Swass is the debut album by Sir Mix-a-Lot

Sir Mix-a-Lot

Anthony Ray , better known by his stage name Sir Mix-a-Lot, is an emcee and producer based in Seattle, Washington. The founder of the Nastymix record label, he debuted in 1988 with Swass...

. It was released in 1988 on NastyMix and re-released on CD by Def American Recordings. The album featured the singles "Posse on Broadway

Posse On Broadway

Posse on Broadway is a Hip Hop song first recorded by Sir Mix-a-Lot on his 1988 debut album Swass.The Broadway in the song is not New York City's famed thoroughfare, but the Seattle street of the same name in the Capitol Hill district .The geography of the song is quite specific, going north up...

", "Gold", "Iron Man" and "Rippn'".

According to Sir Mix-a-Lot, the word "swass" originally was an inside joke with no meaning in itself. After the album's release, the word came to mean "Some Wild Ass Silly Shit".

The hook

Hook (music)

A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener". The term generally applies to popular music, especially rock music, hip hop, dance music, and pop. In these genres, the hook is often...

 of the song "Swass" is reprised in "Don't Cha

Don't Cha

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" by Pussycat Dolls

Pussycat Dolls

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 featuring Busta Rhymes

Busta Rhymes

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.

Track listing

1. "Buttermilk Biscuits (Keep on Square Dancin')"
2. "Posse on Broadway
   Posse On Broadway
   Posse on Broadway is a Hip Hop song first recorded by Sir Mix-a-Lot on his 1988 debut album Swass.The Broadway in the song is not New York City's famed thoroughfare, but the Seattle street of the same name in the Capitol Hill district .The geography of the song is quite specific, going north up...
   
   "
3. "Gold"
4. "Swass"
5. "Rippn'" (with Kid Sensation
   Kid Sensation
   Steven Spence , best known by his stage name Kid Sensation, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Spence made his debut as a guest rapper featured on Sir Mix-A-Lot's album Swass, where he appeared on the tracks "Rippin'" and "Square Dance Rap"Spence has sold over one...
   
   )
6. "Attack on the Stars"*
7. "Mall Dropper"
8. "Hip Hop Soldier"
9. "Iron Man
   Iron Man (song)
   "Iron Man" is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath from their second studio album Paranoid released in 1970. It was later included on their initial greatest hits compilation We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll , as well as all subsequent greatest hits compilations.-Writing and...
   
   " (featuring Metal Church
   Metal Church
   Metal Church was an American heavy metal band. They originally formed in Seattle, Washington as Shrapnel in 1980. Their first album was released in 1984, and the band's most recent work, This Present Wasteland, was released in 2008....
   
   )
10. "Bremelo"
11. "Square Dance Rap"
12. "Romantic Interlude"
13. "F the BS"*
14. "Iron Man (True Metal Meltdown Mix)"*

* = songs not on the record release