Sleeping with the Enemy (album)

Sleeping with the Enemy
Studio album by Paris
Released	November 24, 1992
Recorded	1991−1992
Genre	Political Hip Hop,[1] Hardcore Hip Hop [2]
Length	55:45
Label	Scarface Records
Producer	Paris Kif Shadow
Paris chronology
The Devil Made Me Do It (1990) Sleeping with the Enemy (1992) Guerrilla Funk (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Source	[4]

Sleeping With the Enemy is the second album of U.S. militant political rapper Paris. Released in 1992, it stimulated much controversy with the songs "Bush Killa" (a revenge fantasy about the assassination of then-president George H. W. Bush) and "Coffee, Donuts & Death," (a cop-killing tirade). It also featured a young DJ Shadow on production.

Originally scheduled for a pre-presidential election release in 1992, the album was eventually released on Paris’ own Scarface Records after Time Warner shareholders and media pressure prevented then-Warner Bros. Records subsidiary Tommy Boy Records from releasing the project.

It was re-released in a limited release subtitled The Deluxe Edition; it was digitally enhanced, reworked, and contains alternate versions. The album sold over 480,000^[5]

Track listing

1. "The Enema (Live At The White House)"
2. "Make Way for a Panther"
3. "Sleeping with the Enemy"
4. "House Niggas Bleed Too"
5. "Bush Killa"
6. "Coffee, Doughnuts, & Death"
7. "Thinka 'Bout It"
8. "Guerrillas in the Mist"
9. "The Days of Old"
10. "Long Hot Summer"
11. "Conspiracy of Silence" feat. LP and Sun Dubious
12. "Funky Li'l Party"
13. "Check it out, Ch'all"
14. "Rise"
15. "Assata's Song"
16. "Bush Killa" (Hellraiser Mix)

Personnel

• D.J. Yon: Scratches on "Coffee, Doughnuts, and Death"
• Eric Bertaud: Saxophone on "Assata's Song"
• Victor Hall: Photography
• J. Alex: Graphics
• Mike Martin: Engineering and production assistance

Samples

• "Guerrillas in the Mist"

• "UFO" by ESG (sirens)
• "No Vaseline" by Ice Cube

• "Assata's Song"

• "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground

• "Coffee, Donuts & Death"

• "It's All the Way Live" by Lakeside
• "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton

• "Long Hot Summer"

• "Hot Dawgit" by Ramsey Lewis

• "Make Way for a Panther"

• "Life Could" by Rotary Connection
• "Son of Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey
• "Rigor Mortis" by Cameo

• "Sleeping With the Enemy"

• "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James

• "The Days of Old"

• "The Jam" by Graham Central Station
• "Mysterious Vibes" by The Blackbyrds

• "Thinka 'Bout It"

• "Outstanding" by The Gap Band

• "Check It Out Ch'all"

• "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone

• "Bush Killa"

• "Run, N*****" by The Last Poets
• "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/sleeping-with-the-enemy-mw0000093210
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/sleeping-with-the-enemy-mw0000093210
3. Allmusic review
4. The Source review
5. Peter Byrne (2003-12-03). "Capital Rap - Page 2 - News - San Francisco". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2012-01-07.

External links

• Sleeping With The Enemy entry on
• Sleeping With The Enemy review
• Sleeping With The Enemy album review