''Survival of the Freshest'' is the second album by American rap group

Boogie Boys The Boogie Boys were an United States, American hip hop group from Harlem, New York City. It was the first hip hop group that signed with Capitol Records, and it had a major hit in America in 1985 with the single "A Fly Girl" and two successful ...

, which was released in 1986 on

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. The album peaked at #124 on the

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and spent nine weeks on the charts. The album had two charting hits, "Girl Talk" and "Share My World."

Track listing

# "Dealin' With Life" – 5:02 # "Girl Talk" – 4:37 # "Starvin' Marvin" – 3:58 # "Share My World" – 5:13 # "Run It" - 4:12 # "Friend Or Foe" – 5:14 # "Love List" – 4:55 # "Colorblind World" – 5:18

Samples

Run It * "Hang It Up" by

Patrice Rushen Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist and R&B singer. She is also a composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director. Her 1982 single "Forget Me Nots" received a Grammy Awar ...

Dealin' With Life * "Superappin'" by

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Personnel

* William "Boogie Knight" Stroman - Vocals * Joe "Romeo J.D." Malloy - Vocals * Rudy "Lil' Rahiem" Sheriff - Vocals *

Garry Shider Garry Marshall Shider (July 24, 1953 – June 16, 2010) was an American musician and guitarist. He was musical director of the P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, with fifteen ...

- Background Vocal Arrangement, Background Vocals * Audrey Wheeler - Backing Vocals * Bruce Shider - Backing Vocals * Cindy Mizelle - Backing Vocals * Craig Stanton - Backing Vocals * David Sanchez - Backing Vocals * Kevin Shider - Backing Vocals *

Mallia Franklin Rosalind Mallia Franklin (March 1, 1952 – February 5, 2010), also known as The Queen Of Funk, was a vocalist of the American funk band Parliament-Funkadelic. She introduced friends George Clinton and Bootsy Collins in 1971, and brought ex- Ohi ...

- Backing Vocals * Michael Murry - Backing Vocals * Nate Shider - Backing Vocals * Nowell Haskins - Backing Vocals * Ron Ford - Backing Vocals * Tim Shider - Backing Vocals *

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- Backing Vocals * Gary Henry - Keyboards * Cherrie Shepherd - Executive Producer * Ted Currier – Producer * John Harris, Steve Peck - Engineer

References

1986 albums Boogie Boys albums Capitol Records albums {{1980s-hiphop-album-stub