The Treacherous Three (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Treacherous Three

| type = studio

| artist = Treacherous Three

| cover = The Treacherous Three.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1984

| recorded = 1980–1983

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Old-school hip hop

| length =

| label = Sugar Hill

| producer = Sylvia Robinson

| prev_title = Whip It

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Old School Flava

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{Singles

| name = The Treacherous Three

| type = studio

| single1 = The Body Rock

| single1date = 1980{{Cite web|url=http://blackouthiphop.com/dig-of-the-day-treacherous-three-body-rock-1980/|title = Dig of the Day: Treacherous Three - Body Rock (1980)|date = 3 April 2018}}

| single2 = At the Party

| single2date = 1980

| single3 = Feel the Heartbeat

| single3date = 1981

| single4 = Turning You On / U.F.O.

| single4date = 1983

| single5 = Get Up

| single5date = 1983

}}

}}

The Treacherous Three is the first studio album by American hip hop group Treacherous Three. It was released in 1984 via Sugar Hill Records with distribution of MCA Records and produced by Sylvia Robinson. Complex (magazine) puts the album at number 39 on their 50 Greatest Rap Albums of the 1980s.{{Cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/50-greatest-rap-albums-1980s/treacherous-three|title=The Best Rap Albums of the '80s37. Treacherous Three, Treacherous Three (1984)|last=Shipley|first=Al|website=Complex|language=en|access-date=December 4, 2017}}

The songs "At the Party", "Feel the Heartbeat" and "The Body Rock" were recorded and released from 1980 to 1981 as 12" singles for Bobby Robinson's Enjoy Records and were also compiled on Whip It (1983). The songs "Turning You On", "U.F.O." and "Get Up" were recorded and released in 1983 on Sylvia Robinson's Sugar Hill Records.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| title1 = Get Up

| length1 = 6:05

| title2 = Turning You On

| length2 = 6:10

| title3 = U.F.O.

| length3 = 6:50

| title4 = The Body Rock

| length4 = 7:27

| title5 = Feel the Heartbeat

| length5 = 5:22

| title6 = At the Party

| length6 = 7:22

| total_length =

}}

Notes{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/The-Treacherous-Three/?ob=0|title=The Treacherous Three on WhoSampled|website=WhoSampled|access-date=December 4, 2017}}

Personnel

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