Burning The Ground Exclusive 1991
“Let the Beat Hit ‘Em” is a song by American urban contemporary band Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, released as the first single from their fourth and final studio album, Straight Outta Hell’s Kitchen (1991). The song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart in the week of September 14, 1991, and also reached No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100. On the US dance charts, it was the third and final number-one for the group. It also peaked at number one on the Canadian RPM dance chart. The song also reached number seventeen on the UK singles chart.
On “Let the Beat Hit ‘Em”, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam sampled “Ghetto Heaven” by The Family Stand, The Emotions’ 1977 single “Best of My Love” and “Set It Off” by Strafe. and Donald Byrd Think Twice.
“Let the Beat Hit ‘Em” was also sampled by Kylie Minogue on the track “Too Much of a Good Thing” off her 1991 album Let’s Get To It.
A black-and-white music video was made to accompany the song, directed by German director Marcus Nispel.
SIDE A:
Let The Beat Hit ‘Em (The Brand New Super Pumped-Up C&C Vocal Club Mix) 7:34
SIDE B:
Let The Beat Hit ‘Em (The Paradise Garage Club Mix) 7:02
Let The Beat Hit ‘Em (Super Pumped-Up C&C Instrumental Mix) 5:27
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Let the Beat Hit ‘Em | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #37 |
| 1991 | Let the Beat Hit ‘Em | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles | #1 |
| 1991 | Let the Beat Hit ‘Em | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #1 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44 73834
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Freestyle
CREDITS:
- Arranged By [Vocals], Mixed By [Vocals] – Lisa Lisa
- Co-producer, Programmed By – Alan Friedman
- Design [Cover] – Jim deBarros
- Edited By – Bob Rosa, Robert Clivillés, Robert Clivillés
- Engineer, Mixed By – Bob Rosa
- Mastered By – Herb “The Pump” Powers*
- Photography By [Photo Image Concept] – Ken Nahoum, Lisa Lisa, Robert Clivillés
- Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Robert Clivillés & David Cole*
- Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By – Robert Clivillés & David Cole*
- Written-By – A. Friedman*, D. Cole*, D. Ramos*, R. Clivillés*
NOTES:
Edited by Robert Clivillés & Bob Rosa (with the spirit of Chep Nunez).
From the LP “Straight Outta Hell’s Kitchen”
Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
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THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!
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Oh this is so cool, really very rare. Thank you very much Paul, you are the best👍❤️🥰
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam are one of those groups who I somehow missed altogether at the time, what a joy to keep learning from Paul and this site! I totally see the Paula Abdul resemblance but for me the cover conjures up the ‘Cry Wolf’ video of Laura Branigan, it’s on repeat at the moment!
But this track is awesome, I’m going to spend some time on the weekend exploring the band. Thank you very much!
This jam screams “New Jack Swing/early 90s”!! I think it passed me by at the time while I was enthralled with GN’R, Warrant and Bon Jovi! I love their Spanish Fly album from ’87, so it’s good to see them making a splash in the early 90s. Thank you Paul! Btw, is it me or does Lisa Velez have a strong resemblance to Paula Abdul in this video…
I agree with you she does look a lot like Paula. Even this track sort of reminds me of her.
One of my favourite dance tracks from 1991. I still play the US CD Maxi too, although I am very grateful for these vinyl transfers from your good self.
Thanks Paul 🙂
You’re welcome, Marco 🙂
thank you so much for this one ! good choice and splendid rip !
You’re welcome, xavier 🙂
Let the music take control. Probably the best jam out of the Lisa Lisa discography! Thanks for this, I was just singing this randomly the other day! 💯
You’re welcome, ING 🙂
Hi Paul, Do you have any idea what happened to Alex and Mike? Thanks for another great 12″ by a classic band!
I wondered that myself I bet Google can tell me 🙂
Thanks for the great post, Paul! This song was the jam for seemingly forever back in 1991! I’m surprised the Wikipedia article that you scraped didn’t mention it was on the Billboard charts for 16 weeks! Thanks again for the great post.
Wow, 16 weeks and barely made it into the top 40. The Wikipedia article did not mention this or I more than likely would have posted it.
I am in ecstasy, Paul!! This is a big favorite of mine!! All those samples, from great dance records you’ve listed, to the audio demonstration record samples. This was so incredibly hot then as well as now! C+C were geniuses, and this record is a highlight of their mixology and career!! I’m drooling out my pores and ears, Paul!!
“What will people say!?!”
Jeff
I’ll have what he’s having.
Lol 🙂
😁
They sure don’t make them like this anymore so much creativity.
So right, Paul. I miss those times!
Jeff