It's My Beat
| "It's My Beat" | ||||
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 Side A of the US 12-inch vinyl | ||||
| Single by Sweet Tee and DJ Jazzy Joyce | ||||
| from the album It's Tee Time | ||||
| B-side | "It's My Beat (Instrumental)" | |||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Studio | Power Play Studios (Long Island City, NY) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:58 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Hurby Luv Bug and the Invincibles[2] | |||
| Sweet Tee singles chronology | ||||
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| DJ Jazzy Joyce singles chronology | ||||
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"It's My Beat" is the debut single by American rapper Sweet Tee and DJ Jazzy Joyce, released in 1986 via Profile Records. In 1988, it was included on Sweet Tee's debut album It's Tee Time. Produced by Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor, who also has writing credits for the song alongside Sweet Tee,[1] the single was later released in the UK through Champion Records.
In February 1987, "It's My Beat" had an entry at No. 98 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] In the end of year-roundups, the song placed at No. 19 in The Face list of best singles of 1987.[4]
In 1999, Ego Trip's editors ranked "It's My Beat" at No. 20 in their list of Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1986 in Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists.[5]
Conception and composition
Sweet Tee has told in an interview with The Hype Magazine in 2020 that she met Hurby Luv Bug Azor in a club in Manhattan, who asked her to record a song:
“I went home that night and I wrote “It’s My Beat.” I rapped it to him on his answering machine, and sung the base line to him. He picked me up the very next morning, and we created the song. It’s was a great day. That song alone landed me my deal with Profile Records.”[6]
Regarding Jazzy Joyce's work on the song Sweet Tee would say "Jazzy Joyce is an incredible female DJ that I saw playing in the park one day. I asked her to be part of the camp, and I went back in the studio and added a fourth verse to the song with her name in it."[6]
Samples
Single track listing
7" Vinyl
A-Side
- "It's My Beat" (4:58)
B-Side
- "It's My Beat" (Instrumental) (5:04)
12" Vinyl
A-Side
- "It's My Beat" (4:58)
B-Side
- "It's My Beat" (Instrumental) (5:04)
- "It's My Beat" (A Cappella) (1:52)
Personnel
Credits are taken from the liner notes and the official page of the ASCAP.[7][8][1]
- Written By – Toi Jackson, Hurby Azor
- Producer – Hurby Luv Bug and the Invincibles
- Mixed By – Hurby Luv Bug
- Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
- Recorded By – Patrick Adams
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Profile Records, Inc.
- Manufactured By – Profile Records, Inc.
- Distributed By – Profile Records, Inc.
- Published By – Protoons, Inc.
- Published By – Turn Out Brothers Publishing
- Engineered At – Power Play Studios
- Mixed At – Bayside Recordings
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
References
- ^ a b c "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ "Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor · Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ "Sweet Tee Chart History (UK Singles Chart)". OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ "Rocklist.net ... ... The Face Recordings Of The Year ..." rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ Jenkins, Sacha; Elliott Wilson; Chairman Mao; Gabriel Alvarez; Brent Rollins (1999). EGO TRIP'S BOOK OF RAP LISTS. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 9781466866973.
- ^ a b "Sweet Tee: Long Time Coming". The Hype Magazine. April 10, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ It's My Beat (track listing). Sweet Tee And Jazzy Joyce. Profile Records. 1986. PRO-7126.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ It's Tee Time (track listing). Sweet Tee. Profile Records. 1988. PRO-1269.
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