Drop the Bomb

Studio album by Trouble Funk

Released

1982

Genre

Length

52:00^[1]

Label

Sugar Hill Records

Producer

Reo Edwards (exec)

Trouble Funk chronology

Live
(1981)

Drop the Bomb
(1982)

In Times of Trouble
(1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
ARTISTdirect	^[3]
Robert Christgau	A−^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]
Wilson & Alroy	^[6]

Drop the Bomb is a studio album released in 1982 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk.^[1] The album included the songs "Drop the Bomb" and "Pump Me Up" which have been sampled numerous times by many hip hop artists.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hey Fellas"	Emmett Nixon Robert Reed Tony Fisher	7:18
2.	"Get On Up"	Emmett Nixon Robert Reed	4:50
3.	"Let's Get Hot"	Emmett Nixon Robert Reed	4:38
4.	"Drop the Bomb"	Chester Davis Emmett Nixon James Avery Robert Reed Taylor Reed Timothy Davis Tony Fisher	6:58
5.	"Pump Me Up"	Emmett Nixon Robert Reed Taylor Reed Tony Fisher	6:34
6.	"Don't Try to Use Me"	Robert Reed Tony Fisher	6:15
Total length:			52:00

Personnel

Chester "T-Bone" Davis — electric guitar
Tony Fisher — lead vocals, bass guitar
Emmett Nixon — drums
James Avery — keyboards
Robert Reed — keyboards
Mack Carey — percussion, congas
Timothy "T-Bone" David – percussions, vocals
David Rudd — saxophone
Gerald Reed — trombone
Taylor Reed — trombone, trumpet

References

1 2 http://www.allmusic.com/album/drop-the-bomb-mw0000196410
↑ Cook, Stephen. Trouble Funk: Drop the Bomb > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 09 September 2016.
↑ "Trouble Funk Albums Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Trouble Funk". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
↑ Colelman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 824. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ Alroy, John. ""Trouble Funk". Wilson & Alroy. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
↑ http://www.whosampled.com/Trouble-Funk/Drop-the-Bomb/ WhoSampled — "Drop the Bomb"

External links

Drop the Bomb at AllMusic
Drop the Bomb at Discogs.com

Trouble Funk

Studio albums	Drop the Bomb In Times of Trouble Trouble Over Here

Live albums	Live Saturday Night Live Say What!

Singles	"Pump Me Up" "E Flat Boogie" "Super Grit" "The Beat" "Drop the Bomb" "So Early in the Morning" "Let's Get Small" "Hey Fellas" "Say What?" "Good to Go"

Compilation albums	Early Singles Droppin' Bombs

Related articles	Go-Go Crankin' Good to Go soundtrack Go Go Live at the Capital Centre The Go Go Posse Streetwise soundtrack

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.