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Aleem Featuring Leroy Burgess - Release Yourself
Label:
Catalog#:
NI 1241
Format:
Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM
Country:
US
Released:
1984
Genre:
Electronic,
Funk / Soul
Style:
Electro
Tracklist
| A | Release Yourself | 6:02 | ||
| Mixed By - Aleems* | ||||
| B | Release Yourself (Dub) | 6:15 | ||
| Mixed By - Marley Marl , M² (3) | ||||
Credits
Featuring -
Leroy Burgess
Producer - Taharqa Aleem , Tunde-Ra Aleem*
Written-By - T. Aleem* , T. Aleem*
Producer - Taharqa Aleem , Tunde-Ra Aleem*
Written-By - T. Aleem* , T. Aleem*
Notes
Produced for Aleem Productions.
Published by West Kenya Music (ASCAP).
(C) 1984 NIA Records, Inc.
Distributed by National Distribution Network, Inc.
Published by West Kenya Music (ASCAP).
(C) 1984 NIA Records, Inc.
Distributed by National Distribution Network, Inc.
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Reviews & Discussion
this is one of the few records that i know of that you can play just about anywhere, and a few true heads will pop up and give you respect for playing. techno, soul, hip-hop, freestyle, it doesn't even matter, this thing crossed over and got it's due. it's got that early sampling feel, a thick vocal, and a drum kit that beats you up on any system out there. where i'm from, it wasn't a great big hit, but still, anytime you break it out you will get "that look" from a few folks who spent the better part of the night staring into their drinks. tune!
With its soulful vocal telling you to " release yourself " over and over, 808 drum patterns and synths that put this track right next to "Hip Hop Be Bop" ,"Al naafiysh" and "Planet rock"!!
Also appears on Electro 5 which for me is the best of the Streetsounds Electro series, absolute sublime cutting and mixing especially when it drops in from
Captain Rocks " Future shock " ....
....And its Twenty three years old ....
Now that's a future shock!