Steal This Album

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Steal This Album
Stealthisalbumcover.jpg
Studio album by
the Coup
ReleasedNovember 10, 1998 (1998-11-10)
Genre Hip hop
Length59:08
Label Dogday Records
Producer Boots Riley, DJ Pam the Funkstress, Edifice, Brother K
The Coup chronology
Genocide & Juice
(1994)		Steal This Album
(1998)		 Party Music
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide A [2]
Hip Hop Connection Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [4]
Playlouder 7/10 [5]
RapReviews9/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Wall of Sound 91/100 [8]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Steal This Album is the third studio album by American hip hop duo the Coup. It was released on Dogday Records on November 10, 1998. It peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, [10] as well as number 51 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [11] The album's title is a nod to Steal This Book (1971) by social activist Abbie Hoffman.

Contents

In 2015, Fact placed it at number 13 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list. [12]

The 2002 digital re-release is titled Steal This Double Album, and contains bonus tracks.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Shipment"4:27
2."Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada Last Night"7:10
3."20,000 Gun Salute"3:59
4."Busterismology"5:02
5."Cars & Shoes"4:38
6."Breathing Apparatus" (featuring E-Roc)4:27
7."U.C.P.A.S." (featuring F.T.S.)4:20
8."Pizza Man (Skit)"0:30
9."The Repo Man Sings for You" (featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien)4:26
10."Underdogs"6:07
11."Sneakin' In"1:40
12."Do My Thang (Skit)"2:56
13."Piss on Your Grave"5:27
14."Fixation"3:59
Steal This Double Album (2002 reissue edition) bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."What the Po-Pos Hate"3:43
16."Swervin"3:42
Steal This Double Album (2002 reissue edition) bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Live Performance"73:42

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 37
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 51

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  3. ↑ Goldie, Dinos (September 1999). "The Coup: Steal This Album". Hip Hop Connection . No. 130. Future plc. p. 61.
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