''Deuce'' is rapper

Kurtis Blow Kurtis Walker (born August 9, 1959), professionally known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record/film producer, b-boy, DJ, public speaker and minister. He is the first commercially successful rapper a ...

's second album, released on June 15, 1981, by

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. It peaked at number 35 on the R&B charts, and number 137 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Track listing

#"Deuce" (

) – 5:31 #"It's Gettin' Hot" (Robert Ford, Jr., J.B. Moore) – 5:28 #"Getaway" (Jimmy Bralower, Ford, Jr., Moore, Dean Swenson) – 6:58 #"Starlife" (Blow, Moore, Larry Smith, William Whiting) – 5:20 #"Take It to the Bridge" – 4:11 #"Do the Do" (Blow, Bralower, Seth Glassman,

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, Moore) – 3:03 #"Rockin'" (Blow, David Reeves) – 4:09

Personnel

*Onaje Allen Gumbs: Piano *Robbie Kondor: Synthesizers and electric piano *John Tropea: Guitars *David Reeves, Dean Ballin, Dean Swenson, Hankie Grate: Additional guitars *J.B. Moore: Backing vocals, additional guitars *Seth Glassman: Bass *Jimmy Bralower: Drums, percussion *Jaime Delgado: Timbales, congas *Mark "Sugar Rico" Rivera: Saxophone *Deborah L. Cole, Harold B. Lee, Travis Milner, Wayne Garfield: Backing vocals

References

1981 albums Kurtis Blow albums Mercury Records albums {{1980s-hiphop-album-stub