The Devil Made Me Do It

For the song by alternative rock band Against All Will, see The Devil Made Me Do It (Against All Will song).
The Devil Made Me Do It
Studio album by Paris
Released December 4, 1990[1]
Recorded Fall 1989 – Summer 1990
Genre Political hip hop[1]
Label Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records
Producer Paris
D.R.
Paris chronology
The Devil Made Me Do It
(1990)		 Sleeping with the Enemy
(1992)Sleeping with the Enemy1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Devil Made Me Do It is the debut album of militant Black nationalist rapper Paris. The title track was banned on MTV.[2] The 13-track vinyl record version of The Devil Made Me Do It was released in 1990 on Tommy Boy Records. Paris toured the USA and Europe that year to promote the record. The album eventually sold over 300,000 according to the emcee.[3] In 1996, the band Apparatus recorded a cover of the title-track for the electro-industrial various artists compilation Operation Beatbox.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 0:40
  2. "Scarface Groove" – 4:35
  3. "This Is a Test" – 2:47
  4. "Panther Power" – 3:58
  5. "Break the Grip of Shame" 3:34
  6. "Warning" – 1:07
  7. "Ebony" – 3:56
  8. "Brutal" – 3:53
  9. "On the Prowl" – 1:10
  10. "The Devil Made Me Do It" – 4:12
  11. "The Hate That Hate Made" – 1:09
  12. "Mellow Madness" – 4:50
  13. "I Call Him Mad" – 4:17
  14. "Escape from Babylon" – 5:18
  15. "Wretched" – 3:32
  16. "Break the Grip of Shame (The Final Call)" (Bonus track) – 8:06
  17. "Devil Made Me Do It (Poach a Pig Mix)" (Bonus track) – 5:44

Samples

Break the Grip of Shame

Brutal

Panther Power

Scarface Groove

The Devil Made Me Do It

Warning

  • "Chicken Yellow" by Miami

I Call Him Mad

Ebony

Mellow Madness

  • "Siempre Hay Esperanza" by Sade

Charts

Weekly charts

Album Charting Billboard 200 R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
"The Devil Made Me Do It" 158 41

Singles

Single Chart Position
"The Devil Made Me Do It" Hot Rap Singles 20

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kellman, Andy. "The Devil Made Me Do It – Paris". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Paris bio". MTV. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  3. ↑ Byrne, Peter (December 3, 2003). "Capital Rap". SF Weekly. San Francisco Media Co. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  4. ↑ Christian, Chris (August 1996). "Various Artists: Operation Beatbox". Sonic Boom. 4 (7). Retrieved November 17, 2016.
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