This Is an EP Release
The gold-selling EP with Same Song and the recording debut of Tupac Shakur.
Digital Underground, 1991
- Released
- 15 January 1991
- Label
- TNT, Tommy Boy
- Producer
- Digital Underground
- Type
- ep
Released on 15 January 1991 through TNT Recordings and Tommy Boy and produced by the group, it reached 29 on the Billboard 200 and 7 on the R&B albums chart. The RIAA certified it gold on 18 March 1991. Same Song and Tie the Knot were both used in the film Nothing But Trouble. The EP marked the arrival of Tupac Shakur and Big Money Odis, and Shock G appears as Humpty Hump on every track except one, where he is MC Blowfish.
Tie the Knot has jazz-influenced piano and a comic take on the Bridal Chorus. Executive producer was Atron Gregory, and the personnel included Money-B, Chopmaster J, Schmoovy Schmoov, DJ Fuze and Kent Racker.
Personnel
- Shock G vocals, organ, synthesizer, drum programming, producer
- Chopmaster J vocals, producer
- Money-B vocals, producer
- Tupac Shakur vocals
- Schmoovy Schmoov vocals
- Big Money Odis vocals
- DJ Fuze turntables, producer
- Atron Gregory executive producer
More from Digital Underground
Sex Packets (1990), Sons of the P (1991), The Body-Hat Syndrome (1993)
Sources
- This Is an EP Release, Wikipedia
- Same Song, Wikipedia
- Digital Underground (1987-2008), BlackPast (2022-03-08)