Tracklist
| Let Your Backbone Slide (Power Mix) | 4:58 | ||
| Let Your Backbone Slide (Bonus Beat) | 3:05 | ||
| Let Your Backbone Slide (Acapella Version) | 4:15 | ||
| Let Your Backbone Slide (Radio Edit) | 4:08 | ||
| Let Your Backbone Slide (Club Mix) | 5:05 |
Credits (6)
- Farleyflex ManagementArt Direction, Management
- K. MacFarlaneEngineer
- Anthony DavisProducer
- Peter DavisProducer
- A. Swaby*Turntables
W. Williams*Written-By, Arranged By, Photography [Photograph by]
Notes
A hit single taken from Maestro Fresh-Wes' debut album.
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| Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Let Your Backbone Slide 12", 33 ⅓ RPM | LMR (Lefrak-Moelis Records) – LMR 1028 | US | 1989 | US — 1989 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide 12" | Attic – ATT 2005 | Canada | 1989 | Canada — 1989 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide 12", Promo | LMR (Lefrak-Moelis Records) – LMR-1028 | US | 1989 | US — 1989 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide / Fortissimo Cassette, Single | Attic – ATC 402, LMR (Lefrak-Moelis Records) – ATC 402 | Canada | 1989 | Canada — 1989 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide 12", 45 RPM | Lafayette – LA 2434 1, Lafayette – 08-030133-20 | Netherlands | 1989 | Netherlands — 1989 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide 7", 45 RPM | Lafayette – LA 5434 7 | Netherlands | 1989 | Netherlands — 1989 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide CD, Single, Promo | LMR (Lefrak-Moelis Records) – LMRCDP 08 | US | 1989 | US — 1989 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide Cassette, Single | LMR (Lefrak-Moelis Records) – LMR 81028 | US | 1989 | US — 1989 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide 12", 45 RPM | Lisson Records – DOLE Q16, Lisson Records – DOLEQ 16 | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | Recently Edited | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide 7", 45 RPM | Lisson Records – DOLE 16 | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide '98 12", Promo | Magic People – PR1 3241 | Canada | 1998 | Canada — 1998 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide CDr, Single, Promo | Not On Label – none | Canada | 1998 | Canada — 1998 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide '98 CDr, Single, Promo | Not On Label – none | Canada | 1998 | Canada — 1998 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide 7", 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo | FlipNJay Records – FNJ-002 | Canada | 2020 | Canada — 2020 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide 7", 45 RPM, Single, Reissue, Test Pressing, Stereo | FlipNJay Records – FNJ-002 | Canada | 2020 | Canada — 2020 | New Submission | |||
 | Let Your Backbone Slide VHS, Single | LMR (Lefrak-Moelis Records) – none | US | US | New Submission |
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Reviews
mine have wrong side identification (a side was b side etc)- Mislabeled. Both sides appears to have the B-Side labeled (I'm Showing You)
referencing Let Your Backbone Slide (7", 45 RPM) DOLE 16
The instrumental is the "Club Mix" instrumental with a "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" sample, not the "Power Mix" instrumental.- Some great remixes here. If you like old school electro, there's Man Parrish HipHop Bebop sampling in Dj Sweet mix.
And of coarse, there's a freestyle mix for the guido's. 
Edited 5 years agoreferencing Let Your Backbone Slide (12") ATT 2005
This is where Canadian Hip Hop really began. Even us white kids heard it (the vid on Much Music has huge impact), and it continues to rock trailer parks jams to this day.
Just let it slide y'all, I don't give a (DAMN! damn)
If ya backbone quiver
Man oh man, watch ya swiver
Wind some twine your spine while your slither
It's contagious, an epidemic and
You try to lift, you're cool, but it fell again
Rap scholar, soul like a Dominican
But like I said before, I'm un-American
It's who you are, not the way you went
We all originate from the same descent
I make a lot of cents, sense, and pence
Gold (gold), myrrh and frankincense
When I'm in France they blow me Francs
Frank, with your Swiss Account is the way I bank-pank
At home, I make bills are brown from my sound
In the States green like the grass in the ground
When I'm in England, they pass me Pounds now
I clock cash in every town, so I slide (slide)
But nowadays, I'm trapped
(why's that?)
So many suckers on my sacroiliac
It's like a rap-sack, backpack
(wic-wic-whack)
Give me some slack jack
Rap is like a jungle
Where rhyme for rhyme is like a vine to vine
Swung line to line of mine
I'm colossal, you'se a mosquito
I'ma play Tarzan, you play Cheetah
Cheeta, biter, love to forge
Better yet, I'll call you Curious George
'Cause curiosity cold killed the cat
Can't hide so black to the side
Let your backbone slide...
Relevant Factoid: Canadian $100s are brown.
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