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On the Strength

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Released
  
April 1988

Label
  
Elektra Records

Release date
  
April 1988

Genre
  
Hip hop music

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On the Strength (1988)
  
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Artist
  
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Producer
  
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

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On the Strength is the second and final studio album by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Released in 1988, it was the full line-up’s last album together. Although certainly contributing to the album itself, Cowboy (Keith Wiggins), was not present for the album or single photo shoots.

Contents

The album was reissued in the US on CD in 2005 (Collectors' Choice Music, CCM-585-2) but once again (see Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang) omitted the bonus track (*) that was originally included on both the original CD and cassette versions of the album.

Track listing

  1. "Gold" - 4:25
  2. "Cold in Effect" - 2:28
  3. "Yo Baby" - 4:31
  4. "On the Strength" - 4:45
  5. "The King" - 3:19
  6. "Fly Girl" - 5:13
  7. "Magic Carpet Ride" (featuring Steppenwolf) - 4:14
  8. "Leave Here" - 3:50
  9. "This Is Where You Got It From" - 4:06
  10. "The Boy is Dope" - 3:11
  11. "Back in the Old Days of Hip-Hop" - 4:05 (*)

Personnel

  • Group's Official Website
  • The Kidd Creole's Official Website
  • Grandmaster Flash (Joseph Sadler) - turntables, drum programming, Flashformer transform DJ device
  • Keef Cowboy (Keith Wiggins) - Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger
  • Grandmaster Mele Mel (Melvin Glover) - Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger
  • The Kidd Creole (Nathaniel Glover jr) - Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger
  • Scorpio (Eddie Morris) - Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger
  • Rahiem (Guy Todd Williams) - Lead and background vocals, writer and arranger
  • Guy Vaughn - keyboards, drum programming, and vocals on The Boy is Dope
  • Afrika Bambaataa (Kevin Donovan) - music and drum-sound consultant
  • Jesse Daniels Force MD's - vocals on Fly Girl
  • Arthur "Disco B" Hayward - additional scratches and assistant to the Grandmaster
  • Ray (Ray Roll) Cortez - vocals on The Boy is Dope

    • Songs

    1Gold4:25
    2Cold in Effect2:46
    3Yo Baby4:32

    References

    On the Strength Wikipedia
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