Blood, Sweat & No Tears Explained

Blood, Sweat & No Tears
Type:Album
Artist:Stetsasonic
Cover:Bloodsweatandnotears.jpg
Released:February 5, 1991[1]
Genre:Hip Hop
Length:69:01
Prev Title:In Full Gear
Prev Year:1988

Blood, Sweat & No Tears is the third and final album by hip hop band Stetsasonic.[2] [3]

The CD version replaces the songs "To Whom It May Concern," "Corporate America," and "Do You Remember This?," which were included on the cassette version, with the new tracks "Gyrlz," "Your Mother Has Green Teeth," and "Took Place In East New York."

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Blood, Sweat & No Tears "an engaging state-of-the-art album seamlessly loaded with diverse music, thoughtful and/or amusing raps and more friendly family atmosphere than an Italian wedding."[4] Entertainment Weekly wrote: "The music is pieced together well enough but still scattershot — solid if not innovative beats in one place, an L.L. Cool J-like ballad ('Walkin’ in the Rain') in another, a novelty throwaway or a stark beat somewhere else."[5] The Baltimore Sun praised the "unmistakable ensemble groove."[6]

Track listing

TitleProducersPerformers
1"Hip Hop Band"Bobby Simmons
  • Interlude*
2"No B.S. Allowed"Bobby SimmonsDaddy-O, Wise, Delite
3"Uda Man"Prince PaulDaddy-O, Wise, Delite, Aasim, DBC, Bobby Simmons, Prince Paul
4"Speaking Of A Girl Named Suzy"Bobby SimmonsDaddy-O, Wise, Delite
5"Gyrlz"Daddy-O, DBCDaddy-O, Delite
6"Blood, Sweat & No Tears"Prince PaulDaddy-O, Delite
7"So Let The Fun Begin"Daddy-O, Alvin MooneyDaddy-O, Delite
8"Go Brooklyn 3"Bobby SimmonsDaddy-O, Wise, Delite
9"Walkin' In The Rain"Bobby Simmons, Daddy-ODaddy-O, Wise, Delite
10"Don't Let Your Mouth Write A Check Your Ass Can't Cash"Daddy-ODaddy-O, Delite
11"Ghetto Is The World"Daddy-ODaddy-O, Wise, Delite
12"Your Mother Has Green Teeth"Prince PaulPrince Paul
13"You Still Smokin' That Shit?"Bob CoulterDaddy-O
14"Heaven Help The M.F.'s"DBCDaddy-O, Wise, Delite
15"Took Place In East New York"Wise, Daddy-OWise
16"Paul's A Sucker"Prince Paul
  • Instrumental*
17"Free South Africa [Remix]"Stetsasonic, Norman CookDaddy-O, Wise, Delite

References

  1. https://stetsasonic1.bandcamp.com/album/blood-sweat-no-tears
  2. Web site: Stetsasonic | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  3. Book: Hip Hop around the World: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]]. Melissa Ursula Dawn. Goldsmith. Anthony J.. Fonseca. December 1, 2018. ABC-CLIO. 9780313357596. Google Books.
  4. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Stetsasonic. www.trouserpress.com.
  5. Web site: Blood, Sweat & No Tears. EW.com.
  6. Web site: BLOOD, SWEAT & NO TEARS. J. D.. Considine. baltimoresun.com.
  7. Stetsasonic. Billboard.