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and produced entirely by D-Nice. The album peaked at number 75 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 12 on the

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. Its self-titled lead single peaked at number 1 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 19 on the

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, and the second single "Crumbs on the Table" also peaked at number 17 on the Hot Rap Songs.

Track listing

Sample credits * Track 1 contains samples from: "Crumbs off the Table" by

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, "Operator's Choice", "Comic Shop", and "Saturday Night Style" by Mikey Dread * Track 2 contains samples from: "Buzzsaw" by The Turtles and "(This Is) Detroit Soul" by Paul Nero * Track 3 contains samples from: "Take the Money and Run" by Steve Miller Band * Track 4 contains samples from: "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" by Three Dog Night * Track 5 contains samples from: "I Meant to Do That" from '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' * Track 6 contains samples from: "Action (LP Version)" by Orange Krush, "This Is Something for the Radio" by Biz Markie * Track 7 contains samples from: "Square Business" by Blue Mitchell * Track 8 contains samples from: "Mind Power" by

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* Track 9 contains samples from: "A Gritty Nitty" by The Pazant Brothers and The Beaufort Express, "Super Hoe" by Boogie Down Productions * Track 10 contains samples from: "Tales of Taboo" by

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Personnel

* Derrick Jones - vocals, producer, mixing * Dawnn Lewis - vocals (track 6) * Carl Bourelly - co-producer (tracks: 3, 6) * Sidney Miller - co-producer (track 5) * Barbera Aimes - engineer * Dwayne Sumal - engineer * Anthony Saunders - assistant engineer * Eric Gast - assistant engineer * Peter Christensen - assistant engineer * Tim Latham - assistant engineer * Barbara Catanzaro-Hearn - photography * John Mahdessian - photography

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