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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = This Is an EP Release
| name = This Is an EP Release
| type = EP
| type = EP
| artist = [[Digital Underground]]
| artist = [[Digital Underground]]
| cover = This is an EP Release.jpg
| cover = This is an EP Release.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1991|1|15}}
| released = January 15, 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2pac13.com/events.html|title=Events|publisher=2Pac13|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref>
| recorded = 1990
| recorded = 1990
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip hop]]|[[jazz rap]]|[[electro-funk]]}}
| studio =
| length = 33:09
| genre = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip hop]]|[[jazz rap]]<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-an-ep-release-mw0000266662</ref>|[[electro-funk]]<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-an-ep-release-mw0000266662</ref>}}
| label = [[Tommy Boy Records|Tommy Boy]]
| length = 33:09
| label = {{flatlist|
| producer = [[Digital Underground]]
| prev_title = [[Sex Packets]]
*[[Tommy Boy Records|Tommy Boy]]
| prev_year = 1990
*[[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]}}
| producer = Digital Underground
| next_title = [[Sons of the P]]
| next_year = 1991
| prev_title = [[Sex Packets]]
| prev_year = 1990
| misc = {{Singles
| next_title = [[Sons of the P]]
| name = This Is an EP Release
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{Singles
| name = This Is An EP Release
| type = EP
| type = EP
| single1 = [[Same Song (Digital Underground song)|Same Song]]
| single1 = [[Same Song]]
| single1date = January 6, 1991
| single1date = January 6, 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2paclegacy.net/tupacs-debut-in-digital-undergrounds-same-song-video/|title=1991-01-06 / Tupac's Debut in Digital Underground's "Same song" Video|publisher=2PacLegacy.net|access-date=November 17, 2019}}</ref>
}}
}}
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Stephen |title=This Is an EP Release - Digital Underground {{!}} Album {{!}} |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-an-ep-release-mw0000266662 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s]]''
| rev2score = A-<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=2000 |title=CG: Digital Underground |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Digital+Underground |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s]] |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |language=en |via=www.robertchristgau.com |isbn=0-312-24560-2}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = B<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bernard |first=James |date=March 8, 1991 |title=This Is an E.P. Release |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/03/08/this-ep-release/ |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=Dennis |date=March 3, 1991 |title=In Brief: |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-03-ca-17-story.html |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rev5 = RapReviews
| rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wallace |first=Emanuel |date=July 28, 2009 |title=Digital Underground :: This Is An EP Release :: Tommy Boy Records |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2009/07/digital-underground-this-is-an-ep-release/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_duEPrelease.html |archive-date=July 28, 2009 |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=www.rapreviews.com}}</ref>
}}
'''''This Is an EP Release''''' is the first [[extended play]] by American hip hop group [[Digital Underground]]. It was released on January 15, 1991 through TNT Recordings and [[Tommy Boy Records]]. Production was handled by Digital Underground themselves. The EP peaked at number 29 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number 7 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] in the United States. It was certified gold on March 18, 1991 by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] for selling 500,000 units.


It's single "[[Same Song]]" made it to number 61 on the [[Radio Songs (chart)|Radio Songs]] and number 15 on the [[Dance Club Songs]] charts in the United States. Both "Same Song" and "Tie the Knot" off of the EP were included in the soundtrack to 1991 [[comedy horror]] film ''[[Nothing but Trouble (1991 film)|Valkenvania]]''. The album marks the expansion of the group with the debuts of [[2Pac]] and Big Money Odis.
'''''This Is an EP Release''''' is the [[RIAA]] gold-certified<ref>http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=279359168&albumID=124699&imageID=13348369</ref> [[Extended play|EP]] by [[Digital Underground]], from which "Tie the Knot" and "[[Same Song (Digital Underground song)|Same Song]]" were featured in the film ''[[Nothing But Trouble (1991 film)|Nothing But Trouble]]'' (which the EP liner notes refer to by its prerelease title, "Valkenvania"), starring [[Dan Aykroyd]], [[Chevy Chase]], [[Demi Moore]] and [[John Candy]]. "Tie the Knot" contained jazz-influenced piano tracks and a comedic interpretation of "[[Bridal Chorus]]" and "Same Song" contains an organ solo and improvised organ sections throughout the song. [[Tupac Shakur]] made his debut on the latter song, and portrayed an African king in the video. Tupac also can be heard on "The Way We Swing" (Remix) as a background vocalist, adding humorous ad-libs between the verses.


