Long Island’s JVC Force (short for, “Justified by Virtue of Creativity For Obvious Reasons Concerning Entertainment”!) sent their unforgettable first single, “Strong Island” racing up New York’s hip-hop charts in the summer of 1987, gaining recognition for their marginalized neighborhood, “Money Earnin’ Mount Vernon,” and redefining the limits of sample-based production in the process. The booming, heavily filtered horn sample in “Strong Island”, lifted from a long forgotten Freda Payne B-side, sent borough-bound producers scrambling for their crates and blew the minds of boom-box boosting b-boys nationwide. DJ Curt Cazal’s crisp, hard-hitting production compares favorably with Marley Marl’s similarly stripped-down style. On “Stylin’ Lyrics” Cazal flips the very same Isaac Hayes sample that Marley Marl had used the year before for “Make the Music With Your Mouth Biz,” but Cazal cuts the sample differently, making for one of Doin’ Damage’s most memorable tracks. Listeners who can wade through the half-baked raga of “Puppy Love” and the frankly bizarre interlude “The Force Is Buggin’” will be rewarded with a wealth of first-rate material.