Crazy Noise (Stezo album)

Crazy Noise
Studio album by Stezo
Released	1989
Recorded	1988–1989
Genre	Hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Length	44:29
Label	Sleeping Bag Records
Producer	Stezo
Stezo chronology
Crazy Noise (1989) Where's the Funk At (1997)

Crazy Noise is the 1989 debut album by New Haven, Connecticut rapper and producer Stezo. After being a dancer for hip-hop group EPMD Stezo signed a solo record deal with Sleeping Bag Records and recorded this debut album. It featured two charting singles in "Freak the Funk" and "It's My Turn".^[1] "It's My Turn" was the first recorded sample of the drum break in the Skull Snaps song "It's a New Day".^[2] This break would become one of the most commonly sampled drum breaks for hip-hop music in the 1990s.

Track listing

1. "Bring the Horns" - 4:07
2. "Freak the Funk" - 3:27
3. "Talking Sense" - 3:20
4. "It's My Turn" - 3:43
5. "Getting Paid" - 3:50
6. "Girl Trouble" - 3:29
7. "To the Max" - 3:48
8. "Put Your Body Into It" - 3:32
9. "Jimmy's Gettin' Funky" - 3:42
10. "Crazy Noise" - 4:05
11. "Gets Into His Move" - 3:30
12. "Going For Mine" - 3:08

Singles

Year	Title	Hot Rap Songs[3]	Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop[4]	Dance Club Songs[5]
1989	"To The Max"	-	-	39
	"It's My Turn"	18	57	-
	"Freak The Funk"	-	85	-

References

1. "Crazy Noise > Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
2. "Stealth Magazine - powered by XMB". Stealthmag.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
3. "Stezo - Chart history".
4. "Stezo - Chart history".
5. "Stezo - Chart history".