The Devil Made Me Do It

The Devil Made Me Do It is the debut album of militant Black nationalist rapper Paris.[3][5] It was released in 1990 on Tommy Boy Records.[6] Paris toured the US and Europe that year to promote the record. The album eventually sold over 300,000, according to the emcee.[7]

For other uses, see The Devil Made Me Do It (disambiguation).
The Devil Made Me Do It
Studio album by
Paris
ReleasedOctober 9, 1990[1]
RecordedFall 1989 – Summer 1990
GenrePolitical hip hop[2]
LabelScarface/Tommy Boy[3]
ProducerParis
D.R.
Paris chronology
The Devil Made Me Do It
(1990)		 Sleeping with the Enemy
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Release

The title track was banned on MTV.[8][9] Some record stores refused to carry a version of the album, due to a cover image of a police officer putting a Black boy in a chokehold.[10]

Critical reception

Trouser Press praised the "diverse, imaginative and burningly intense self-produced tracks."[11]

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[12]

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

References
  1. "Paris Drops 'The Devil Made Me Do It' Album: Today in Hip-Hop - XXL". XXL Mag.
  2. Kellman, Andy. "The Devil Made Me Do It – Paris". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  3. "Paris | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 6: MUZE. p. 411.CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. "Bay Area rapper Paris maintains firebrand approach to hip-hop". January 12, 2016.
  6. Wilson, Jamie J. (February 16, 2018). "The Black Panther Party: A Guide to an American Subculture". ABC-CLIO – via Google Books.
  7. Byrne, Peter (December 3, 2003). "Capital Rap". SF Weekly. San Francisco Media Co. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  8. "Paris bio". MTV. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  9. Strauss, Neil (April 3, 2003). "Furor Over Rapper's Cover-Art Statement (Published 2003)" – via NYTimes.com.
  10. Miller, Paul D. (March 14, 2008). "Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture". MIT Press – via Google Books.
  11. "Paris". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  12. "Paris". Billboard.



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