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"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" is a song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, first released as a single on Stiff Records in the UK on 1 December 1978 and credited to "Ian & the Blockheads". Written by Dury and the Blockheads' multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel, it is the group's most successful single, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1979 as well as reaching the top three in ...
"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (with the Blockheads) 1 2 14 22 3 9 7 3 9 79 Non-album single "Inbetweenies" (with the Blockheads; Continental Europe-only release) 1979 — — — — — — — — — — Do It Yourself "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" (with the Blockheads) 3 65 — — 20 27 — — 24 — Non-album singles "I Want to Be ...
Chaz Kangas of Spectrum Culture wrote, "Blockhead's production is layered, textured and tailor made for Illogic's mood, and Illogic knows how to accentuate the environment Blockhead's planted him in by weaving his flow through his rhyme choices like a lantern through the deep woods." [6] HipHopDX included it on the "Top 25 Albums of 2013" list. [8]
Blockhead tells Us that he spoke with Woods about putting together an ensemble album, adding, “We just took it from there. He helped me wrangle some rappers – I wrangled some myself.
In 1982 Ian Dury & The Blockheads disbanded and were not to play together again until 1987, when they went out to Japan in June to play three shows in four days, disbanding again until 1990, when the death of Charles in September of that year re-united them to play two Benefit gigs at The Forum, Camden Town, in aid of Charles' family.
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Tony Simon (born October 8, 1976), [5] [6] [7] better known by his stage name Blockhead, is an American hip hop record producer and DJ from Manhattan, New York. Aside from his solo efforts released on the Ninja Tune label, he is most associated with producing tracks for Aesop Rock . [ 8 ]
Laughter is the third studio album by Ian Dury and the Blockheads; released in 1980, it was the last studio album Dury made for Stiff Records.It was also the last studio album he made with the Blockheads, until 1998's Mr. Love Pants, though a live album Warts 'n' Audience was produced in 1991.