''The Treacherous Three'' is the first

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by American hip hop group

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. It was released in 1984 via

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with distribution of

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and produced by

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. ''

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'' puts the album at number 37 on their 50 Greatest Rap Albums 1980s. The songs "At the Party", "Feel the Heartbeat" and "The Body Rock" were recorded and released from 1980 to 1981 as 12" singles for Bobby Robinson's

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and were also compiled on ''Whip It'' (1983). The songs "Turning You On", "U.F.O." and "Get Up" were recorded and released in 1983 on

. The group's sophomore album, ''

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'', was released a decade later.

Track listing

Notes *"Feel the Heartbeat" sampled "

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*"At the Party" sampled "Daisy Lady" by 7th Wonder

Personnel

* Kevin Keaton – vocals * Lamar A. Hill – vocals * Mohandes Dewese – vocals *

– producer *Paul Austin – mastering *Carl Rowatti – mastering *Hemu Aggarwal – photography

Legacy

* "The Body Rock" was sampled on "

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" by

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(

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) and "

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" by

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(

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) * "At the Party" was sampled on "Moe Love on the 1 and 2" by

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(

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) * "Feel the Heartbeat" was sampled by various recording artists and deejays, such as

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("Heartbeat",

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("Good Time", 2014), and was later remixed by

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on the

track "Feel the New Heartbeat" from their 1994 album ''

''.

References

External links

1984 debut albums Treacherous Three albums Sugar Hill Records (hip hop label) albums MCA Records albums {{1980s-hiphop-album-stub