''Back 2 the Game'' is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Do Or Die. It was released on August 13, 2002, via

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. Recording sessions took place at The Legendary Traxster, Inc., at Legit Ballers Studio, at Most Wanted Studio, at Chicago Tracks, and at

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was handled by The Legendary Traxster, Toxic, Naki and Datanna, with J. Prince serving as executive producer. It features

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s from Johnny P.,

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and Yung Buk. The album peaked at No. 64 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 25 on the

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chart.

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 4 contains portions of the composition "

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" by

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*Track 7 contains portions of the composition " Love You Down" by Ready for the World

Personnel

*Anthony "N.A.R.D." Round – vocals *Darnell "Belo Zero" Smith – vocals *Dennis "AK47" Round – vocals *John "Johnny P" Pigram – vocals (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 9-11, 14) *Carl "

" Mitchell – vocals (track 3) *Jeffery "Yung Buk" Robinson – vocals (track 5) *Frederick "Toxic" Taylor – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 6), engineering, mixing *Samuel " The Legendary Traxster" Lindley – producer (tracks: 2, 5, 7-11), engineering, mixing *Daniel "Datanna" Griffin – producer (track 4) *Johnny "Naki" Moore – producer (tracks: 12, 13), engineering, mixing *Larry Sturm – engineering, mixing *Manny Mohr – engineering, mixing * Chris Steinmetz – mixing *Eddy Schreyer – mastering *James " J. Prince" Smith – executive producer *Jason Clark – artwork, design, layout *T. Hopkins – photography *Tony "Big Chief" Randle – A&R *Anzel "Int'l Red" Jennings – A&R

Charts

References

External links

* 2002 albums Do or Die (group) albums Rap-A-Lot Records albums Albums produced by The Legendary Traxster {{2002-hiphop-album-stub