''Amerikaz Nightmare'' is the sixth studio album by hip-hop duo Mobb Deep. The album was released on Jive Records, through a deal with the group's own imprint. It features the singles " Got It Twisted" and " Real Gangstaz." The album debuted at #4 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with approximately 109,000 copies sold in its first week of release. The album sold around 500,000 copies.

Track listing

Samples *"Amerika’z Nightmare" contains samples of “Kismet” by

Amon Düül Amon Düül was a West German political art commune formed out of the student movement of the 1960s that became well known for its free-form musical improvisations. This spawned two rock groups, Amon Düül (sometimes referred to as Amon Düü ...

. *"Throw Your Hands (In the Air)" contains samples of "Live In Connecticut" by

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, "Doggone" by

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and "Still Life" by Esperanto. *"Got It Twisted" contains samples of "

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" by

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and "Saturday Night Style" by

Mikey Dread Michael George Campbell (4 June 1954 – 15 March 2008), better known as Mikey Dread, was a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster. He was one of the most influential performers and innovators in reggae music. Biography Born in Port Anton ...

. *"Win Or Lose" contains samples of "Here I Go Again" by Jean Plum. *"Neva Change" contains samples of "Time for a Change" by The Eight Minutes. *"When U Hear" contains samples of "No Promise of Tomorrow (Reprise)" by Howard Kenney. *"We Up" contains a sample from "Optimum" by Ten Plus.

Personnel

Artists * Mobb Deep – primary artist (all tracks) *

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– primary artist (all tracks) *

Havoc High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) is a set of crewed NASA mission concepts to the planet Venus. All human portions of the missions would be conducted from lighter-than-air craft or from orbit. Background Venus is a planet with a r ...

– primary artist (all tracks) * Nate Dogg – featured artist (track 4) *

Lil Jon Jonathan H. Smith (born January 17, 1971) better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, producer and former frontman of the rap group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. He was instrumental in the emergence of the hip hop subgenre cr ...

– featured artist (track 9) *

Jadakiss Jason Terrance Phillips (born May 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Jadakiss, is an American rapper from Yonkers, New York. He began his career in the 1990s as a member of the rap trio The Lox, managed by Ruff Ryders and signed with B ...

– featured artist (track 10) * Littles – featured artist (track 13) * Big Noyd – featured artist (track 13) *

Twista Carl Terrell Mitchell (born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Twista (formerly Tung Twista), is an American rapper and record producer. He is best known for his chopper style of rapping and for once holding the title of fastes ...

– featured artist (track 16) Technical personnel * Tom Coyne – mastering * Steve Sola – mixing, recording * Mike Berman – mixing (tracks 5, 7, 9, 11–16), recording (tracks 1, 3–5, 7–9) Record producers *

– production (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 13–15) *

The Alchemist An alchemist is a person who practices alchemy. Alchemist or Alchemyst may also refer to: Books and stories * ''The Alchemist'' (novel), the translated title of a 1988 allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho * ''The Alchemist'' (play), a play by Be ...

– production (tracks 2, 5, 6, 16) *

Red Spyda Andy "Red Spyda" Thelusma is an American hip hop producer who has worked on many songs for artists including 50 Cent, D-Block, Mobb Deep, Amerie, D12, and G-Unit. Other notable works by Red Spyda have included his contributions to the in-game ...

– production (track 7) * Lil Jon – production (track 9) *

Kanye West Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the ea ...

– production (track 12) Additional personnel * Daniel Hastings – art direction, design, photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control Mobb Deep albums 2004 albums Jive Records albums Albums produced by the Alchemist (musician) Albums produced by Havoc (musician) Albums produced by Kanye West Albums produced by Lil Jon