Two different versions of the track "Same Song" were recorded; a long version, which runs over six minutes, and an edit, which runs four minutes.<ref>http://www.discogs.com/Digital-Underground-Same-Song/release/837878 {{Bare URL inline|date=December 2021}}</ref> Also a music video was made for "Same Song" using new footage from cast members from the film ''Nothing But Trouble'', as well as clips from the film. [[Dan Aykroyd]] appears portraying a Scottish bagpipe artist, as well as a Los Angeles gang member while [[Dr. Dre]] and [[Eazy-E]] make cameo appearances.
A music video for "Same Song" uses new footage from cast members from the film ''Nothing but Trouble'', as well as clips from the film. [[Dan Aykroyd]] appears portraying a Scottish bagpipe artist, as well as a Los Angeles gang member, 2Pac portrayed an African king, while [[Dr. Dre]] and [[Eazy-E]] make [[cameo appearance]]s. "Tie the Knot" contained jazz-influenced piano tracks and a comedic interpretation of "[[Bridal Chorus]]".


==Track listing==
{{Album reviews
{{Track listing
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| all_writing =
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-an-ep-release-mw0000266662 |title=This Is an EP Release - Digital Underground |last=Cook |first=Stephen |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref>
| extra_column = Producer(s)
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| title1 = [[Same Song]]
|rev2score = A–<ref>{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=Digital Underground |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Digital+Underground |date=October 15, 2000 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}</ref>
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Shock G|Gregory Jacobs]]|[[Money-B|Ronald Brooks]]|[[Tupac Shakur]]}}
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| extra1 =
|rev3score = B<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ew.com/article/1991/03/08/this-ep-release/ |title=This Is an E.P. Release |last=Bernard |first=James |date=March 8, 1991 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en |access-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref>
| length1 = 6:29
|rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| title2 = Tie the Knot
|rev4score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-03-03/entertainment/ca-17_1_tommy-boy |title=In Brief |last=HUNT |first=DENNIS |date=March 3, 1991 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 5, 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}</ref>
| writer2 = Jacobs
| extra2 =
| length2 = 3:13
| title3 = The Way We Swing
| note3 = Remix
| writer3 = {{hlist|Jacobs|[[Jimi Hendrix]]}}
| extra3 =
| length3 = 4:58
| title4 = Nuttin' Nis Funky
| writer4 = {{hlist|Jacobs|[[Miles Davis]]}}
| extra4 =
| length4 = 9:41
| title5 = Packet Man
| note5 = Worth a Packet Remix
| writer5 = {{hlist|Jacobs|[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]|[[Bootsy Collins|William Collins]]|[[Glenn Goins]]}}
| extra5 =
| length5 = 4:58
| title6 = Arguin' On the Funk
| writer6 = {{hlist|Jacobs|Brooks|[[DJ Fuze|David Elliot]]}}
| extra6 =
| length6 = 3:50
| total_length = 33:09
}}
}}


;Sample credits
==Track listing==
*Track 1 contains a sample taken from "Theme to the Black Hole" by [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]].
#"[[Same Song (Digital Underground song)|Same Song]]"
*Track 2 is based on copyrighted adaptation of ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]''{{'}}s "the Wedding March".
#"Tie the Knot"
*Track 5 contains samples from the song "Foreplay" by [[Fred Wesley]] and [[The Horny Horns]].
#"The Way We Swing" (Remix)
#"Nuttin' Nis Funky"
#"Packet Man" (Worth a Packet Remix)
#"Arguin' on the Funk"


;Notes
==Samples==
*Shock G appears as his alter ego Humpty Hump on all songs, except track 3, on which he appears as MC Blowfish.
*"Tie the Knot"

**"Treulich Geführt" by Richard Wagner
==Personnel==
**"Synthetic Substitution" by [[Melvin Bliss]]
*Gregory "[[Shock G]]" Jacobs — vocals, [[Organ (music)|organ]] solo & [[synthesizer]] <small>(track 1)</small>, acoustic piano & drum programming <small>(track 2)</small>, sample arrangements <small>(tracks: 1, 3)</small>, producer
*"Nuttin' Nis Funky"
*Ronald "[[Money-B]]" Brooks — vocals <small>(tracks: 1–3, 6)</small>, producer
**"Fat Time" by [[Miles Davis]]
*Tupac "[[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]]" Shakur — vocals <small>(tracks: 1, 3)</small>
*"Arguin' on the Funk"
*Earl "Schmoovy-Schmoov" Cook — vocals <small>(tracks: 1, 4)</small>
**"[[Flash Light (song)|Flash Light]]" by [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]
*Kent Racker — vocals <small>(track 2)</small>
**"Pumpin' It Up" by [[P-Funk All Stars]]
*"Bigg Money Odis" Brackens III — vocals <small>(track 4)</small>
*"Packet Man [Worth a Packet Remix]"
*David "[[DJ Fuze]]" Elliot — [[Turntablism|turntables]] (tracks: 4, 6), producer
**"Windy City" by Rodney Franklin
*Christopher John "[[C.J. Mackintosh|CJ]]" Mackintosh — re-mixing <small>(track 5)</small>
*"Same Song"
*Atron Gregory — executive producer
**"[[Walk This Way]]" by [[Aerosmith]]
**"Theme From the Black Hole" by [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]


