Rebel MC, Double Trouble – Street Tuff (1989)

"Street Tuff" is a song by British producer and toaster Rebel MC and Double Trouble. Released in 1989 as their second single from the debut album, "Rebel Music" (1990), it became a commercial success and the biggest hit of both performers' careers, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart. It was the follow-up to their first hit, "Just Keep Rockin'", which made it into the UK top 20.

Additionally "Street Tuff" also peaked within the top 10 in Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. A music video was also produced to promote the single.

David Taylor-Wilson from Bay Area Reporter named the song "one of the most infectious grooves we've heard all year", noting that it "mixes the rhythms of Jamaican reggae with a house music beat. Just try and sit still when this one’s playing."

Frank Owen from Spin found that the song is "a single masquerading as an album", "both marketing gimmick and a testament to the way the British mix and match different musical genres, unlike in the US, where the demarcation lines between house, hip hop and reggae still remain fiercely patrolled aesthetic boundaries."

Tracklist:

1 Street Tuff (Scar Radio Mix 7") 3:33
2 Street Tuff (Scar Mix 12") 5:01
3 Street Tuff (Club Radio Mix 7") 3:30
4 Street Tuff (Club Mix 12") 5:04

Rebel MC, Double Trouble – Street Tuff (1989)

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