In Full Gear

by Stetsasonic

In Full Gear cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Tommy Boy
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating as one of the genre's earliest 'hip-hop bands', the Brooklyn collective combined prominent live instrumentation with dense, energetic sampling techniques. The sprawling tracklist is celebrated for its eclectic incorporation of jazz and R&B elements, deeply influencing the impending Native Tongues movement.

Genres

Descriptors: Conscious, Instrumental, party, rhythmic, sampling, rap, old-school, funky, classic

Tracklist

  1. In Full Gear
  2. DBC Let The Music Play
  3. Freedom Or Death
  4. Float On
  5. Stet Troop '88!
  6. Pen And Paper
  7. Music For The Stetfully Insane
  8. This Is It, Y'all (Go Stetsa II)
  9. Extensions
  10. Sally
  11. Talkin' All That Jazz
  12. It's In My Song
  13. The Odad
  14. Miami Bass
  15. Rollin' Wit Rush

Credits

  • Stetsasonic - primary artist, written-by
  • Marauder - vocals
  • The Fury - vocals
  • Assim Muhammed - bongos, congas
  • Alvin Moody - bass, lead guitar, keyboards
  • Bret Silverman - piano
  • Robert Aaron - saxophone
  • Force MD's - vocals

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