Crazy Noise (Stezo album)

Crazy Noise is the 1989 debut album by New Haven, Connecticut rapper and producer Stezo. After being a dancer for hip-hop group EPMD, Stezo signed a solo record deal with Sleeping Bag Records and recorded this debut album. It features two charting singles: "Freak the Funk" and "It's My Turn".^[1] "It's My Turn" was the first recorded sample of the drum break in the Skull Snaps song "It's a New Day".^[2] This break would become one of the most commonly sampled drum breaks for hip-hop music in the 1990s.

Crazy Noise
Studio album by Stezo
Released	1989
Recorded	1988–1989
Genre	Hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Length	44:29
Label	Sleeping Bag Records
Producer	Stezo
Stezo chronology
Crazy Noise (1989) Where's the Funk At (1997)

Track listing

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

Singles

Year	Title	Hot Rap Songs[3]	Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop[4]	Dance Club Songs[5]
1989	"To the Max"	-	-	39
	"It's My Turn"	18	57	-
	"Freak the Funk"	-	85	-

References

1. "Crazy Noise > Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
2. "Stealth Magazine - powered by XMB". Stealthmag.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
3. "Stezo - Chart history".
4. "Stezo - Chart history".
5. "Stezo - Chart history".