Crazy Noise is the 1989 debut album by New Haven, Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

 rapper and producer Stezo

Stezo

Steve Williams, known by his stage name Stezo, is an American rapper and producer from New Haven, Connecticut. He is the cousin of fellow New Haven rapper Dooley-O. Stezo first appeared on the hip-hop scene as a dancer for the group EPMD. He appeared in the video for EPMD's single "You Gots to...

. After being a dancer for hip-hop group EPMD

EPMD

EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group's name is a concatenation of the members' name "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith...

 Stezo signed a solo record deal with Sleeping Bag Records

Sleeping Bag Records

Sleeping Bag Records is a defunct New York City-based old school hip hop and dance music independent record label that operated from 1981 to 1992...

 and recorded this debut album. It featured two charting singles in "Freak the Funk" and "It's My Turn". "It's My Turn" was the first recorded sample of the drum break in the Skull Snaps

Skull Snaps

Skull Snaps was a funk group that released one eponymous album on the small GSF label in 1973 before disappearing. It was, in fact, the group originally known as the Diplomats, which released numerous singles between 1963 and 1970 with some success....

song "It's a New Day". This break would become one of the most commonly sampled drum breaks for hip-hop music in the 1990s.

Track listing

1. "Bring the Horns" - 4:07
2. "Freak the Funk" - 3:27
3. "Talking Sense" - 3:20
4. "It's My Turn" - 3:43
5. "Getting Paid" - 3:50
6. "Girl Trouble" - 3:29
7. "To the Max" - 3:48
8. "Put Your Body Into It" - 3:32
9. "Jimmy's Gettin' Funky" - 3:42
10. "Crazy Noise" - 4:05
11. "Gets Into His Move" - 3:30
12. "Going For Mine" - 3:08