Stay Real

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"Stay Real"
Single by Erick Sermon
from the album No Pressure
B-side "Safe Sex"
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1993
Recorded1993
Genre Hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Length3:59
Label Def Jam
Songwriter(s) Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman, Erick Sermon
Producer(s) Erick Sermon [1]
Erick Sermonsingles chronology
"Hittin' Switches"
(1993)
"Stay Real"
(1993)
"Bomdigi"
(1995)

"Stay Real" is a song by American hip hop artist Erick Sermon. The song was released as the second and final single for Sermon's debut album No Pressure on September 7, 1993.

Contents

The song peaked at number ninety-two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Track listing

12", Vinyl
  1. "Stay Real" (LP Version) - 3:59
  2. "Stay Real" (Instrumental) - 3:59
  3. "Safe Sex" (LP Version) - 3:49
  4. "Safe Sex" (Instrumental) - 3:49
  5. "Rock Da House" - 2:34

Chart performance

Personnel

Information taken from Discogs. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Erick Sermon - Stay Real (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs . Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  2. "allmusic ((( No Pressure > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic . Retrieved 2010-12-30.

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