At Your Own Risk
At Your Own Risk is the second studio album by American West Coast hip hop artist King Tee. It was released on October 2, 1990[4] via Capitol Records. Production was handled by several record producers, including DJ Pooh, E-Swift, Bilal Bashir, Bronick Wrobleski, J.R. Coes, DJ Aladdin, and King T himself. It also features guest appearances provided by Ice Cube and Breeze on the album's final track "Played Like a Piano". The album spawned four singles: "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)", "Diss You", "At Your Own Risk" and "Played Like a Piano", which were later included on the rapper's greatest hits album titled Ruff Rhymes: Greatest Hits Collection.
At Your Own Risk | ||||
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Studio album by King Tee | ||||
Released | October 2, 1990[1] | |||
Recorded | 1990[2] | |||
Studio | Milagro Sound Recorders (Glendale, CA) | |||
Genre | West Coast hip hop | |||
Length | 48:16 | |||
Label | Capitol Records | |||
Producer | ||||
King Tee chronology | ||||
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Singles from At Your Own Risk | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic |
The album peaked at number 175 on the US Billboard 200 and number 35 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Its single "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)" peaked at number 18 on the Hot Rap Songs.[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Introduction" |
| 2:25 |
2. | "At Your Own Risk" |
| 4:06 |
3. | "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)" | DJ Pooh | 3:31 |
4. | "On the Dance Tip" |
| 4:07 |
5. | "Jay Fay Dray" | DJ Pooh | 1:06 |
6. | "Skanless" | DJ Pooh | 4:20 |
7. | "Take You Home" |
| 4:20 |
8. | "Diss You" | Bilal Bashir | 4:15 |
9. | "Time to Get Out" | DJ Pooh | 3:29 |
10. | "Can This Be Real" (Remix) | DJ Pooh | 3:45 |
11. | "E Get Swift" |
| 3:50 |
12. | "Do Your Thing" | DJ Pooh | 1:38 |
13. | "King Tee Production" |
| 2:34 |
14. | "Played Like a Piano" (featuring Ice Cube & Breeze) | DJ Pooh | 4:59 |
Total length: | 48:16 |
Sample credits
At Your Own Risk
- "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson
- "The Champ" by The Mohawks
On the Dance Tip
- "Let's Have Some Fun" by Bar-Kays
Jay Fay Dray
- "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.
Skanless
- "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes
Take You Home
- "Bouncy Lady" by Pleasure
- "You Can Make It If You Try" by Sly & the Family Stone
Diss You
- "Miss You by Rolling Stones
- "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins
- "Let a Woman Be a Woman, and Let a Man Be a Man" by Dyke & the Blazers
- "Big Beat" by Billy Squier
Time to Get Out
- "Blue Juice" by Jimmy McGriff
E Get Swift
- "Funky President" by James Brown
- "I Get Lifted" by George McCrae
- "Back to Life" by Soul II Soul
Do Your Thing
- "Do Your Thing" by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
- "Expressway to Your Heart" by Soul Survivors
King Tee Production
- "Do You Like It" by B.T. Express
Played Like a Piano
- "Knucklehead" by Grover Washington Jr.
Personnel
- Roger McBride – main artist, producer (tracks: 1, 2, 13), mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 10)
- O'Shea Jackson – featured artist (track 14)
- M.C. Breeze – featured artist (track 14)
- Mark S. Jordan – producer (tracks: 2, 3, 5-7, 9-14), co-producer (track 4), mixing (tracks: 3-7, 9-14)
- Bilal Bashir – producer (tracks: 1, 8)
- J.R. Coes – producer (track 4), co-producer (track 7)
- Bronek Wroblewski – producer (track 4)
- Eric Brooks – producer (track 11)
- Bob Morse – engineering (tracks: 1, 3-7, 9-14)
- Vachik Aghaniantz – engineering (tracks: 2, 8)
- Alphonso Henderson – mixing (track 10)
- Glen E. Friedman – photography
- Jorge Hinojosa – management
- Eric Greenspan – management
Album singles
Single information |
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"Ruff Rhyme"
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"Diss You"
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"At Your Own Risk"
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Chart positions
Album
Chart (1990) | Peak position | |
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scope="row" | US Billboard 200[6] | 175 |
scope="row" | US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7] | 35 |
Singles
Year | Song | Hot Rap Singles |
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1990 | "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)" | 18 |
References
- https://rapload.org/?audio=king-tee-at-your-own-risk-1990
- Woodstra, Chris; Bush, John; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2008). "Old School Rap and Hip-hop". Hal Leonard Corporation. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- Wynn, Ron. "At Your Own Risk – King Tee". Allmusic. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
- https://rapload.org/?audio=king-tee-at-your-own-risk-1990
- "King Tee Ruff Rhyme (Back Again) Chart History". Hot Rap Songs. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- "King Tee Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- "King Tee Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
External links
At Your Own Risk at Discogs (list of releases)