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Get Real is the sophomore full-length album by the American hip-hop artist Stephen Wiley, released on Brentwood Music in 1989.
Wow – I have been looking for early Stephen Wiley tapes forever. You would think that someone would have re-issued these classic albums by now, but they remain hard to find. Many of these tracks are on YouTube, but not the whole tape. This is early-style rap (sometimes even referred to as “electro”, even though that is not totally true here), and by 1989 it was kind of out of style in the mainstream. But for those of us that have a love of early rap despite all of the cheese, this tape is a welcome treat. There is even the stereotypical 80s rap ballad on here. There is no list that I can find of who helped with instruments/music or background vocals, so I am assuming it is Wiley doing most of the music and background vocals here (except for the female ones, of course). This was Wiley’s second full length after 1988’s Rap It Up. He followed this up with two more full-length albums: Rhythm and Poetry in 1990 and Rhapsody in 1992. [Christian Tape Underground, July 21, 2019]
Cassette tracklist:
Side One
A1. “Get Real”
A2. “Born Again”
A3. “Gimme Da’ Word”
A4. “Save The City”
Side Two
B1. “Just Say No”
B2. “F-A-I-T-H”
B3. “He Came Back”
B4. “Daily Devotion”
Note: The title track was also released as a 7-inch single by Brentwood Records.
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