In Full Effect

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Field	Value
name	In Full Effect
type	Album
artist	Mantronix
cover	In_Full_Effect.jpg
released	March 1988
genre	Hip hop, electro
length	38:00
label	Capitol/EMI
0777 7 48336 2 2
C2-48336
producer	Kurtis Mantronik
prev_title	Music Madness
prev_year	1986
next_title	This Should Move Ya
next_year	1990
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| name = In Full Effect | type = Album | artist = Mantronix | cover = In_Full_Effect.jpg | alt = | released = March 1988 | recorded = | studio = | genre = Hip hop, electro | length = 38:00 | label = Capitol/EMI 0777 7 48336 2 2 C2-48336 | producer = Kurtis Mantronik | prev_title = Music Madness | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = This Should Move Ya | next_year = 1990 In Full Effect is the third album by the hip hop-electro funk group Mantronix, released in 1988. It was the first Mantronix album released on Capitol Records. In Full Effect was rapper MC Tee's final Mantronix album.

According to the liner notes, the album was the first-ever digital recording to be mastered from DAT rather than reel-to-reel tape.

Critical reception

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|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |rev2score = |rev3 = Orlando Sentinel |rev3score = |rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide |rev4score = The Orlando Sentinel called the album "above average because of Mantronik's diffusion of new wave, rock, funk and hard-core hip-hop through studio technical gadgets." USA Today wrote that "wordsmith M.C. Tee and beatmeister Mantronik mix street smarts and mainstream pop sensibilities."

Track listing

1. "Join Me, Please... (Homeboys—Make Some Noise)" (Mantronik, MC Tee) – 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

::data[format=table] | Chart (1988) | Peak position | |---|---| | US Top Pop Albums | 108 | | US Top R&B Albums | 18 | ::

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

References

1. (June 12, 1988). "Mantronix 'In Full Effect' (Capitol/EMI)". Omaha World-Herald.
2. "Mantronix | Biography & History".
3. (Mar 26, 1988). "Full Metal Racket".
4. "MANTRONIX | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
5. (Jun 2008). "Kurtis Mantronik".
6. Wynn, Ron. "In Full Effect - Mantronix".
7. (2006). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". MUZE.
8. Torres, Agnes. "Rap Albums". Orlando Sentinel.
9. (1992). "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". Random House.
10. (4 Apr 1988). "Hip-hop with a dash of flash, and sweet beats". USA Today.
11. "Billboard 200 Chart".

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