| Kingdom Blow | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Kurtis Blow |
| Cover: | Kingdom Blow.jpg |
| Released: | 1986 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Length: | 42:11 |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Producer: | Kurtis Blow |
| Prev Title: | America |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Back by Popular Demand |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
Kingdom Blow is the seventh studio album by the American hip hop musician Kurtis Blow, released in 1986.[1] [2]
The album peaked at No. 196 on the Billboard 200.[3]
The album was produced by Kurtis Blow.[4] It contains a few guest appearances. Bob Dylan raps on "Street Rock". He performed his lines in one take, at his Malibu home.[5] Robert Reed, of Trouble Funk, appears on "I'm Chillin", which was released as a single.[6] George Clinton appears on "Magilla Gorilla".[7]
Opining that Blow "is nothing if not open-minded and adventurous," Trouser Press wrote that "the eight long cuts, some more compelling than others, throw in just about everything (TV bites, Donald Duck, party sounds, Emulator gimmickry, etc.)."[8] The Philadelphia Inquirer thought that "the one stand-out song is already looking like a left-field pop hit: 'I'm Chillin' ', which combines a clever rap with the funky go-go music of the Washington band Trouble Funk."