SIR MIX-A-LOT Swass LP Original 1988 Nastymix 70123 EX

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Side 1:

1. BUTTERMILK BISCUITS (KEEP ON SQUARE DANGIN')

2. POSSE ON BROADWAY

3. GOLD

4. SWASS

5. RIPPN' (DUET WITH KID SENSATION)*

6. MALL DROPPER

Side 2:

1. HIP HOP SOLDIER

2. IRON MAN (FEATURING METAL

CHURCH)*

3. BREMELO

4. SQUARE DANCE RAP

5. ROMANTIC INTERLUDE

SWASS is bigger than big, bedder than bad, smoother than smooth, and definitely deffer than def. It is the ultimate in-B-Boyism, the music is even different. The "SWASS" sound is hard, complex and extremely bold, never conservative but sometimes very romantic. In listening to this album, you'll hear some of the boldest statements ever made in the Rap Business, Hip op Soldier, Iron Man, some of the craziest shit on wax, Buttermilk Biscuits, Bremelo, some superfast rapping made for extremely high butt pleasures, Rippn', gangster beats, Posse' on Broadway, and the ultimate in 14 karat rap, Gold. All in all, the whole album is an outrageous example of what some people call rebellion, but I call it SWASS.

THANKS TO:

Dick's Drive In, Chester Dorsey, NY Press, Robert Contrarez, Sara, Eva, Tiffany, Jeanne, Michelle, Goldy, HartBeat, Cameron, Sean, Daryl, Mike, Toan, Ricardo, William, Wes, Mark, Ken, Theo, Theron, Linda, Wylene.

MORE THANKS:

Maharaji, Kid Sensation, Kevin Robinson, Penny, PLB, Steve Lawson Productions, Terry Date, Bruce Calder, Steve Tenma, Trina B., Mercedes Benz for keeping my posse SWASS on Broadway, Seattle, Wreckin* Cru, Rodney 0, Egyptian Lover. ce T & the Rhyme Syndicate, LA Dream Team, Unknown, CIA, NWA,

Chil E. ., Shalon, High Performance, Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, My 808, Yellow Jacket for making me 10-8, Mystro, Technology, My Posse (who aren't a bunch of thugs).

EVEN MORE THANKS:

Nasty Nes, Shockmaster Glen Boyd, Greg Mack & KDAY, Mike & Jeff, Todd, Guy, Michelle at KZZP, Rick Thomas, Matt (in the MAD CITY), Mad Hatter, Michael E., Cameron P., Sugar Ray, Dr.

Boogie, JJ @ KP00, Di. Funk-N-Klein, Kei: Worthy, Kelvyn Ventour, Wendel Bates, Dr. D, Grasshopper, Steve St. Claire, Roger C., Rico & the Pros, Bobby G, Mike E., Duff M., Sammy H & Sal, Skip & Johnny, John U., Walter Z. and the City Hall Posse, and especially ALL the RADIO PROGRAMMERS and JOCKS who know how to BREAK new music along with POOLS, CLUB and MOBILE JOCKS who spun the fun.

VERY SPECIAL THANKS:

GOD (The original big Boss), Mom, Dad, Mark (My big bro who inspired Hip Hop Soldier), My nephew Sam, Kathy, Celeste, Grandma, Mike & Cherelle, Latry, Greg Jones, Joe Campbell, The

ELP GANG, Terada Design, To everyone involved in the fight against drug and alcohol abuse, ALL OF MY FANS, coast to coast, border to border along with the new English, European and:

Australian fans (welcome to the POSSES).

Anthony L. Ray (born August 12, 1963), better known by his stage name Sir Mix-a-Lot or his CB handle Prime Minista, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his 1992 hit song "Baby Got Back", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Soon after high school, he began DJing parties at local community centers.[6] By 1983, Sir Mix-A-Lot had begun playing weekends regularly at the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club in South Seattle. Soon he moved locations and started hosting his parties at the Rotary Boys and Girls Club in the Central District. It was there that he met 'Nasty' Nes Rodriguez, a local radio DJ and host of Fresh Tracks, the West Coast's first rap radio show on Seattle station KKFX (K-Fox).[7]

Sir Mix-a-Lot partnered with Nasty Nes and local businessman Ed Locke to found the Nastymix record label in 1983.[8] The first song to gain popularity outside of Seattle was "Square Dance Rap" in 1986. Mix-a-Lot had originally decided to rap the entire song slowly, then speed it up and increase its pitch in post production, Mix later told Seattle Refined in 2018 that "I didn't want to rap, that's why I use this weird Smurf voice".[9] After the song was picked up by DJs in clubs nationwide, he toured Florida, New York, and other states. While in Arizona, he noticed a street named Broadway with a restaurant named Dick's, just like Seattle. This gave him the idea to write his next hit, "Posse on Broadway".[10] The title referred to Broadway in Seattle's Capitol Hill district.[11] Released in 1987, the single made the Top 100 but quickly disappeared, although it remains popular in the Seattle area for its references to many local landmarks.

Swass, Sir Mix-a-Lot's debut album, was released in 1988 with two other singles: "Square-Dance Rap"[11] and "Iron Man", a rap metal track sampling from the song of the same name by Black Sabbath; it was backed by the band Metal Church.[12] In 1990, the Recording Industry Association of America certified Swass platinum.[13]

Seminar, released in 1989, featured "My Hooptie", "Beepers", "Gortex" and "I Got Game".

1990s

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In 1991, Sir Mix-A-Lot signed to the Def American label, which also bought the rights to his first two albums, and released his third album Mack Daddy in 1992. The single "Baby Got Back" was a number one hit that went double platinum[13] and won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance.[14] MTV aired the music video for the song only after 9 PM because of "many, many, complaints."[15]

In 1993, Sir Mix-a-Lot collaborated with Seattle-based grunge band Mudhoney for the song "Freak Momma" on the Judgment Night soundtrack.[11]

In 1994, he released the album Chief Boot Knocka, which reached #69 on the Billboard 200 and #28 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Charts. The album featured the hit single "Put 'Em On The Glass". "Just Da Pimpin' in Me" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance but lost to "Let Me Ride" by Dr. Dre.

When his 1996 album Return of the Bumpasaurus was only given a low label promotion, leading to lackluster sales, Sir Mix-a-Lot left Def American. During the time off, he worked closely with the band The Presidents of the United States of America under the group name "Subset" with a combination of rock and rap music, but nothing was ever officially released.[16]

2000s

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Sir Mix-a-Lot signed with the independent label Artist Direct for his 2003 album Daddy's Home with "Big Johnson" as its lead single.[11][17] The next year, he released a DVD entitled "Shhhh... Don't Tell 'Em That" to promote the album.[18]

2010s

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In 2010, Sir Mix-a-Lot announced his next album, Dun 4got About Mix. The lead single "Carz" was released to YouTube on 23 Nov 2010. By June 2011, the video had had over a million views, although no release date for the album has been set as of 2023.[13] In the same year, his F.U.B.A.R. Remix for the song Conditions Of My Parole appeared on Puscifer's remix album All Re-Mixed Up.[19]