A Constipated Monkey
| A Constipated Monkey | ||||
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| Studio album by Kurious | ||||
| Released | January 18, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1992-1993 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 53:08 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | The Beatnuts, Pete Nice & Daddy Rich, SD50's , Bosco Money | |||
| Kurious chronology | ||||
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| Singles from A Constipated Monkey | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |  [2] |
A Constipated Monkey is the debut album by rapper Kurious. It was released on January 18, 1994 through Columbia Records and featured productions from The Beatnuts, Pete Nice & Daddy Rich and SD50's. The album peaked at #68 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #31 on the Top Heatseekers and had one charting single "I'm Kurious", which peaked at #38 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales.
The album is also notable for being the debut of MF Grimm (aka Grimm Reaper) on the track "Baby Bust It."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Spell It Wit a J (Yes, Yes Jorge)" | 5:05 |
| 2. | "Top Notch" (feat. Kadi, Psycho Les & Lucien) | 4:04 |
| 3. | "I'm Kurious" | 3:55 |
| 4. | "Uptown Shit" (feat. Kadi & The Omen) | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Leave Ya' With This" | 3:42 |
| 6. | "Fresh Out the Box" | 5:15 |
| 7. | "Walk Like a Duck" | 4:56 |
| 8. | "Tear Shit Up" | 3:40 |
| 9. | "Baby Bust It" (feat. Kadi & Grimm Reaper) | 4:30 |
| 10. | "Nikole" | 4:22 |
| 11. | "What's the Real" (feat. Casual) | 4:27 |
| 12. | "Jorge of the Projects" | 4:34 |
| Amalgam Digital reissue bonus tracks | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 13. | "I'm Kurious" (Prime Minister Pete Nice Remix) | |
| 14. | "Mansion and a Yacht" (feat. Sadat X and Mike G) | |
Samples
Spell It Wit a J (Yes, Yes Jorge)
- "Jimbrowski" by Jungle Brothers
- "Be Black Baby" by Grady Tate
- "Darkest Light" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band
Top Notch
- "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Bill Cosby
- "Afro Connections at a Hi-5" by De La Soul
I'm Kurious
- "Mysterious Vibes" by The Blackbyrds
- "Don't Change Your Love" by Five Stairsteps
- "Curious" by Midnight Star
- "Come In" by 3rd Bass
Uptown Shit
- "Mystic Voyage" by Roy Ayers
- "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band
- "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Smith
Leave Ya' With This
- "Jeremiah Puckett" by Eddie Fisher
- "Free Soul" by John Klemmer
Walk Like a Duck
- "Get Out of My Life Woman" by Grassella Oliphant
- "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band
- "The Soil I Tilled for You" by Shades of Brown
- "Long Red" by Mountain
- "Trying to Make a Fool of Me" by The Delfonics
Tear Shit Up
- "Bossa Nova" by Donny Hathaway
- "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band
- "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat
- "Cool V's Tribute to Scratching" by Biz Markie
Baby Bust It
- "Don't Cha Hear Me Calling to Ya" by Junior Mance
- "The Infamous Date Rape" by A Tribe Called Quest
Nikole
- "Stoned Soul Picnic" by The 5th Dimension
- "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin
What's the Real
- "People Sure Act Funny" by Lonnie Smith
- "Summertime" by Dizzy Gillespie
Jorge of the Projects
- "Gibraltar" by Stanley Turrentine
- "Everything I Do Is Gon' Be Funky (From Now On)" by Lou Donaldson
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://ugsmag.com/2002/01/mf-grimm/
- ↑ "A Constipated Monkey". Amazon. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ↑ "A Constipated Monkey". Discogs. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
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