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Homebase (album)

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Released
  
July 23, 1991

Length
  
77:36

Release date
  
23 July 1991

Recorded
  
May 1990–April 1991

Homebase (1991)
  
Code Red (1993)

Label
  
Jive Records

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Studio
  
Battery Studios Soundtrack Studios (New York City, New York) Warehouse/J.E.M Recording Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Producer
  
DJ Jazzy Jeff, Hula & K. Fingers, Will Smith

Artist
  
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Contemporary R&B

Awards
  
American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album

Similar
  
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince albums, Hip hop music albums

Homebase is the fourth studio album released by hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. The album was released on July 23, 1991, reaching #12 on the Billboard 200 charts and #5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart. It received generally favorable reviews from critics. The album was certified Platinum and won an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album.

Contents

Album information

The second track on the album, "Summertime", earned the duo a second Grammy Award for Best Single in early 1992. Will Smith admitted that he tried to make his voice sound deeper than usual for this album, as many fans enjoyed the track "Then She Bit Me" from the duo's previous album, And in This Corner..., which was sung in this style. "You Saw My Blinker" is one of only two instances in which Smith uses obscenities in his music. However, the song reached #20 Billboard Hot 100 and #22 Hot R&B/Hip Hop singles. Four singles were released from the album: "Summertime", "The Things That U Do", "Ring My Bell" and "You Saw My Blinker".

Track listing

  1. "I'm All That" - 3:44
  2. "Summertime" - 4:30
  3. "Things That U Do" - 4:56
  4. "This Boy Is Smooth" - 4:58
  5. "Ring My Bell" - 4:44
  6. "A Dog Is a Dog" - 4:29
  7. "Caught in the Middle (Love & Life)" - 4:19
  8. "Trapped on the Dance Floor" - 3:52
  9. "Who Stole the D.J." - 4:09
  10. "You Saw My Blinker" - 4:14
  11. "Dumb Dancin'" - 4:55
  12. "Summertime (Reprise)" - 2:05
  13. "Ring My Bell" [Mr. Lee's Radio Mix] - 4:05 (LP/Cassette Bonus Track)

Samples

A Dog Is a Dog

  • "Man's Best Friend" by George Clinton
  • "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton

    • Caught in the Middle (Love & Life)

  • "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins
  • "Drop It in the Slot" by Tower of Power

    • Dumb Dancin'

  • "Good to Me" by Otis Redding

    • I'm All That

  • "Richard Pryor Dialogue" by Richard Pryor
  • "Give It to Me Baby" by Rick James

    • Ring My Bell

  • "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward
  • "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) by The Beatles

    • Summertime

  • "Summer Madness" by Kool & the Gang

    • The Things That U Do

  • "I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To" by The Soul Children

    • Trapped on the Dance Floor

  • "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" by Funkadelic
  • "Trapped" by Colonel Abrams
  • "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose (Remix)" by James Brown

    • You Saw My Blinker

  • "Slide" by Slave
  • "Bring It Here" by Wild Sugar

    • Who Stole the D.J.

  • "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson
  • "Hot Pants (Bonus Beats)" by Bobby Byrd

    • Songs

    1I'm All That
    2Summertime4:30
    3The Things That U Do4:56

    References

    Homebase (album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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