Swass: Difference between revisions

| name = Swass

| type = studio

| artist = [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]]

| cover = Swass.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 1, 1988<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albumism.com/features/sir-mix-a-lot-debut-album-swass-turns-30-anniversary-retrospective|title = Revisiting Sir Mix-A-Lot's Debut Album 'Swass' (1988) &#124; Retrospective Tribute}}</ref>

| recorded =

| studio = [[Studio X|Lawson Studios]], Seattle, Washington<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sir Mix-A-Lot - Swass '88|url=https://gripsweat.com/item/163017342402/sir-mix-a-lot-swass-88-lp-us-org-kid-sensation}}</ref>

| genre = *[[hip hop music|Hip hop]]

*[[electro-funk]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.albumism.com/features/sir-mix-a-lot-debut-album-swass-turns-30-anniversary-retrospective |title= Sir Mix-A-Lot's Debut Album 'Swass' Turns 30 |last=Ducker |first=Jessie |date=August 18, 2018 |publisher=Albumism |access-date=June 16, 2021 }}</ref>

| length =

| label =

* Nastymix

* [[Def American Recordings]]

| producer = [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]]

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = [[Seminar (album)|Seminar]]

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{Singles

| single1date = September25, 1988<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008FGKZ|title = Posse on Broadway|website = Amazon}}</ref>

| single2 = Rippn'

| single2date = December4, 1988<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicstack.com/listings.cgi?find=sir_mix-a-lot&t=rippin'__lpz_with_kid_sensation_fsz__attack_on_the_stars_rpz_&media=All|title = Sir_mix-a-lot records and CDS}}</ref>

| single3 = [[Iron Man (song)|Iron Man]]

| single3date = June8, 1989<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008FGL0|title = Iron Man|website = Amazon}}</ref>

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r28259|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>

|rev2score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | pages = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n754 741] | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac| url-access = registration | quote = rolling stone sir mix a lot album guide. }}</ref>

'''''Swass''''' is the debut studio album by [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]]. It was released in 1988 on Nastymix and re-released on CD by [[Def American Recordings]]. The album featured the singles "[[Posse on Broadway]]", "Square Dance Rap", "[[Iron Man (song)|Iron Man]]" (a [[rap metal]] version of the [[Black Sabbath]] song featuring the band [[Metal Church]]) and "Rippn'". In 1990, the album received a platinum certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].

According to Sir Mix-a-Lot, the word "swass" originally was an [[in-joke|inside joke]] with no meaning in itself. After the album's release, the word came to mean "Some Wild Ass Silly Shit".<ref name="magnet">{{cite web|url=http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/06/22/qa-with-sir-mix-a-lot/|title=Q&A with Sir Mix-a-Lot|work=[[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet]]|last=duBrowa|first=Corey|date=June 22, 2009|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>

The [[Hook (music)|hook]] of the song "Swass" is [[Reprise#In music|reprised]] in "[[Don't Cha]]" by [[Busta Rhymes]] and [[CeeLo Green]], becoming a world hit recorded by the [[Pussycat Dolls]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/arts/music/24sher.html|date=July 24, 2005|title=Don't Cha Blink|last=Sherburne|first=Philip|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=June 20, 2011}}</ref>

The 1988 vinyl and CD issues on Nastymix Records contained the same track listing. The 1991 CD reissue on Def American Records added two bonus tracks, "Attack on the Stars" and "F the BS".

{{Track listing

| headline = Side A

| all_writing = Sir Mix-A-Lot, except where noted

| title1 = Buttermilk Biscuits (Keep on Square Dancin')

| length1 = 3:32

| title2 = [[Posse on Broadway]]

| length2 = 5:01

| title3 = Gold

| length3 = 4:59

| title4 = Swass

| length4 = 4:38

| title5 = Rippn'

| note5 = with [[Kid Sensation]]

| length5 = 3:54

| title6 = Mall Dropper

| length6 = 0:10

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side B

| total_length = 44:55

| title7 = Hip Hop Soldier

| length7 = 5:35

| title8 = [[Iron Man (song)|Iron Man]]

| note8 = featuring [[Metal Church]]

| writer8 = Sir Mix-A-Lot, [[Tony Iommi]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Geezer Butler]], [[Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]]

| length8 = 4:10

| title9 = Bremelo

| length9 = 4:10

| title10 = Square Dance Rap

| length10 = 4:16

| title11 = Romantic Interlude

| length11 = 4:00

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 1991 compact disc

| total_length = 54:03

| title1 = Buttermilk Biscuits (Keep on Square Dancin')

| length1 = 3:32

| title2 = Posse on Broadway

| length2 = 5:04

| title3 = Gold

| length3 = 4:55

| title4 = Swass

| length4 = 3:54

| title5 = Rippn'

| note5 = with Kid Sensation

| length5 = 3:54

| title6 = Attack on the Stars

| length6 = 4:25

| title7 = Mall Dropper

| length7 = 0:09

| title8 = Hip Hop Soldier

| length8 = 5:21

| title9 = Iron Man

| note9 = featuring Metal Church

| length9 = 4:14

| title10 = Bremelo

| length10 = 4:04

| title11 = Square Dance Rap

| length11 = 4:18

| title12 = Romantic Interlude

| length12 = 4:36

| title13 = F the BS

| length13 = 4:42

}}

==Personnel==

* [[Sir Mix-a-Lot|Anthony Ray]] - performer, producer, engineering, programming

* Ed Locke - executive producer

* Ron McMaster - mastering

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