In Full Gear is a double album that draws on various influences in its hip hop style, including R&B, jazz, dancehall reggae, and rock influences. It also incorporates beat-boxing, sampling technology, and live band performance.[3] "Freedom or Death" and "Talkin' All That Jazz" discuss credos of revolution and sampling, respectively.[4] On "Float On", a remake of The Floaters' 1977 song of the same name, rapper Wise envisions "a woman with a realistic imagination, a woman who thinks for herself, whose thoughts are bold and free".[4]
In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau found the "well-meaning" band merely competent musically and said that their cover of "Float On" is "even ickier than the original". He was more enthusiastic about "Freedom or Death" and "Talking All That Jazz", and felt that In Full Gear succeeds on "a camaraderie that reaches deeper than the usual homeboy bonding".[4] In his own list for the Pazz & Jop critics poll, Christgau named "Talkin' All That Jazz" the seventeenth best single of 1988.[7]
full, gear, second, studio, album, american, band, stetsasonic, released, 1988, tommy, records, studio, album, stetsasonicreleasedjune, 1988, genregolden, jazz, dancehall, rock, miami, bass, length63, 31labeltommy, warner, bros, producerdaddy, oprince, paul, d. In Full Gear is the second studio album by American hip hop band Stetsasonic released in 1988 by Tommy Boy Records 3 In Full GearStudio album by StetsasonicReleasedJune 21 1988 1 GenreGolden age hip hop 2 jazz rap 2 dancehall 2 rap rock 2 Miami bass 2 Length63 31LabelTommy Boy Warner Bros ProducerDaddy OPrince Paul DBCStetsasonic chronologyOn Fire 1986 In Full Gear 1988 Blood Sweat amp No Tears 1991 Contents 1 Music and lyrics 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 4 3 Singles 5 References 6 External linksMusic and lyrics editIn Full Gear is a double album that draws on various influences in its hip hop style including R amp B jazz dancehall reggae and rock influences It also incorporates beat boxing sampling technology and live band performance 3 Freedom or Death and Talkin All That Jazz discuss credos of revolution and sampling respectively 4 On Float On a remake of The Floaters 1977 song of the same name rapper Wise envisions a woman with a realistic imagination a woman who thinks for herself whose thoughts are bold and free 4 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 The Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 The Village VoiceB 4 In a contemporary review for The Village Voice music critic Robert Christgau found the well meaning band merely competent musically and said that their cover of Float On is even ickier than the original He was more enthusiastic about Freedom or Death and Talking All That Jazz and felt that In Full Gear succeeds on a camaraderie that reaches deeper than the usual homeboy bonding 4 In his own list for the Pazz amp Jop critics poll Christgau named Talkin All That Jazz the seventeenth best single of 1988 7 Track listing edit Title Producer s Performer s 1 In Full Gear Prince Paul Daddy O Frukwan Wise Delite2 DBC Let The Music Play DBC Daddy O Frukwan Wise Delite3 Freedom Or Death Daddy O Daddy O4 Float On Vincent F Bell Daddy O Frukwan Wise Delite5 Stet Troop 88 Wise Daddy O Frukwan6 Pen amp Paper Prince Paul Daddy O Frukwan Delite7 Music For The Stetfully Insane Prince Paul Instrumental 8 We re The Band Prince Paul Daddy O Daddy O Wise Frukwan9 Rollin Wit Rush Prince Paul Daddy O Interlude 10 This Is It Y all Go Stetsa II Daddy O Daddy O Frukwan Wise11 Extensions Daddy O Interlude 12 Sally Prince Paul Daddy O Delite Wise13 Talkin All That Jazz Prince Paul Daddy O Frukwan Wise Delite14 It s In My Song DBC Daddy O Frukwan Delite15 The Odad Daddy O Daddy O16 Miami Bass Prince Paul Daddy O Daddy O Frukwan Delite17 Showtime DBC Wise Frukwan Daddy O Delite18 Talkin All That Jazz Dominoes Vocal Remix Daddy O Frukwan Daddy O Delite19 Talkin All That Jazz Dominoes Instrumental Remix Daddy O Instrumental 20 Talkin All That Jazz Dim s Radio Edit Remix Dimitri Frukwan Daddy O DeliteCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1988 Peak positionUS Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 8 20 Year end charts edit Chart 1988 PositionUS Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 9 86 Singles edit Year Song Chart positionsR amp B Rap Dance Sales1988 Sally 25 1988 Talkin All That Jazz 34 251989 Float On 56 24 References edit https stetsasonic1 bandcamp com album in full gear a b c d e f Huey Steve In Full Gear Stetsasonic AllMusic Retrieved September 23 2018 a b Price Emmett George 2006 Hip Hop Culture ABC CLIO p 295 ISBN 1851098674 Retrieved August 21 2013 a b c d Christgau Robert September 27 1988 Christgau s Consumer Guide The Village Voice New York Retrieved August 21 2013 Stetsasonic In Full Gear Q No 176 London May 2001 p 137 Considine J D 1992 Stetsasonic In DeCurtis Anthony Henke James George Warren Holly eds The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3rd ed Random House p 671 ISBN 0 679 73729 4 Christgau Robert February 28 1989 Pazz amp Jop 1988 Dean s List The Village Voice New York Retrieved August 21 2013 Stetsasonic Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved July 11 2021 Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Year End 1988 Billboard Retrieved July 11 2021 External links editIn Full Gear at Discogs list of releases nbsp This 1980s hip hop album related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title In Full Gear amp oldid 1175009942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
