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. It was released on July 27, 2004, via

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was handled by Fritz the Cat, Lavel, Mike Puwal,

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and The R.O.C., with co-production by

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and ABK himself. It features

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s from

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Blaze Ya Dead Homie Chris Rouleau, also known as Blaze Ya Dead Homie or simply Blaze (born April 27, 1976), is an American rapper from Mt. Clemens, Michigan. A representative of the hip hop subgenres gangsta rap and horrorcore, his stage persona is a resurrected g ...

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and Lavel. The album peaked at No. 152 on the ''Billboard'' 200, No. 53 on the

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, No. 10 on the

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and No. 7 on the

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in the United States. A

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was directed for the promotional single "Hey Y'all".

Track listing

;Notes * signifies a co- producer.

Personnel

*James "

" Lowery – main artist,

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(tracks: 2–17),

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(track 1),

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(track 5), co- producer (tracks: 1–3, 5–17) *Joseph "

" Bruce –

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, rap vocals (tracks: 4, 14), additional vocals (tracks: 6, 7, 13, 15), co-producer (tracks: 2–17) *Chris "

" Rouleau – featured artist, rap vocals (tracks: 6, 12) *James "

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" Spaniolo – featured artist, rap vocals (track 8), additional vocals (track 6) *Paul "

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" Methric – featured artist, rap vocals (track 8), additional vocals (track 6) *Joseph "

Shaggy 2 Dope Joseph William Utsler (; born October 14, 1974), known by his stage name Shaggy 2 Dope, is an American rapper, record producer, DJ, podcast host of Shaggy and The Creep Show, and professional wrestler. He is part of the hip hop duo Insane Clo ...

" Utsler – featured artist, rap vocals (track 10), scratches (tracks: 3, 5, 8) *James "Lavel" Hicks – vocals (track 1), additional vocals (tracks: 6, 13, 16), programming (tracks: 1, 8, 15),

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(tracks: 1, 10, 15), producer (tracks: 1, 8, 11, 13) *

Smith – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 12), scratches (track 2), programming & producer (track 12) *Ry-Ry – additional vocals (track 1) *Syn of

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– additional vocals (tracks: 3, 7) *Michelle "Sugar Slam" Rapp – additional vocals (track 11) *Sabrina – additional vocals (track 17) *Michael Puwal –

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(track 5), programming (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 11, 17), engineering (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 11, 12), producer (tracks: 3, 17) *Fritz "The Cat" Van Kosky – programming (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17), engineering (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14), producer (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13–16) *Bryan " The R.O.C." Jones – producer (track 7) *Michael Scotta – illustrations, layout design *Bob Alford – photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2004 albums Anybody Killa albums Albums produced by Esham Psychopathic Records albums Albums produced by Mike Puwal