Dead Serious (album)

Dead Serious
Studio album by Das EFX
Released	April 7, 1992
Recorded	February 1991 – January 1992
Studio	Firehouse Studios (Brooklyn, New York) North Shore Soundworks (Long Island, New York)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	38:43
Label	East West
Producer	Solid Scheme, Das EFX, Dexx
Das EFX chronology
Dead Serious (1992) Straight Up Sewaside (1993)
Singles from Dead Serious
"They Want EFX" Released: March 5, 1992 "Mic Checka" Released: July 16, 1992 "Straight Out the Sewer" Released: November 19, 1992

Dead Serious is the debut studio album of American hip hop duo Das EFX, released April 7, 1992, on compact disc and audio cassette on East West Records and distributed through Atlantic Records. The recording sessions took place at Firehouse Studios in Brooklyn, New York and at Charlie Marotta's North Shore Soundworks studio in Long Island, New York.

The album peaked at 16 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, topping the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for five weeks and reaching platinum sales by 1993. Well-received upon its release, Dead Serious has since been regarded by music writers as a significant and influential album in hip hop. It was also nominated in the 1993 Soul Train Music Awards and 1993 Billboard Music Awards.