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Droppin' Bombs
Compilation album by Trouble Funk
Released	August 25, 1998
Genre	Go-go funk old-school hip hop
Length	1:38:20
Label	Harmless Records
Producer	Reo Edwards Robert Reed Tony Fisher Rob Fraboni
Trouble Funk chronology
Early Singles (1997) Droppin' Bombs (1998) All the Way Live (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
ARTISTdirect
musicHound R&B	(4/5)
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Droppin' Bombs (also titled as Droppin' Bombs: The Definitive Trouble Funk) is a double-compilation album released on August 25, 1998, by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Trouble Funk.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Don't Touch That Stereo" – 5:56
2. "Pump Me Up" – 6:33
3. "Drop the Bomb" – 5:55
4. "Don't Try To Use Me" – 6:13
5. "Trouble Funk Express" – 6:40
6. "Hey Fellas" – 7:12
7. "Supergrit" – 10:13

Disc 2

1. "So Early in the Morning" – 7:03
2. "Freaky Situation" – 3:58
3. "Let's Get Small" – 5:33
4. "Say What" – 5:13
5. "E Flat Boogie" – 8:47
6. "Still Smokin'" – 5:08
7. "Good to Go" – 8:04
8. "I'm Chillin'" (featuring Kurtis Blow) – 5:52

Personnel

• Tony Fisher – bass guitar
• Emmett Nixon – drums
• Robert Reed – keyboards, trombone
• James Avery – keyboards
• Chester Davis – electric guitar
• Timothy Smith – percussion
• Mack Carey – percussion
• Dennis "Fatz" Sterling – percussion, rototoms, cowbell
• David Rudd – saxophone
• Gerald Reed – trombone
• Taylor Reed – trumpet

References

1. ^ Snowden, Don. "Trouble Funk: Droppin' Bombs: The Definitive Trouble Funk". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
2. "Droppin Bombs: The Definitive Trouble Funk". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
3. Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Trouble Funk". In Change, Jeff "DJ Zen" (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 574-575. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
4. Coleman, Mark; Scoppa, Bud, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 824. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
5. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
6. Haider, Arwa (March 15, 2013). "Go-go back to the 1980s with Washington DC rap legends Trouble Funk". Metro. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
7. Staff Writer (June 2, 2014). "TROUBLE FUNK Droppin' Bombs – The Definitive Trouble Funk". Willard's Wormholes. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

External links

• Droppin' Bombs at Discogs

• 1998 compilation albums
• Trouble Funk albums
• Rhythm and blues compilation albums