Straight Up Sewaside

Straight Up Sewaside is the second album by the hip hop duo Das EFX.[4][5][6] The album reached #20 on the Billboard 200 and is now out of print. The album achieved gold status.[7]

Straight Up Sewaside
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 16, 1993
RecordedSeptember 1992 - May 1993
StudioNorth Shore Soundworks
(Long Island, New York)
GenreEast Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop
Length43:53
LabelEastWest[1]
ProducerPMD (exec.)
Solid Scheme
Charlie Marotta
Das EFX
Das EFX chronology
Dead Serious
(1992)
Straight Up Sewaside
(1993)
Hold It Down
(1995)
Singles from Straight Up Sewaside
  1. "Freakit"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Baknaffek"
    Released: March 3, 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
RapReviews7.5/10[3]

Critical reception

Spin wrote that "on Straight Up Sewaside, the fidgeting raps keep coming, with pumping, vinyl-hissing production, and that was enough. In this case, more of the same was impressive and even admirable."[4]

Track listing

  • All tracks produced by Solid Scheme, except where noted
# Title Songwriters Length
1 "Intro" *Interlude* 0:38
2 "Undaground Rappa" A. Weston, W. Hines, C. Charity, D. Lynch, J. Brown 4:01
3 "Gimme Dat Micraphone" (Produced by Charlie Marotta) A. Weston, W. Hines, C. Marotta, Kool & the Gang 3:16
4 "Check It Out" A. Weston, W. Hines, C. Charity, D. Lynch 3:55
5 "Interlude" *Interlude* 0:30
6 "Freakit" A. Weston, W. Hines, C. Charity, D. Lynch 3:18
7 "Rappaz" A. Weston, W. Hines, C. Charity, D. Lynch, J. Brown 4:22
8 "Interview" *Interlude* 1:29
9 "Baknaffek" A. Weston, W. Hines, C. Charity, D. Lynch 3:33
10 "Kaught in Da Ak" A. Weston, W. Hines, C. Charity, D. Lynch, A. Horovitz, R. Rubin 4:51
11 "Wontu" A. Weston, W. Hines, C. Charity, D. Lynch 2:55
12 "Krazy Wit Da Books" A. Weston, W. Hines, C. Charity, D. Lynch, D. McDaniels, H. David, B. Bacharach, R. Simmons 3:57
13 "It'z Lik Dat" A. Weston, W. Hines, C. Charity, D. Lynch 3:30
14 "Host Wit Da Most [Rappaz Remix]" (Produced by Das EFX) A. Weston, W. Hines 3:32

Charts

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1993 Straight Up Sewaside #20[8] #6
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References

  1. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (February 5, 1994). "Rap Scene Still Feeling Das' EFX". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. via Google Books.
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r191423
  3. "Das EFX :: Straight Up Sewaside :: EastWest Records America". www.rapreviews.com.
  4. "Das EFX, Straight Up Sewaside (EastWest) SPIN". www.spin.com.
  5. Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn; Fonseca, Anthony J. (December 1, 2018). "Hip Hop around the World: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]". ABC-CLIO via Google Books.
  6. "Das Efx".
  7. "Diggedy, diggedy, iggedy dead end: Das EFX and 15 other hip-hop revolutions that weren't". Music.
  8. "Das EFX". Billboard.


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