Ego Trip (Kurtis Blow album)

Ego Trip
Studio album by
Kurtis Blow
Released1984
GenreHip hop
Length42:48
LabelMercury/Polydor
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ProducerJ.B. Moore
Robert Ford Jr.
Kurtis Blow chronology
The Best Rapper on the Scene
(1983) 		Ego Trip
(1984) 		America
(1985)
Singles from Ego Trip
  1. "8 Million Stories"
    Released: 1984
  2. "Ego Trip"
    Released: 1984
  3. "Basketball"
    Released: 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Ego Trip is the fifth album by the rapper Kurtis Blow, released in 1984 on Mercury Records.[6][7] The only charting singles were "8 Million Stories", which peaked at 45 on the Hot Black Singles chart, and "Basketball", which peaked at 71 on the Hot 100.

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. pp. 692–693.
  4. ^ Tucker, Ken (24 Aug 1984). "ALBUMS". The Philadelphia Inquirer: F26.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 69.
  6. ^ "Kurtis Blow | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Jenkins, Sacha; Wilson, Elliott; Mao, Jeff; Alvarez, Gabe; Rollins, Brent (March 25, 2014). Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 9781466866973 – via Google Books.