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. It was released in 1989 on

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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 Australia. His follow-up single, "

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", reached No. 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was also nominated for "Best Rap Video" at the

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Marvin Young, Matt Dike, 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.

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) # "

" # " 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 * Matt Dike – production, arrangement, mixing (all tracks except 7 and 13) * Michael Ross – production, arrangement, mixing (all tracks except 7 and 13) *

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– 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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