 In April 1986 , Dylan made a foray into rap music when he added vocals to the opening verse of " Street Rock " , featured on <unk> Blow 's album Kingdom Blow . Dylan 's next studio album , <unk> Out <unk> , in July 1986 contained three covers ( by Little Junior Parker , Kris <unk> and the gospel hymn " <unk> Memories " ) , plus three collaborations with ( Tom Petty , Sam Shepard and <unk> Bayer <unk> ) , and two solo compositions by Dylan . One reviewer commented that " the record follows too many detours to be consistently compelling , and some of those detours wind down roads that are indisputably dead ends . By 1986 , such uneven records weren 't entirely unexpected by Dylan , but that didn 't make them any less frustrating . " It was the first Dylan album since Freewheelin ' ( 1963 ) to fail to make the Top 50 . Since then , some critics have called the 11 @-@ minute epic that Dylan co @-@ wrote with Sam Shepard , " <unk> Girl " , a work of genius . 
