''Crazy Noise'' is the 1989 debut album by New Haven, Connecticut rapper and

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. After being a dancer for hip-hop group EPMD, Stezo signed a solo record deal with

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and recorded this debut album. It features two charting singles: "Freak the Funk" and "It's My Turn". "It's My Turn" was the first recorded sample of the drum break in the

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song "It's a New Day". This break would become one of the most commonly sampled drum breaks for hip-hop music in the 1990s.

Track listing

#"Bring the Horns" - 4:07 #"Freak the Funk" - 3:27 #"Talking Sense" - 3:20 #"It's My Turn" - 3:43 #"Getting Paid" - 3:50 #"Girl Trouble" - 3:29 #"To the Max" - 3:48 #"Put Your Body Into It" - 3:32 #"Jimmy's Gettin' Funky" - 3:42 #"Crazy Noise" - 4:05 #"Gets into His Move" - 3:30 #"Going for Mine" - 3:08

Singles

References

{{Authority control 1989 debut albums Hip hop albums by American artists East Coast hip hop albums Sleeping Bag Records albums