Chronic Breakdown

{{Infobox album

| name = Chronic Breakdown

| type = studio

| artist = Huck-A-Bucks

| cover = ChronicBreakdown album.png

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| released = December 12, 1995

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| genre = Go-go

| length = {{duration|m=67|s=06}}

| label = Liaison Records

| producer = Roy Battle

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| next_title = Live!

| next_year = 1995

}}

Chronic Breakdown a studio album released by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band the Huck-A-Bucks on December 12, 1995.{{cite web|title=Huck-A-Bucks: Chronic Breakdown |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/chronic-breakdown-mw0000183119 |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 March 2017}}{{cite news|title=Huck-A-Bucks |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13013420/huckabucks |first=Steve |last=Kiviat |date=July 4, 1997|newspaper=Washington City Paper}}{{cite book |last1=Lornell |first1=Kip |last2=Stephenson, Jr. |first2=Charles C. |date=2001 |title=The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop |publisher=Billboard Books |pages=[https://archive.org/details/beatgogosfusion00lorn/page/40 40, 56, 162, 163] |isbn=0-8230-7727-6 }}{{cite book|last1=Lornell |first1=Kip |last2=Stephenson, Jr. |first2=Charles C. |date=2009 |title=The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |pages=279–280 |isbn=978-1-60473-241-2}} This was the band's debut album, and consists of twelve tracks including the song "Sexy Girl" which was sampled by hip-hop recording artist Wale for the 2006 single "Breakdown".

Track listing

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| total_length = {{duration|m=67|s=06}}

| title1 = Send a Shot Out

| length1 = 6:51

| title2 = Get It Up

| length2 = 9:43

| title3 = The Congo Drum Mix

| length3 = 5:20

| title4 = Chronic Breakdown

| length4 = 3:24

| title5 = So You Think We Can't Groove

| length5 = 4:07

| title6 = Let's Rock a While

| length6 = 8:15

| title7 = It's Time

| length7 = 5:17

| title8 = Who's Ready...?

| length8 = 5:16

| title9 = Sexy Girl

| length9 = 4:37

| title10 = Be My Lady

| length10 = 4:49

| title11 = Get It Up

| note11 = instrumental

| length11 = 4:45

| title12 = Who's Ready...?

| note12 = radio version

| length12 = 4:42

}}

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.{{cite web|title=Chronic Breakdown credits |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/chronic-breakdown-mw0000183119/credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=3 March 2017}}

  • Darryl Arrington – drums
  • DeCarlos Cunningham – keyboards
  • Rob "R.J." Folson – keyboards
  • Sequan Jones – congas, percussion
  • Lamont Ray – percussion, vocals
  • Felix Stevenson – drums
  • Joseph Timms – rapping, vocals
  • Charles Yancy – percussion, vocals
  • Roy Battle – engineer, producer

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Category:1995 debut albums

Category:Huck-A-Bucks albums