| Live from the Styleetron | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Raw Fusion |
| Cover: | Live from the Styleetron.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Length: | 70:47 |
| Label: | Hollywood Basic |
| Producer: | Money-B, DJ Fuze |
| Next Title: | Hoochiefied Funk |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
Live from the Styleetron is the debut studio album by Oakland-based hip hop group Raw Fusion.[1] [2] Digital Underground member Ron Brooks, known as Money-B, produced the album with fellow DU member David Elliot, known as DJ FUZE.[3] Tupac Shakur was one of the many DU affiliates to appear on the album. Live from the Styleetron peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Raw Fusion promoted the album by opening for DU on a North American tour.[4]
Digital Underground leader Gregory Jacobs guested on "Funkintoyoear", as both Shock G and Humpty Hump.
The album features eight members of Digital Underground, as well as guests Another Ninja, Cooley Ranks, Daddy Courtney, Jessica Jones, Mac-Mone, Margie Marie Rubio, Ronville, Sean, Styleetron, and Pam Taylor.
Tupac Shakur, a roadie and backup dancer for Digital Underground, appeared as a guest artist on the album. Shakur's debut as an emcee had come only nine months prior, with the 19-year-old appearing on the DU track "Same Song", from the motion picture soundtrack to Nothing but Trouble. In October 1991, Shakur appeared on a single track on the DU album Sons of the P.
The track "#1 with a Bullet" was Shakur's third appearance as a rapper. Money-B stated in an interview that Shakur, at that time, was not a great rapper but was always able to grab the attention of everyone in the room, noting his tremendous work ethic, passion, and drive.[5] Shakur released his first solo album, 2Pacalypse Now, on November 12, 1991, the same Tuesday that Live from the Styleetron was released.
Trouser Press labeled the album "a forgettable, uneven debut".[6] AllMusic compared Raw Fusion to jazz-influenced hip hop groups like A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul.
| Title | Length | Featured Artists | Sample(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Live from the Styleetron" | 3:03 | Margie Marie Rubio | ||
| 2 | "Hip Hip/Stylee Expression" | 4:09 | |||
| 3 | "Don't Test" | 5:30 | Pam Taylor, Daddy Courtney | ||
| 4 | "Do My Thang" | 6:08 | |||
| 5 | "Ah Nah Go Drip" | 6:34 | Mac-Mone, Cooley Ranks, Clee | ||
| 6 | "Nappy Headed Ninja" | 4:31 | |||
| 7 | "Kill Mi Dead" | 5:00 | Mac-Mone | ||
| 8 | "Rockin' to the P.M." | 7:02 | Roniece Levias, Piano-Man | ||
| 9 | "Hang Time" | 4:59 | |||
| 10 | "Traffic Jam" | 5:21 | Roniece Levias, Mac-Mone | ||
| 11 | "Funkintoyoear" | 4:43 | Shock G, Big Money Odis, Pee Wee, Humpty Hump, Schmoovy-Schmoov | ||
| 12 | "Wild Francis" | 5:50 | Roniece Levias, Mac-Mone | ||
| 13 | "Throw Your Hands in the Air" | 4:31 | Mac-Mone, Piano-Man | ||
| 14 | "#1 with a Bullet" | 3:39 | 2Pac |
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