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. Recording sessions took place at Digital Shack Studios in Sherman Oaks and at the G-Spot Studio in

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was handled by DJ Pooh himself, who also served as executive producer, with Rashad Coes, Stealth and Tony G. It features guest appearances from Threat,

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, Charlie Wilson, Roger Troutman, Tha Low Life Gangstas and Tee Lee. The album peaked at number 116 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 34 on the Top R&B Albums charts in the United States. The album spawned two singles: "Nowhere to Hide" and "Whoop! Whoop!", with the latter made it to number 73 on the US R&B airplay charts.

Track listing

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" written by Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith as recorded by

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as recorded by Slick Rick. *Track 8 contains a sample from "Is This the Future" written by Gerry Thomas as recorded by

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Personnel

*Mark " DJ Pooh" Jordan – vocals, producer (tracks: 2-4, 6-10, 12-15), mixing, mastering, executive producer *Corey "Threat" Lloyd – vocals (tracks: 2, 6, 10, 13, 15) *Craig "

" Miller – vocals (tracks: 3, 5, 11) * Charlie Wilson – vocals (track 3), backing vocals (tracks: 2, 6, 10) * Roger Troutman – vocals (track 3) *Rojai "

" Trawick – vocals (tracks: 4, 9, 12, 14) *Tracy "

" Davis – vocals (track 6), backing vocals (track 15) *Eric "Coco Loc" Delahoussaye – vocals (track 7) *Erayn Walker – vocals (track 7) *Jamarr "Lil J" Terry – vocals (track 7) *K. Willis – vocals (track 7) *Jamarr " Bad Azz" Stamps – vocals (track 7) *T. "Tee Lee" Mosley – vocals (track 8) *

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– backing vocals (track 3) *Yolanda Harris – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 6) *Tremayne Glaster – backing vocals (track 11) *Valaria "

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" Young – backing vocals (track 13) *Nancy Fletcher – backing vocals (track 14) *Rashad Coes – producer (track 3) *Antonio "Tony G" Gonzalez – producer (track 5) *Gordon "DJ Stealth" McGinnis, Jr. – producer (track 11) *Rick Freeman – engineering (tracks: 1-4, 6-10, 12-15), project coordinator *Tom Baker – engineering (tracks: 5, 11) *Brett Jordan – project coordinator *Larry T. West – project coordinator *Jason Clark – art direction, design *Ken Hollis – photography

Charts

References

External links

* DJ Pooh albums 1997 debut albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by DJ Pooh Big Beat Records (American record label) albums {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub