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Track listing

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Personnel

*Darnell "Belo Zero" Smith – vocals *Dennis "AK47" Round – vocals *Anthony "N.A.R.D." Round – vocals *Reminisce "

" Mackie – vocals (track 5) *

– vocals & producer (tracks: 6, 10, 20) * Robert Kelly – vocals & producer (track 8) *Rodney "

" Price – vocals (track 9) *Karen "Sasha" Chin – vocals (track 9) *

– vocals (track 11) *Carl "

" Mitchell – vocals (track 11) *Ric Jilla – vocals (track 13) *John "Johnny P" Pigram – vocals (tracks: 13, 19) * Malik Yusef El Shabazz Jones – vocals (track 14) *Grind – vocals (track 15) *Samuel "

" Lindley – vocals (track 17), producer (tracks: 1, 3, 14-17), engineering *Paris Cole – backing vocals (track 17) *David "

" Blake – vocals & producer (track 19) *Rashawnna "

" Guy – vocals (track 20) *Singer's Singer's Ltd. – backing vocals (tracks: 6, 10, 20) *Trevor "Kay-Tone" Caston – keyboards (tracks: 1, 15, 16) *Neil Artwick – keyboards (track 14) * Richie Davis – guitar (tracks: 14, 17) *Anthony Glenn Brown – bass (track 17) *Devonta – keyboards (track 19) *Erick Todd Coomes – bass (track 19) *Keenan "Keynote" Holloway – instruments (tracks: 6, 10, 20) *Joseph "

" Johnson – producer (track 2) *

– producer (track 5) *Matthew "DJ Vudu" McAllister – producer (track 8) *Frederick "Toxic" Taylor – producer (track 11) *Maurice "Waxmaster" Minor – producer (track 12) *Ernest "

" Wilson – producer (track 13) *Dan Burns – engineering *Eric Schlotzer – engineering *Jeff Lane – engineering *Jun Ishizeki – engineering *Larry Sternum – engineering *Wayne Allison – engineering *Eddy Schreyer – mastering *Rudolph J. Acosta – executive producer, A&R *Benjamin Niles – design *Vincent Soyez – photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2005 albums Do or Die (group) albums Albums produced by DJ Quik Albums produced by No I.D. Albums produced by N.O. Joe Albums produced by R. Kelly Albums produced by Kanye West Albums produced by Scott Storch Albums produced by The Legendary Traxster Albums recorded at Record Plant (Los Angeles)