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Hard or Smooth [Parental Advisory]
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Album: Hard or Smooth
# Song Title   Time
1)    Rump Shaker
2)    New Jack Swing, Pt. 2 - (hard version)
3)    Wreckx Shop
4)    Knock-N-Boots
5)    Here We Come
6)    Tell Me How You Feel
7)    My Cutie - (bonus track)
8)    Wreckx-N-Effect
9)    Ez Come Ez Go (What Goes Up Must Come Down)
10)    Hard - (Short)
11)    Smooth - (Short)
 

Album: Hard or Smooth
# Song Title   Time
1)    Rump Shaker
2)    New Jack Swing, Pt. 2 - (hard version)
3)    Wreckx Shop
4)    Knock-N-Boots
5)    Here We Come
6)    Tell Me How You Feel
7)    My Cutie - (bonus track)
8)    Wreckx-N-Effect
9)    Ez Come Ez Go (What Goes Up Must Come Down)
10)    Hard - (Short)
11)    Smooth - (Short)
 
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Performer Notes
  • Wreckx-N-Effect: Markell Riley, Aquil Davidson.
  • Additional personnel: Teddy Riley (various instruments); DJ Steve Dee, DJ Quick (scratches); Tyrone Fyffe, Darryl Schuler, Robert Nickerson, Dante Drew, Tommy Lucas (background vocals).
  • Producers: Teddy Riley, David Wynn, Aqil Davidson, Markell Riley, Tyrone Fyffe, Franklyn Grant, Menton L. Smith.
  • Engineers: Teddy Riley, Jean-Marie Horvat, Franklin Grant.
  • Personnel: Steve Thomas (scratches); Tammy Lucas, Tyrone Fyffe (background vocals).
  • Audio Mixers: Franklin Grant; Jean-Marie Horvat; Teddy Riley.
  • Photographer: Todd Gray.
  • Together with "Baby Got Back," Wreckx-N-Effect's "Rump Shaker" helped to blur the line between decency and debauchery that, in the early '90s at least, was allegedly still intact. But unlike Sir Mix-A-Lot, who capitalized on his 1991 monster hit with a seemingly endless cache of goofy double entendres, lurid song ideas, and bombastic productions, W-N-E was unable to reprocess the elements of its single into additional hits. Nothing on Hard or Smooth is as infectious as the single, mainly because Markell Riley and Aqil Davidson repeatedly exaggerate particular parts of that song without applying anything very interesting around the pieces. Davidson is appropriately jocular on "Knock-N-Boots," but the song's gang vocals are identical to those of "Rump Shaker," without its addictive beat. "Wreckx Shop" features effective production, but the lyrics are raunchy without being particularly inventive. Additionally, the album's irritating habit of naming songs after portions of the W-N-E moniker doesn't help matters any, either. Despite these faults, when its songs expand on the sonic and lyrical themes of its single, Hard or Smooth is able to make some progress. "New Jack Swing II" employs an over-used sample, but Davidson and Riley's intertwining flow turns the song into a success. "My Cutie"'s lighter beat and hints of soul give the MCs some much-needed breathing room. But the album's dominating, insistent tempo returns with "Wreckx-N-Effect," and continues through the final three tracks. This gritty, grinding percussion definitely helps Hard or Smooth succeed as a party album. But it's also where it falls short, since the permeating beat and interwoven samples only suggest "Rump Shaker" without really complementing or bettering it. ~ Johnny Loftus
Professional Reviews
Q (2/93, p.83) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Wreckx-N-Effect are pop rap at its hardest...the drum sound is sparse, dirty, and unrelenting..."
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