''Stone Cold Rhymin is the debut album by the American rapper

Young MC Marvin Young (born May 10, 1967), better known by his stage name Young M.C., is an American rapper, singer and actor. He is best known for his 1989 hit " Bust a Move". His debut album '' Stone Cold Rhymin found international acclaim. Young h ...

. It was released in 1989 on Delicious Vinyl and was later re-issued by

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. The album reached No. 9 on the ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums chart. The third track, " Bust a Move", was Young MC's biggest hit and is his best-known song, reaching No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and topping the charts in

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. His follow-up single, " Principal's Office", reached No. 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was also nominated for "Best Rap Video" at the

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Critical reception

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'' noted that Young MC possesses "perhaps the clearest enunciation in rap: every word comes through perfectly, and yet his delivery is more musical than most."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Marvin Young,

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, and Michael Ross except where otherwise noted. All tracks published by PolyGram Music except "Just Say No" published by PolyGram/Warner Chappell. # "I Come Off" (feat. N'Dea Davenport) # " Principal's Office" # " Bust a Move" # "Non Stop" # "Fastest Rhyme" (M. Young) # "My Name is Young" (M. Young/M. Dike) # "Know How" (M. Young/ John "King Gizmo" King/ Michael "E.Z. Mike" Simpson) # "Roll with the Punches" # "I Let 'Em Know" # "Pick Up the Pace" (M. Young/M. Dike) # "Got More Rhymes" (M. Young/M. Dike/M. Ross/J. King) # "Stone Cold Buggin'" (M. Young/M. Dike) # "Just Say No" (M. Young/

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Personnel

*Young MC – vocals, songwriting *

– production, arrangement, mixing (all tracks except 7 and 13) * Michael Ross – production, arrangement, mixing (all tracks except 7 and 13) * The Dust Brothers – production, arrangement, mixing (track 7), co-production (track 11) * Quincy Jones Jr. – production, arrangement, mixing (track 13) * Mario Caldato Jr. – engineering *Brian Foxworthy – additional engineering *Salomon – photography, art direction *EMC-0 – production coordinator *Crystal Blake – vocals (tracks 1, 3 and 11) *

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– bass (tracks 2 and 3) *Kevin O'Neal – bass (tracks 7 and 8) *John Dexter Steward Jr. – drums (tracks 2 and 4)

Charts

References

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