Harder Than You

Harder Than You is the debut album from rap, metal, and funk pioneers 24-7 Spyz. The album contains elements of several genres and is the band's heaviest album. The group flirts with polka on "Tango Skin Polka," introspective political reggae on "Ballots Not Bullets," and speed metal with "Spill My Guts."

Harder Than You
Studio album by
24-7 Spyz
ReleasedMay 1989
RecordedDecember 1988 at Platinum Island Studios, New York City, New York
GenreAlternative rock
Funk rock
Hard rock
Heavy metal
Length41:20
LabelIn-Effect
ProducerRobert Musso
Jimi Hazel
24-7 Spyz chronology
Harder Than You
(1989)		 Gumbo Millennium
(1990)
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The band made a video for MTV with their cover of Kool & the Gang's "Jungle Boogie." The song was also remixed into a dance version with extended electronic instrumental passages and was popular on the club circuit.

The album is widely regarded as a pioneering effort in the fusion of hip hop and heavy metal that would take place in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Like many 24-7 Spyz albums, the recording is out of print.

Track listing
  1. "Grandma Dynamite" - 3:45 (Fluid/Hazel)
  2. "Jimi'z Jam" - 2:25 (Hazel)
  3. "Spyz Dope" - 2:50 (Fluid)
  4. "Social Plague" - 4:41 (Skatore)
  5. "I Must Go On" - 3:01 (Fluid)
  6. "Ballots Not Bullets" - 4:24 (Fluid)
  7. "Jungle Boogie" - 3:37 (Fluid/Kool & the Gang/Puelm)
  8. "Spill My Guts" - 3:37 (Fluid/Skatore/Hazel)
  9. "Sponji Reggae" - 3:53 (Rose)
  10. "Tango Skin Polka" - 1:28 (Fluid/Hazel)
  11. "Pillage" - 4:40 (Fluid/Hazel)
  12. "New Drug" - 2:55 (Fluid)

Personnel
  • Rick Skatore — Bass, Vocals (TV Repairman)
  • Anthony Johnson — Drums (Electrician)
  • P. Fluid — Thoughtman (Plumber)
  • Jimi Hazel — Guitars, Vocals (Carpenter)
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