In Full Effect is the third album by old school hip hop

Old school hip hop

Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...

-electro funk group Mantronix

Mantronix

Mantronix was an influential 1980s hip hop and electro funk music group founded by DJ Kurtis Mantronik , and rapper MC Tee...

, and the first Mantronix album released on Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

. In Full Effect was the highest charting hip-hop album for Mantronix, reaching #18 on the 1988 Billboard Magazine Top R&B Albums

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

 chart. In Full Effect was also rapper

Rapping

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 MC Tee's

MC Tee

Touré Embden , known by the stage name MC Tee, is a Haitian-American emcee and co-founder of the 1980s old school hip hop and electro funk group Mantronix.- Early years :...

 final Mantronix album. According to the liner notes, the album was the first-ever digital recording to be mastered

Audio mastering

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 from DAT

Digital Audio Tape

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 rather than reel-to-reel tape.

Track listing

1. "Join Me, Please... (Homeboys—Make Some Noise)" (Mantronik, MC Tee
   MC Tee
   Touré Embden , known by the stage name MC Tee, is a Haitian-American emcee and co-founder of the 1980s old school hip hop and electro funk group Mantronix.- Early years :...
   
   ) – 4:22
2. "Love Letter (Dear Tracy)" (Mantronik, MC Tee) – 4:27
3. "Gangster Boogie (Walk Like Sex...Talk Like Sex)" (Mantronik, MC Tee) – 3:59
4. "In Full Effect (In Full Effect)" (Mantronik, MC Tee) – 3:54
5. "Get Stupid Fresh (Part III)" (Mantronik, MC Tee) – 3:47
6. "Simple Simon (You Gotta Regard)" (Mantronik, MC Tee) – 4:03
7. "Sing a Song (Break it Down)" (Mantronik, MC Tee) – 4:08
8. "Do You Like...Mantronik (?)" (Mantronik) – 3:23
9. "Mega-Mix (’88) (Instrumental)" (Mantronik) – 4:50

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

Year	Chart	Chart position
1988	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	#18
1988	The Billboard 200	#108

Billboard (North America) - singles

Year	Single	Chart	Chart position
1988	"Simple Simon (You Gotta Regard)"	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#19
1988	"Simple Simon (You Gotta Regard)"	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	#31

External links

• [ In Full Effect] at Allmusic