Drop the Bomb

Drop the Bomb
Drop the Bomb
Studio album by Trouble Funk
Released	1982
Genre	Go-go; old-school hip hop; funk;
Length	36:43
Label	Sugar Hill Records
Producer	Reo Edwards(exec)
Trouble Funk chronology

Drop the Bomb is a studio album released in 1982 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Trouble Funk.^[1]^[7] The album included the songs "Drop the Bomb" and "Pump Me Up" which have been sampled numerous times by many hip hop artists.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
ARTISTdirect	^[3]
Robert Christgau	A−^[4]
musicHound R&B	^[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[6]

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hey Fellas" (Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed/Tony Fisher)	7:18
2.	"Get On Up" (Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed)	4:50
3.	"Let's Get Hot" (Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed)	4:38
4.	"Drop the Bomb" (Chester Davis/Emmett Nixon/James Avery/Robert Reed/Taylor Reed/Timothy Davis/Tony Fisher)	6:58
5.	"Pump Me Up" (Emmett Nixon/Robert Reed/Taylor Reed/Tony Fisher)	6:34
6.	"Don't Try to Use Me" (Robert Reed/Tony Fisher)	6:15
Total length:		36:43

Personnel edit

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 edit

^ ^a ^b Stephen Cook. "Drop the Bomb - Trouble Funk | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
^ Cook, Stephen. Trouble Funk: Drop the Bomb > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ "Trouble Funk Albums Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Trouble Funk". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 574-575. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
^ Colelman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 824. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.

External links edit

Drop the Bomb at AllMusic
Drop the Bomb at Discogs.com

[Album_Info-1] Stephen Cook. "Drop the Bomb - Trouble Funk | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-12-19.

[2] Cook, Stephen. Trouble Funk: Drop the Bomb > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[3] "Trouble Funk Albums Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

[RC-4] Christgau, Robert. "Review: Trouble Funk". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[mHound-5] Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 574-575. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.

[RS-6] Colelman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 824. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[TheBeat1stEd-7] Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.

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