I Gotta Habit is the debut album by Philadelphia-based, old school

Old school hip hop

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 rapper

Rapping

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 Cool C

Cool C

Christopher Roney , known by the stage name Cool C, is an American rapper whose musical career peaked in the late 1980s. He is perhaps best known today for the notoriety surrounding his involvement in the murder of a Philadelphia Police officer in a bank robbery in January 1996...

, released in 1989

1989 in music

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. The album reached #51 on the Billboard

Billboard charts

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R&B Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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 chart in 1989, and had a single, "Glamorous Life," that almost cracked the Top 10 Hot Rap Singles

Hot Rap Tracks

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 chart that same year (reaching #11).

Track listing

1. "Enemy Territory" (Cool C
   Cool C
   Christopher Roney , known by the stage name Cool C, is an American rapper whose musical career peaked in the late 1980s. He is perhaps best known today for the notoriety surrounding his involvement in the murder of a Philadelphia Police officer in a bank robbery in January 1996...
   
   , Warren McGlone
   Steady B
   Warren McGlone , known by the stage name Steady B, was an American rapper and emcee who, along with Schoolly D, the Fresh Prince, and Three Times Dope, was one of the first wave of Philadelphia-area rappers to gain notoriety in the mid to late 1980s...
   
   , Lawrence Goodman) – 3:55
2. "Takin' No Shorts (The Gambler)" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:25
3. "Get Loose On" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:11
4. "Mary Go Round" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:29
5. "C Is Cool" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 3:27
6. "I'm Not Impressed" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:33
7. "I Gotta Habit" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 3:55
8. "Glamorous Life" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 3:58
9. "Juice Crew Dis" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:06
10. "All Hell Freeze" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 4:06
11. "Down To The Grissle" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 3:14
12. "Hilltop Scope" (Cool C, McGlone, Goodman) – 3:15

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

Year	Chart	Chart position
1989	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	#51

Billboard (North America) - singles

Year	Single	Chart	Chart position
1989	"Glamorous Life"	Hot Rap Singles	#11

External links

• [ I Gotta Habit] at Allmusic
• I Gotta Habit at Discogs
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