Stress is an album by the Jamaican musician Daddy Freddy, released in 1991.[2][3] It made Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart.[4] Daddy Freddy incorporated samples from rock bands like the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.[5] "Nuff Respect" is a version of the Otis Reddingsong.[6] "Ragga House (All Night Long)" samples Stephen Bishop's "On and On".[7]
The Baltimore Sun called the album "derivative, but fun," writing that "unlike a lot of 'ragamuffin' rap, Daddy Freddy's work tends to play down the reggae-based style's impenetrable patois and sing-song cadences."[10] The Calgary Herald noted that "Freddy is a ragamuffin powerhouse early on, blending the street-wise sounds of urban America with the woeful angst of the Kingston slums."[9] The Dayton Daily News wrote that "there's a grittiness on Stress, not unlike that found on hard-core urban American raps."[11]
