{{short description|1987 single by Sweet Tee and DJ Jazzy Joyce}} {{Infobox song | name = It's My Beat | cover = File:It's My Beat.jpeg | caption = Side A of the US 12-inch vinyl | alt = | type = single | artist = Sweet Tee and DJ Jazzy Joyce | album = It's Tee Time | B-side = It's My Beat (Instrumental) | released = 1986 | recorded = | studio = Power Play Studios (Long Island City, NY) | genre = Hip hop | length = 4:58 | label = *Profile (US) *Champion (UK) | writer = *Toi Jackson *Hurby Azor<ref name="ascap">{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/390515478|title=ASCAP Repertory entry for this song |work=ASCAP|accessdate=November 25, 2021}}</ref> | producer = Hurby Luv Bug and the Invincibles<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hurby-luv-bug-azor-mn0000638437/credits|title=Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor · Credits |website=Allmusic|date= |access-date=November 25, 2021}}</ref> | chronology = Sweet Tee | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = I Got Da Feelin' | next_year = 1987 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = DJ Jazzy Joyce | type = singles | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = It's My Beat | year = 1986 | next_title = Lovely Thing | next_year = 1990 }} }} "'''It's My Beat'''" is the debut single by American rapper Sweet Tee and DJ Jazzy Joyce, released in 1986 via Profile Records. In 1988, it was included in Sweet Tee's debut album ''It's Tee Time''. Produced by Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor, who also has writing credits for the song alongside Sweet Tee,<ref name="ascap" /> the single was later released in the UK through Champion Records.
In February 1987, "It's My Beat" had an entry at {{Abbr|No.|number}} 98 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/24653/sweet-tee/|title=Sweet Tee Chart History (UK Singles Chart)|website=OfficialCharts.com|access-date=November 25, 2021}}</ref> In the end of year-roundups, the song placed at {{Abbr|No.|number}} 19 in ''The Face'' list of best singles of 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/theface.htm#1985|title=Rocklist.net ... ... The Face Recordings Of The Year ...|website=rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=November 25, 2021|archive-date=May 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520085748/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/theface.htm#1985|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
In 1999, ''Ego Trip''{{'}}s editors ranked "It's My Beat" at {{Abbr|No.|number}} 20 in their list of Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1986 in ''Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jenkins|first=Sacha|title=EGO TRIP'S BOOK OF RAP LISTS|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sB3SAgAAQBAJ&dq=Last+Night+Kid+%27N+Play&pg=PA321|year=1999|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|location=New York|author2=Elliott Wilson |author3=Chairman Mao |author4=Gabriel Alvarez |author5=Brent Rollins |isbn=9781466866973}}</ref>
== Samples ==
==Single track listing== === 7" Vinyl=== ====A-Side==== # "It's My Beat" (4:58)
====B-Side==== # "It's My Beat" (Instrumental) (5:04)
=== 12" Vinyl=== ====A-Side==== # "It's My Beat" (4:58)
====B-Side==== # "It's My Beat" (Instrumental) (5:04) # "It's My Beat" (A Cappella) (1:52)
==Personnel== Credits are taken from the liner notes and the official page of the ASCAP.<ref>{{cite AV media notes | others=Sweet Tee And Jazzy Joyce | date=1986 | title=It's My Beat | type=track listing | publisher=Profile Records | id=PRO-7126}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes | others=Sweet Tee | date=1988 | title=It's Tee Time | type=track listing | publisher=Profile Records | id=PRO-1269}}</ref><ref name="ascap" /> *Written By – Toi Jackson, Hurby Azor *Producer – Hurby Luv Bug and the Invincibles *Mixed By – Hurby Luv Bug *Mastered By – Howie Weinberg *Recorded By – Patrick Adams *Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Profile Records, Inc. *Manufactured By – Profile Records, Inc. *Distributed By – Profile Records, Inc. *Published By – Protoons, Inc. *Published By – Turn Out Brothers Publishing *Engineered At – Power Play Studios *Mixed At – Bayside Recordings *Mastered At – Masterdisk
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:1986 songs Category:1986 debut singles Category:Champion Records singles Category:Profile Records singles Category:American hip-hop songs Category:Songs written by Hurby Azor