Crazy Noise (Stezo album)

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 features two charting singles: "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.

Crazy Noise
Studio album by
Stezo
Released1989
Recorded1988–1989
GenreHip hop, East Coast hip hop
Length44:29
LabelSleeping Bag Records
ProducerStezo
Stezo chronology
Crazy Noise
(1989)		 Where's the Funk At
(1997)

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 -
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References
  1. "Crazy Noise > Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  2. "Stealth Magazine - powered by XMB". Stealthmag.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  3. "Stezo - Chart history".
  4. "Stezo - Chart history".
  5. "Stezo - Chart history".
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