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Sleeve Notes1988
My Part of Town

My Part of Town

Tuff Crew · 1988
Recording

Tuff Crew recorded the track for Danger Zone in 1988 at Morning Star Studios in Ambler, Pennsylvania. The release credits the group itself as producer. The track became one of Tuff Crew’s defining Philly rap records and helped anchor Danger Zone as the group’s breakthrough full-length. It later appeared on Billboard’s Hot Rap Singles chart, giving the song a wider national profile. The song endured as a Philadelphia hip-hop staple and a reference point for the city’s late-1980s rap scene. It continued to circulate through reissues, mixes, and sampling culture.

ArtistTuff Crew
Year1988
GenreHip Hop
StudioMorning Star Studios, Ambler, PA
LabelWarlock
ProducersTuff Crew
How curators tag this
Hip Hop100%
Sound check
Same ArtistFig. A
And We Will Rock
Tuff Crew · 1987
Art of Love
Tuff Crew · 1987
Def Joun
Tuff Crew · 1987
So Ridiculous
Tuff Crew · 1987
Techno-Tuff
Tuff Crew · 1987
SamplesFig. B
Street Games
The Blackbyrds · 1977 · sampled
Tough
Kurtis Blow · 1982 · sampled
Think (About It)
Lyn Collins · 1972 · sampled
Year · 1988Fig. C
Beats to the Rhyme
Run‐D.M.C. · 1988
Pure Righteousness
Lakim Shabazz · 1988
Express Yourself
N.W.A · 1988
Follow the Leader
Eric B. & Rakim · 1988
Wrath of Kane
Big Daddy Kane · 1988
Same GenreFig. D
Just To Get A Rep
Gang Starr
Luck Of Lucien
A Tribe Called Quest
Microphone Fiend
Eric B. & Rakim · 1988
La La La (remix)
JAY‐Z · 2004
Artist · Tuff CrewIn the Sleeve Notes
1980s
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