Drop the Bomb
{{Infobox album
| name = Drop the Bomb
| type = album
| artist = Trouble Funk
| cover = DropTheBomb album.png
| alt =
| released = 1982
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist| Go-go| old-school hip hop | funk }}
| length = {{Duration|m=36|s=43}}{{cite web|author=Stephen Cook |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/drop-the-bomb-mw0000196410 |title=Drop the Bomb - Trouble Funk | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-12-19}}
| label = Sugar Hill Records
| producer = Reo Edwards(exec)
| prev_title = Live
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = In Times of Trouble
| next_year = 1983
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r231 |tab=overview |label=Trouble Funk: Drop the Bomb > Review |first=Stephen |last=Cook|accessdate=9 September 2016}}
| rev2 = ARTISTdirect
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|title=Trouble Funk Albums Releases & Reviews|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/albums/releases/trouble-funk/503321 |publisher=ARTISTdirect|accessdate=3 November 2016 }}
| rev3 = Robert Christgau
| rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|A-}}{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Christgau |title=Review: Trouble Funk |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Trouble+Funk |publisher=Robert Christgau |accessdate=23 September 2016}}
| rev4 = musicHound R&B
| rev4Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite book |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |last2=Freedom du Lac |first2=Josh |last3=McFarlin |first3=Jim |editor-last=Change |editor-first=Jeff "DJ Zen" |year=1998 |title=musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide |location=Detroit |publisher=Visible Ink Press |edition=1st |chapter=A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk |pages=[https://archive.org/details/musichoundrbesse00graf/page/574 574-575] |isbn=1-57859-026-4 }}
| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |editor1-last=Colelman |editor1-first=Mark |editor2-last=Scoppa |editor2-first=Bud |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/824 824] }}
}}
Drop the Bomb is a studio album released in 1982 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Trouble Funk.{{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 |page=[https://archive.org/details/beatgogosfusion00lorn/page/252 252] |isbn=0-8230-7727-6 }} The album included the songs "Drop the Bomb" and "Pump Me Up" which have been sampled numerous times by many hip hop artists.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = {{Duration|m=36|s=43}}
| title1 = Hey Fellas
| note1 = Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed/Tony Fisher
| length1 = 7:18
| title2 = Get On Up
| note2 = Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed
| length2 = 4:50
| title3 = Let's Get Hot
| note3 = Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed
| length3 = 4:38
| title4 = Drop the Bomb
| note4 = Chester Davis/Emmett Nixon/James Avery/Robert Reed/Taylor Reed/Timothy Davis/Tony Fisher
| length4 = 6:58
| title5 = Pump Me Up
| note5 = Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed/Taylor Reed/Tony Fisher
| length5 = 6:34
| title6 = Don't Try to Use Me
| note6 = Robert Reed/Tony Fisher
| length6 = 6:15
}}
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 – percussion, vocals
- David Rudd – saxophone
- Gerald Reed – trombone
- Taylor Reed – trombone, trumpet
References
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External links
- {{AllMusic | class=album| id=drop-the-bomb-mw0000196410 | label= Drop the Bomb }}
- [https://www.discogs.com/Trouble-Funk-Drop-The-Bomb/release/365860 Drop the Bomb] at Discogs.com
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