The Devil Made Me Do It

For the song by alternative rock band Against All Will, see The Devil Made Me Do It (Against All Will song).

The Devil Made Me Do It
Studio album by Paris
Released	December 4, 1990[1]
Recorded	Fall 1989-Summer 1990
Genre	Political Hip Hop [2]
Label	Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Paris, D.R.
Paris chronology
The Devil Made Me Do It (1990) Sleeping with the Enemy (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Devil Made Me Do It is the debut album of militant Black nationalist rapper Paris. MTV banned the title track.^[3] The 13-track vinyl record version of The Devil Made Me Do It was released in 1990 on Tommy Boy Records. Paris toured the USA and Europe that year to promote the record. The album eventually sold over 300,000 according to the emcee.^[4] In 1996, the band Apparatus recorded a cover of the title-track for the electro-industrial various artists compilation Operation Beatbox.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Intro" – 0:40
2. "Scarface Groove" – 4:35
3. "This Is a Test" – 2:47
4. "Panther Power" – 3:58
5. "Break the Grip of Shame" 3:34
6. "Warning" – 1:07
7. "Ebony" – 3:56
8. "Brutal" – 3:53
9. "On the Prowl" – 1:10
10. "The Devil Made Me Do It" – 4:12
11. "The Hate That Hate Made" – 1:09
12. "Mellow Madness" – 4:50
13. "I Call Him Mad" – 4:17
14. "Escape from Babylon" – 5:18
15. "Wretched" – 3:32
16. "Break the Grip of Shame (The Final Call)" (Bonus track) – 8:06
17. "Devil Made Me Do It (Poach a Pig Mix)" (Bonus track) – 5:44

Samples

Break the Grip of Shame

• "Hot Pants (Bonus Beats)" by Bobby Byrd

Brutal

• "Uphill Peace of Mind" by Kid Dynamite

Panther Power

• "Timebomb" by Public Enemy

Scarface Groove

• "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss

The Devil Made Me Do It

• "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
• "Hihache" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band

Warning

• "Chicken Yellow" by Miami

I Call Him Mad

• "Funky Drummer" by James Brown

Ebony

• "Boogie Nights" by Heatwave

Mellow Madness

• "Siempre Hay Esperanza" by Sade

Album Chart

Album Charting	Billboard 200	R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
"The Devil Made Me Do It"	158	41

Single's Charting

Single	Chart	Position
"The Devil Made Me Do It"	Hot Rap Singles	20

References

1. Allmusic review
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-devil-made-me-do-it-mw0000262055
3. "Paris bio". MTV.com. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
4. http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-12-03/news/capital-rap/2
5. Christian, Chris (August 1996). "Various Artists: Operation Beatbox". Sonic Boom. 4 (7). Retrieved November 17, 2016.

External links

• The Devil Made Me Do It at Discogs (list of releases)