length	34:40
Label	Mercury [1]
Producer	J.B. Moore, Robert Ford Jr.
Kurtis Blow chronology
Kurtis Blow (1980) Deuce (1981) Tough (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+ [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Deuce is the second album by the American musician Kurtis Blow. ^{[5] [6] [7]} It was released on June 15, 1981, by Mercury Records. ^[8] It peaked at number 35 on the R&B charts, and number 137 on the Billboard 200. ^[9]

Track listing

1. "Deuce" (Kurtis Blow) – 5:31
2. "It's Gettin' Hot" (Robert Ford, Jr., J.B. Moore) – 5:28
3. "Getaway" (Jimmy Bralower, Ford, Jr., Moore, Dean Swenson) – 6:58
4. "Starlife" (Blow, Moore, Larry Smith, William Whiting) – 5:20
5. "Take It to the Bridge" – 4:11
6. "Do the Do" (Blow, Bralower, Seth Glassman, Russell Simmons, Moore) – 3:03
7. "Rockin'" (Blow, David Reeves) – 4:09

Personnel

• Onaje Allan Gumbs: Piano
• Robbie Kondor: Synthesizers and electric piano
• John Tropea: Guitars
• David Reeves, Dean Ballin, Dean Swenson, Hankie Grate: Additional guitars
• J. B. Moore: Backing vocals, additional guitars
• Seth Glassman: Bass
• Jimmy Bralower: Drums, percussion
• Jaime Delgado: Timbales, congas
• Mark "Sugar Rico" Rivera: Saxophone
• Deborah L. Cole, Harold B. Lee, Travis Milner, Wayne Garfield: Backing vocals

References

1. "Deuce Review by Ron Wynn". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
2. Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s . Pantheon Books. ISBN   0-679-73015-X . Retrieved August 17, 2020– via robertchristgau.com.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
4. (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 87.
5. Takiff, Jonathan (April 23, 1996). "Tough Act to Follow". Features Yo!. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 23.
6. "Kurtis Blow". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
7. Bradley, Adam; DuBois, Andrew (2010). The Anthology of Rap. Yale University Press.
8. "Biography". Kurtis Blow.
9. "Kurtis Blow". Billboard. Retrieved July 27, 2023.