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Released
  
14 June 1998

We Rock Hard (1998)
  
Pressure Point (2001)

Release date
  
14 June 1998

Label
  
Freskanova

Length
  
73:05

Artist
  
Freestylers

Producer
  
Freestylers

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Genres
  
Breakbeat, Big beat, Electronica

Similar
  
Freestylers albums, Electronica albums

We Rock Hard is the first album by the English electronic group Freestylers and their most commercially successful release to date. Allmusic describes the album as a run through of the band members' back catalogue, but it still showcases the classic big beat and breakbeat electronica that would remain the band's trademark sound along with ragga and dub twists.

Contents

The album features the single "Ruffneck", which garnered a certain level of MTV rotation and has a style that's reminiscent of a reggae Beastie Boys and remains popular with Amazon reviewers.

The track "Freestyle Noize" was featured in the PlayStation skateboarding video game Thrasher: Skate and Destroy.

Freestylers freestyle noize


Track listing

  • The female vocals on track 4 "Don't Stop" are sampled from the 1976 song "I Know" by Candi Staton.
  • The 1999 US release omits the tracks "The Darkside", "Breaker Beats (Part 2)", "Scratch 22 (Jay-Rock's Theme)" and "Hold Up Your Hands" and includes "Spaced Invader" and "Check The Skillz" (from the B-sides of the singles "Ruffneck" and "B-Boy Stance", respectively).

    • Songs

    1Freestyle Noize5:40
    2Dancehall Vibes6:17
    3Drop The Boom3:00

    References

    We Rock Hard Wikipedia
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