Droppin' Bombs

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Droppin' Bombs
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Compilation album by
Trouble Funk
ReleasedAugust 25, 1998
Genre
Length1:38:20
Label Harmless Records
Producer
  • Reo Edwards
  • Robert Reed
  • Tony Fisher
  • Rob Fraboni
Trouble Funk chronology
Early Singles
(1997)		Droppin' Bombs
(1998)		 All the Way Live
(2000)
Professional ratings
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Droppin' Bombs (also titled as Droppin' Bombs: The Definitive Trouble Funk) [1] is a double-compilation album released on August 25, 1998 [1] by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1
  1. "Don't Touch That Stereo" – 5:56
  2. "Pump Me Up" – 6:33
  3. "Drop the Bomb" – 5:55
  4. "Don't Try To Use Me" – 6:13
  5. "Trouble Funk Express" – 6:40
  6. "Hey Fellas" – 7:12
  7. "Supergrit" – 10:13
Disc 2
  1. "So Early in the Morning" – 7:03
  2. "Freaky Situation" – 3:58
  3. "Let's Get Small" – 5:33
  4. "Say What" – 5:13
  5. "E Flat Boogie" – 8:47
  6. "Still Smokin'" – 5:08
  7. "Good to Go" – 8:04
  8. "I'm Chillin'" (featuring Kurtis Blow) – 5:52

Personnel

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References

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  2. ↑ "Droppin Bombs: The Definitive Trouble Funk". ARTISTdirect . Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Coleman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  824. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Haider, Arwa (March 15, 2013). "Go-go back to the 1980s with Washington DC rap legends Trouble Funk". Metro . Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Staff Writer (June 2, 2014). "TROUBLE FUNK Droppin' Bombs – The Definitive Trouble Funk". Willard's Wormholes. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
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