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Down by Law è album d'esordio del rapper statunitense MC Shan. Pubblicato l'8 agosto 1987 è distribuito da Cold Chillin' Records e dalla Warner Bros. La traccia The Bridge dà il via a una lunga faida con KRS-One, che risponde con South Bronx, singolo presente nel suo album di debutto Criminal Minded: Kill That Noise è la replica di MC Shan, quindi KRS-One replica nuovamente con The Bridge is Over, canzone presente in Criminal Minded.

Down by Law album in studio
Artista	MC Shan
Pubblicazione	8 agosto 1987
Durata	43:11
Dischi	1
Tracce	9
Genere	Hip hop[1] Golden age hip hop[1] Old school hip hop[1]
Etichetta	Cold Chillin' Records, Warner Bros. Records
Produttore	Marley Marl
Formati	LP, vinile, album
MC Shan - cronologia
Album precedente — Album successivo Born to Be Wild (1988)

Recensioni

Recensioni professionali
Recensione	Giudizio
AllMusic	[1]

John Bush per Allmusic scrive che «l'album di debutto di MC Shan non fu un successo. La maggior parte dei problemi fu nelle produzioni di Marley Marl.»[1] In una recensione contemporanea il Washington Post critica negativamente l'album.[2]

Nel 1998, è inserito nella lista dei 100 migliori album rap della rivista specializzata The Source.[3]

Tracce

1. Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing – 3:59 (Shawn Moltke, Marlon Williams)
2. Project Ho – 5:10 (Moltke, Williams)
3. The Bridge – 4:23 (Moltke, Williams)
4. Kill That Noise – 5:13 (Moltke, Williams)
5. Down by Law – 3:34 (Moltke, Williams)
6. Left Me - Lonely (featuring TJ Swan) – 5:21 (Moltke, Williams)
7. Another One to Get Jealous of – 5:54 (Moltke, Williams)
8. M.C. Space – 4:24 (Moltke, Williams)
9. Living in The World of Hip Hop – 5:13 (Moltke, Williams)

Durata totale: 43:11

Classifiche

Classifica (1987)	Posizione massima
US Top Black Albums[4]	40

Note

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• (EN) Down by Law, su Discogs, Zink Media.

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[en] Down by Law (MC Shan album)

Down by Law is the debut album by East Coast hip hop artist MC Shan. Released at the height of the Bridge Wars, a feud that erupted between Boogie Down Productions and the Juice Crew, responding to the Queensbridge anthem "The Bridge", this album created a blueprint within Hip-Hop music that was never seen (or heard) before. The album contains the diss track, "Kill That Noise" in response to South Bronx (as well as an edit of "The Bridge"). The album is produced by Marley Marl, and was distributed by Cold Chillin' Records independently (the label's very first LP release, catalog #CCLP-500), until a distribution deal was struck with Warner Bros. Records (1988), then the album was reissued with slight sample edits. It was the only Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros. album that was never initially released on CD by its distributor. The album was not released on that format until 1995, long after the 5-year distribution deal with Warner Bros. Records ended. By this time, Cold Chillin' distributed its material independently, mostly from its back catalog. This CD pressing would only be available for a limited time and went out of print for a few years. It was then re-released in 2001 as MC Shan: the Best of Cold Chillin', which featured all the tracks from Down by Law (except "Another One to Get Jealous Of") with a few additional non-album tracks. This version is now out of print as well. In 2007, it was re-released again by its new owner, Traffic Entertainment, in expanded form as a double-disc set with extended tracks, as well as bonus tracks.

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