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The Treacherous Three (album)

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The Treacherous Three
Studio album by
Released1984
Recorded1980–1983
GenreOld-school hip hop
LabelSugar Hill
ProducerSylvia Robinson
Treacherous Three chronology
Whip It
(1983)
The Treacherous Three
(1984)
Old School Flava
(1994)
Singles from The Treacherous Three
  1. "The Body Rock"
    Released: 1980[1]
  2. "At the Party"
    Released: 1980
  3. "Feel the Heartbeat"
    Released: 1981
  4. "Turning You On / U.F.O."
    Released: 1983
  5. "Get Up"
    Released: 1983

The Treacherous Three is the first studio album by American hip hop group Treacherous Three. It was released in 1984 via Sugar Hill Records with distribution of MCA Records and produced by Sylvia Robinson. Complex (magazine) puts the album at number 37 on their 50 Greatest Rap Albums 1980s.[2]

The songs "At the Party", "Feel the Heartbeat" and "The Body Rock" were recorded and released from 1980 to 1981 as 12" singles for Bobby Robinson's Enjoy Records and were also compiled on Whip It (1983). The songs "Turning You On", "U.F.O." and "Get Up" were recorded and released in 1983 on Sylvia Robinson's Sugar Hill Records.

The group's sophomore album, Old School Flava, was released a decade later.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Get Up"6:05
2."Turning You On"6:10
3."U.F.O."6:50
4."The Body Rock"7:27
5."Feel the Heartbeat"5:22
6."At the Party"7:22

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Personnel

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Legacy

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References

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  1. ^ "Dig of the Day: Treacherous Three - Body Rock (1980)". 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ Shipley, Al. "The Best Rap Albums of the '80s37. Treacherous Three, Treacherous Three (1984)". Complex. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "The Treacherous Three on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
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"Treacherous Three - The Treacherous Three". Discogs.