Sublime - 40 oz. To Freedom [1992] | Mp3PRiEST

Released: June 1992
Recorded: 1991-1992 at Mambo in Long Beach, California
Genre: Ska punk | Reggae
Length: 69:15
Label: Skunk, Gasoline Alley, MCA

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40oz. to Freedom is the 1992 debut album by the Southern California ska-punk band Sublime released by Skunk Records and again by MCA. 40oz. to Freedom received mixed critical reviews upon its first release, but has earned an improved public perception since. Sublime would not achieve any mainstream success until the release of their eponymous album, two months after the overdose death of their lead singer and guitarist, Bradley Nowell, in 1996 (see 1996 in music). As of 2011, the album has certified sales of two million copies in the US, and is Sublime's second best-selling studio album there (the self-titled album leads with six million). Along with The Offspring's 1994 album Smash, 40oz. to Freedom is one of the highest-selling independently released albums of all time.[citation needed]

40oz. to Freedom's sound blended various forms of Jamaican music, including ska ("Date Rape"), rocksteady ("5446 That's My Number"), roots reggae ("Smoke Two Joints") and dub ("Let's Go Get Stoned", "D.J.s") with British and American hardcore punk ("New Thrash", "Hope"), and hip hop (as in "Live at E's").

Track List:

01. Waiting For My Ruca
02. 40oz. To Freedom
03. Smoke Two Joints
04. We're Only Gonna Die For Our Arrogance
05. Don't Push
06. 5446 That's My Number/Ball And Chain
07. Badfish
08. Let's Go Get Stoned
09. New Thrash
10. Scarlet Begonias
11. Live At E's
12. D.J.s
13. Chica Me Tipo
14. Right Back
15. What Happened
16. New Song
17. Ebin
18. Date Rape
19. Hope
10. KRS-One
21. Rivers of Babylon
22. Thanx Dub

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