Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx)

Infobox Album | Name = Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx)
Type = Album
Artist = T La Rock


Released = 1987
Recorded = 1986–1987
Genre = Hip-hop
Length = 42:26
Label = Fresh/Sleeping Bag Records flagicon|USA
LPRE-2
Ten/Virgin Records flagicon|UK
Producer = T La Rock
Louie Lou
Kurtis Mantronik

"Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx)", from 1987, was the debut album of hip-hop emcee T La Rock. It was released after the EP "He's Incredible", and none of the tracks from that record were on the original release of the album. Singles released were "Back to Burn," "Tudy Fruity Judy," "It's Time to Chill," and, in the UK, "Big Beat in London." Kurtis Mantronik produced several tracks, and Greg Nice of Nice & Smooth contributed human beat boxing. When the album was rereleased in digital form by Traffic Entertainment Group in 2006, two of the tracks from "He's Incredible" and two non-album tracks produced by Kurtis Mantronik were added. In addition, the Rick Rubin-produced classic "It's Yours," which was originally released on a different label, was also included because of its common ownership in the present day.

Track listing

Original 1987 album:
#Lyrical King
#Back to Burn
#Tudy Fruity Judy
#Having Fun
#Three Minutes of Beat Box
#Bust These Lyrics
#This Beat Kicks
#Big Beat in London
#It's Time to Chill
#Live Drummin' with the Country Boy

2006 additions:
#It's Yours (12-Inch Radio Mix)
#Breakdown (12-Inch Version)
#He's Incredible (12-Inch Version)
#Breaking Bells (12-Inch Version)
#Bass Machine (12-Inch Version)

Additional personnel

Editors: Chep Nuñez, Omar Santana, Carlos Barios

Later Samples

Samples of "It's Yours" can be heard in the following songs and in countless others.
**"Louder Than a Bomb" by Public Enemy from the album "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"
**"The World Is Yours" by Nas from the album "Illmatic"
**"Rewind" by Nas from the album "Stillmatic"
**"Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme" by Edan from the album "Beauty and the Beat"
**"Party People" by Royal House from its self-titled albuum