''Don't Be Saprize'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Road Dawgs. It was released on March 23, 1999 through Noo Trybe Records. Production was handled by Mr. Payback, Greg Royal,

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, Darren Lighty, KayGee, Rick "Dutch" Cousin, and Road Dawgs themselves, with Mack 10 serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Mack 10,

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, Boobie, MC Eiht,

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, Q.S.-Bandit, Vernell Sales and Young Pretty.

Background

The Road Dawgs first started out in 1993 and, along with the Rottin Razkals, were closely associated with Naughty by Nature. The duo appeared on several songs by Naughty by Nature and Rottin Razkals in 1993 and 1995 but were unable to get a record deal. In 1998 the duo began working with Mack 10 and signed a deal with

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, who placed the Road Dawgs in its sublabel Noo Trybe. The duo then began work on their debut album, ''Don't Be Saprize''. The album's lone single was "Bouncin'", it also had a promotional music video released for it. Mack 10 performed the chorus for the song and also appeared in the video.

Reception

The album was neither a critical nor commercial success. ''Don't be Saprize'' only made it to No. 91 on the ''Billboard''

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. It peaked on the week of April 10, 1999 and dropped off the chart the following week.

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's Jon Azpiri gave the album 1.5 stars out of a possible five and had this to say about the album "...The group seems incapable of creating a consistent album. Lyrically, many of the tracks on the album, like "Gangbang Shit" and "Murderfest 99, wallow in ignorance. Aside from the single "Bouncin," there is little to recommend on this album."

Track listing

Personnel

*Jonte "G-Luv" Ray – vocals, percussion (track 11), producer (tracks: 2, 14), co-producer (tracks: 3, 8), mixing (tracks: 2-8, 10-12, 14), engineering (tracks: 6-8, 10-12, 14) *Omar "B.R The Swamp Rat" Williams – vocals, percussion (track 11), producer (tracks: 2, 14), co-producer (tracks: 3, 8), mixing (tracks: 2-8, 10-12, 14), engineering (tracks: 6-8, 10-12, 14) *Dedrick " Mack 10" Rolison – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 11, 13), executive producer *Toikeon "

" Parham – vocals (track 3) *Marcus "

" Moore – vocals (tracks: 4, 6) *Vernell Sales – vocals (track 5) *O'Shea "

" Jackson – vocals (tracks: 7, 11) *Aaron " MC Eiht" Tyler – vocals (track 7) *

– vocals (track 7) *Boobie – vocals (track 7) *Sharon – vocals (track 10) *Q.S.-Bandit – vocals (track 11) *Young Pretty – vocals (track 11) *Dave! – guitar (track 12) *Clinton "Mr. Payback" Sands – producer (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 11) *Gregory H. Royal – producer (tracks: 4, 12), mixing & engineering (tracks: 2-8, 10-12, 14) *Kier " DJ Kay Gee" Gist – producer & mixing (track 5) * Darren Lighty – producer (track 5) *Rick "Dutch" Cousin – producer (track 7) *Ryan "

" Garner – producer (track 10) *Adam Kudzin – mixing (track 5) *Ken Johnston – engineering (track 5) *Eddy Schreyer – mastering *Jason Clark – artwork

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1999 debut albums Road Dawgs albums Virgin Records albums Albums produced by KayGee