Just Say Stet Explained

Just Say Stet
Cover:Just Say Stet.jpeg
Caption:Side A of the US 12-inch vinyl
Type:single
Artist:Stetsasonic
Album:On Fire
B-Side:Rock De La Stet (Vocal)
Released:1985
Studio:Tommy Boy Recording
Genre:Hip hop
Length:3:40
Label:Tommy Boy
Producer:
  • Stetsasonic[1]
  • Eric Calvi[2]
  • Robin Halpin[3]
Next Title:Go Stetsa I
Next Year:1986

"Just Say Stet" is the debut single by American hip hop group Stetsasonic, released in 1985 via Tommy Boy Records. It was included on their debut album On Fire, released the following year. All members of the group have credits as composers of the song, which they produced in collaboration with Eric Calvi and Robin Halpin as per the liner notes credits.

The song has a production based on electro music.[4] Also in it DBC is credited with playing keyboards and horn, being one of the most remarkable peculiarities of the group that its members play instruments.[5]

In 1999, Ego Trips editors ranked "Just Say Stet" at  10 in their list of Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1985 in Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists.[6]

Conception and composition

Prince Paul told Complex in 2011, that he was still attending high school at the time of producing the song: Though it's labeled "Instrumental", A2 is in fact more like a slightly extended dub version of A1. It ends in a locked groove with the word "Stet" at the end of the final "Just say Stet!" repeating over and over to infinity (The scratched message in the runout groove on Side A references this).Some copies came with a free STET sticker.

Personnel

Credits are taken from the liner notes and the official page of the ASCAP.[7] [8]

Single track listing

12" Vinyl

A-Side

  1. "Just Say Stet" (3:40)
  2. "Just Say Stet" (Instrumental) (3:44)

B-Side

  1. "Rock De La Stet" (Vocal) (6:30)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stetsasonic · Credits . Allmusic. August 30, 2021.
  2. Web site: Eric Calvi · Credits . Allmusic. August 30, 2021.
  3. Web site: Robin Halpin · Credits . Allmusic. August 30, 2021.
  4. Book: SPIN Mar. 1986 . August 30, 2021 . . March 1986 . SPIN Media LLC .
  5. Web site: April 6, 2017. Stetsasonic's Bobby Simmons Argues They Are The Only Hip-Hop Band (Audio). August 30, 2021. Ambrosia For Heads. en-US.
  6. Web site: Hip-Hop's Greatest Singles By Year (Ego Trip Magazine). . August 30, 2021 .
  7. Stetsasonic . 1985 . Just Say Stet . track listing . . TB 875.
  8. Stetsasonic . 1986 . On Fire . track listing . . TBLP-1012.