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Down by Law (MC Shan album)

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550: 229: 224: 219: 214: 209: 278:, and was distributed by Cold Chillin' Records independently (the label's very first LP release, catalog #CCLP-500), until a distribution deal was struck with Warner Bros. Records (1988), then the album was reissued with slight sample edits. It was the only Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros. album that was never initially released on 40: 298:(except "Another One to Get Jealous Of") with a few additional non-album tracks. This version is now out of print as well. In 2007, it was re-released again by its new owner, Traffic Entertainment, in expanded form as a double-disc set with extended tracks, as well as bonus tracks. 501:
Jenkins, Mark (January 17, 1988). "Achieving a Bad Rap: Beat Box Artists Talk Trash for Cash Schooly D: 'Saturday Night!' Rap Kool Moe Doe: 'How Ya Like Me Now' Just Ice: 'Kool and Deadly (Justicizms)' M.C. Shan: 'Down by Law'".
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stated that the album's "sound is not particularly innovative, Shan creates a wiry visceral groove on such tracks as "Kill That Noise" and "Living in the World of Hip Hop"" In 1998, it was listed in
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anthem "The Bridge", this album created a blueprint within Hip-Hop music that was never seen (or heard) before. The album contains the diss track, "Kill That Noise" in response to
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ended. By this time, Cold Chillin' distributed its material independently, mostly from its back catalog. This CD pressing would only be available for a limited time and went
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by its distributor. The album was not released on that format until 1995, long after the 5-year distribution deal with
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for a few years. It was then re-released in 2001 as
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Index

The Bridge (MC Shan song)

Studio album
MC Shan
Genre
East Coast hip hop
Label
Cold Chillin'
Warner Bros.
Producer
Marley Marl
MC Shan
Born to be Wild
Allmusic
East Coast
hip hop
MC Shan
the Bridge Wars
Boogie Down Productions
Juice Crew
Queensbridge
South Bronx
Marley Marl
CD
Warner Bros. Records
out of print
The Washington Post
Marley Marl
Allmusic review
ISSN

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