In Full Gear
LABEL: A&M
SERIES: N/A
GROUPING: D.J. Tracks On Hip Hop Albums
RELEASE YEAR: 1988
CATALOGUE NO: AMA 9001
RUNOUT GROOVES: AMA9001A1 PR-P D (Side A) AMA9001B1 2M PR-P E (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.K.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in July 1988 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror)
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
STETSASONIC ‘In Full Gear’ (Breakout AMA 9001)
Another tracks crammed though less angry rap set, with the excellent ‘Expansions’ basslined 0-108-0bpm ‘Talkin’ All That Jazz’ (which makes the point: “tell the truth, James Brown was old, ’till Eric and Rak came out with ‘I Got Soul’ — rap brings back old R&B, and if we would not, people could have forgot”), Force MD’s featuring dreamy (0-)40½-81pm revival of the Floaters’ ‘Float On‘, Mohawks ‘The Champ’-cutting wordy 104-108⅔-0bpm ‘Miami Bass‘, 98⅔bpm title track, 95bpm ‘Stet Troop ’88!‘, (0-)91⅓bpm ‘This Is It, Y’All (Go Stetsa II)‘, 97⅓bpm ‘It’s In My Song‘, 112bpm ‘Pen And Paper‘, reggae 88bpm ‘The Odad’, already issued 103bpm ‘DBC Let The Music Play’, 0- 101bpm ‘Sally’, and short 0-101bpm ‘Rollin’ Wit Rush’, bongo pattered 95-0bpm ‘Freedom Or Death’, organ instrumental 0-100⅔-0bpm ‘Music For The Stetfully Insane’.
SIDE A: MUSIC FOR THE STETFULLY INSANE
MIXED BY: Prince Paul (as part of Stetsasonic)
LENGTH: 01:48
SIDE B: ROLLIN' WIT RUSH
MIXED BY: Prince Paul (as part of Stetsasonic)
LENGTH: 01:36
This release also has other tracks on it that are not a D.J. cut-up.
SIDE A:
IN FULL GEAR - Stetsasonic
DBC LET THE MUSIC PLAY - Stetsasonic
FREEDOM OR DEATH - Stetsasonic
FLOAT ON - Stetsasonic featuring Force M.D.'s
STET TROOP '88! - Stetsasonic
PEN AND PAPER - Stetsasonic
SIDE B:
THIS IS IT, Y'ALL (GO STETSA II) - Stetsasonic
EXTENSIONS - Stetsasonic
SALLY - Stetsasonic
TALKIN' ALL THAT JAZZ - Stetsasonic
IT'S IN MY SONG - Stetsasonic
THE ODAD - Stetsasonic
MIAMI BASS - Stetsasonic