==Charts==
==Charts==
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===Year-end charts===
===Year-end charts===
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! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991|work=Billboard|access-date=November 1, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 1, 2021}}</ref>
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==Certifications==
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Digital Underground|title=This Is An EP Release|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|refname=riaa}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Digital Underground|title=This Is An EP Release|award=Gold|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs master|43565|This Is An E.P. Release}}

{{Digital Underground}}
{{Digital Underground}}

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[[Category:Digital Underground albums]]
[[Category:1991 debut EPs]]
[[Category:Tupac Shakur]]
[[Category:Tommy Boy Records EPs]]
[[Category:Tommy Boy Records EPs]]
[[Category:T.N.T. Recording albums]]
[[Category:T.N.T. Recording albums]]
[[Category:1991 debut EPs]]
[[Category:Digital Underground albums]]
[[Category:Tupac Shakur]]


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Latest revision as of 10:02, 13 September 2024

This Is an EP Release
EP by
Digital Underground
ReleasedJanuary 15, 1991 (1991-01-15)
Recorded1990
Genre
Length33:09
LabelTommy Boy
ProducerDigital Underground
Digital Underground chronology
Sex Packets
(1990) 		This Is an EP Release
(1991) 		Sons of the P
(1991)
Singles from This Is an EP Release
  1. "Same Song"
    Released: January 6, 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90sA-[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
RapReviews8/10[5]

This Is an EP Release is the first extended play by American hip hop group Digital Underground. It was released on January 15, 1991 through TNT Recordings and Tommy Boy Records. Production was handled by Digital Underground themselves. The EP peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 and number 7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It was certified gold on March 18, 1991 by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 500,000 units.

It's single "Same Song" made it to number 61 on the Radio Songs and number 15 on the Dance Club Songs charts in the United States. Both "Same Song" and "Tie the Knot" off of the EP were included in the soundtrack to 1991 comedy horror film Valkenvania. The album marks the expansion of the group with the debuts of 2Pac and Big Money Odis.

A music video for "Same Song" uses new footage from cast members from the film Nothing but Trouble, as well as clips from the film. Dan Aykroyd appears portraying a Scottish bagpipe artist, as well as a Los Angeles gang member, 2Pac portrayed an African king, while Dr. Dre and Eazy-E make cameo appearances. "Tie the Knot" contained jazz-influenced piano tracks and a comedic interpretation of "Bridal Chorus".

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Same Song"
6:29
2."Tie the Knot"Jacobs3:13
3."The Way We Swing" (Remix)
4:58
4."Nuttin' Nis Funky"
9:41
5."Packet Man" (Worth a Packet Remix)
4:58
6."Arguin' On the Funk"
3:50
Total length:33:09
Sample credits
  • Track 1 contains a sample taken from "Theme to the Black Hole" by Parliament.
  • Track 2 is based on copyrighted adaptation of Lohengrin's "the Wedding March".
  • Track 5 contains samples from the song "Foreplay" by Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns.
Notes
  • Shock G appears as his alter ego Humpty Hump on all songs, except track 3, on which he appears as MC Blowfish.

Personnel

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  • Gregory "Shock G" Jacobs — vocals, organ solo & synthesizer (track 1), acoustic piano & drum programming (track 2), sample arrangements (tracks: 1, 3), producer
  • Ronald "Money-B" Brooks — vocals (tracks: 1–3, 6), producer
  • Tupac "2Pac" Shakur — vocals (tracks: 1, 3)
  • Earl "Schmoovy-Schmoov" Cook — vocals (tracks: 1, 4)
  • Kent Racker — vocals (track 2)
  • "Bigg Money Odis" Brackens III — vocals (track 4)
  • David "DJ Fuze" Elliot — turntables (tracks: 4, 6), producer
  • Christopher John "CJ" Mackintosh — re-mixing (track 5)
  • Atron Gregory — executive producer

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Cook, Stephen. "This Is an EP Release - Digital Underground | Album |". AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "CG: Digital Underground". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved April 2, 2024 – via www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Bernard, James (March 8, 1991). "This Is an E.P. Release". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Hunt, Dennis (March 3, 1991). "In Brief:". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  5. ^ Wallace, Emanuel (July 28, 2009). "Digital Underground :: This Is An EP Release :: Tommy Boy Records". www.rapreviews.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  6. ^ "Digital Underground Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "Digital Underground Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "American album certifications – Digital Underground – This Is An EP Release". Recording Industry Association of America.
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