New Funky Nation

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|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

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|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

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Trouser Press wrote: "New Funky Nation is an extraordinarily powerful and uncommon hip-hop LP, a rhythmic soul assault of horns, Boo-Yaa bass and violence-prone street rhymes that have an unsettling ring of truth."{{cite web |title=Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/boo-yaa-t-r-i-b-e/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=15 March 2021}} The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "the raps aren't as strong as the music ... they try to counter the polish of the sound with street tough talk, but the vocals just aren't lean and mean enough to give their Uzi and body-bag motifs any vibrancy."{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-05-04-9005030798-story.html|title=BOO-YAA T.R.I.B.E.|first=Curt|last=Fields|website=OrlandoSentinel.com}} The Washington Post wrote that "the whole Boo-Yaa package -- their look, their background, their musicianship -- is more memorable than any of their songs, with the exception of 'Don't Mess', which has startling changes of tempo and a simple, irresistible vocal hook: 'Boo-Yaa funkin' it up'."{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1990/05/20/los-angeles-gangsters-of-rap-escalating-the-attitude/946400da-81af-482c-9e14-a0e37f7e4be1/|title=LOS ANGELES' GANGSTERS OF RAP, ESCALATING THE ATTITUDE|first=David|last=Mills|date=May 20, 1990|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Six Bad Brothers

| length1 = 5:00

| extra1 = {{hlist|Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo|Suga Pop}}

| title2 = Rated R

| length2 = 5:12

| extra2 = The Dust Brothers

| title3 = Don't Mess

| length3 = 5:12

| extra3 = The Dust Brothers

| title4 = New Funky Nation

| length4 = 5:57

| extra4 = Myles John O'Brien

| title5 = Once Upon a Drive-By

| length5 = 5:50

| extra5 = The Dust Brothers

| title6 = T.R.I.B.E.

| length6 = 3:50

| extra6 = Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo

| title7 = Walk the Line

| length7 = 6:04

| extra7 = Myles John O'Brien

| title8 = R.A.I.D.

| length8 = 4:27

| extra8 = {{hlist|Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.|Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo}}

| title9 = Psyko Funk

| length9 = 4:19

| extra9 = Tony G.

| title10 = Riot Pump

| length10 = 5:13

| extra10 = The Dust Brothers

| title11 = Pickin' Up Metal

| length11 = 5:16

| extra11 = Myles John O'Brien

| total_length = 56:18

}}

Sample credits

• "Six Bad Brothers" contains elements from "Fight the Power" by the Isley Brothers (1975) and "N.T." by Kool & the Gang (1971)
• "Rated R" contains elements from "It's Yours" by T La Rock and Jazzy Jay
• "Don't Mess" contains elements from "Don't Mess with People" by Mandrill (1973)
• "T.R.I.B.E." contains elements from "Sun Is Here" by Sun (1978) and "Ain't We Funkin' Now" by the Brothers Johnson (1978)
• "R.A.I.D." contains elements from "Raid" by Lakeside (1983) and "Groove Me" by King Floyd (1970)
• "Psyko Funk" contains elements from "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)" by the Turtles, "Reach Out of the Darkness" by Friend & Lover, "Funky Drummer" by James Brown, "Boogie Shoes" by KC & the Sunshine Band, "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament

;Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.

• Ted Devoux – lead vocals
• Paul Devoux – rap vocals
• Roscoe Devoux – vocals
• Danny Devoux – backing vocals, bass, additional guitars
• David Devoux – backing vocals
• Donald DeVoux – backing vocals

;Instrumentalists

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• Vicki Calhoun – backing vocals (tracks: 2-4)
• John Myles O'Brien – bass (tracks: 1, 7), guitar (tracks: 4, 7), drum programming (track 6)
• Steven Daniells-Silva – guitar (tracks: 1, 6), keyboards (track 6)
• Philip Nowlan – organ (tracks: 1, 4)
• Tony Gonzalez – turntables (tracks: 1, 9)
• Michael S. Simpson – turntables (tracks: 2-3, 5, 10-11)
• Fernando Pullum – trumpet (tracks: 4, 7, 10)
• Scott Mayo – tenor saxophone (tracks: 4, 7, 10)
• Reginald Young – trombone (tracks: 4, 7, 10)
• Angel Luis Figueroa – congas (track 5)
• Andy "Funky Drummer" Kravitz – percussion (tracks: 6, 8)
• Ken Villeneuve – lead & rhythm guitars (track 11)
• Phillip "Fish" Fisher – drums

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;Technicals

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• Kim Buie – A&R, executive producer
• Joseph Mario Nicolo – executive producer, mixing, producer (tracks: 1, 6, 8)
• Steven Daniells-Silva – producer (track 1)
• John King – producer (tracks: 2-3, 5, 10)
• Michael S. Simpson – producer (tracks: 2-3, 5, 10)
• John Myles O'Brien – producer (tracks: 4, 7, 11)
• Tony Gonzalez – producer (track 9)
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Jason Roberts – engineering
• Allen Abrahamson – engineering
• Talley Sherwood – engineering
• Holly Ferguson – A&R coordinator
• Richard Evans – album cover design & art direction
• Max Aguilera-Hellweg – photography

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• {{Discogs master|95137|New Funky Nation}}

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Category:1990 debut albums

Category:Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. albums

Category:4th & B'way Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Michael Simpson (producer)

Category:Albums produced by John King (record producer)

Category:Albums produced by the Dust Brothers