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. It was released in 1992 through

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, making it his final album for the label and also his last album under the alias of 'Kid Frost', as he would change his name to 'Frost'.

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was handled by Will Roc, Tony G.,

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, Geoff Rios, Mike Greene,

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and Frost himself. The album features

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s from Rich Garcia,

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, Denetria Champ, Joe Harris,

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, Prince Teddy and Scringer Ranks. The album peaked at number 73 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart and at number 54 on the

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chart in the United States. It spawned three

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s: "No Sunshine", "Thin Line" and "Another Firme Rola (Bad Cause I'm Brown)". Its

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, "No Sunshine", made it to #95 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart and #20 on the

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chart. "Thin Line" only reached #11 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, and "Another Firme Rola (Bad Cause I'm Brown)" wasn't charted.

Track listing

Personnel

* Arturo Molina, Jr. – rap vocals, producer (tracks: 1-2, 4-6) * Aaron Tyler – rap vocals (track 4) * Alvin Trivette – rap vocals (track 4) *Paul Devoux – rap vocals (track 5) *Prince Teddy – vocals (track 6) *DeNetria Champ – vocals (track 7) *Rich Garcia – vocals (tracks: 9, 12, 17) *Scringer Ranks – vocals (track 10) *Joe Harris – vocals (track 14) *

– backing vocals (tracks: 5, 7) *Bobby Loco – additional backing vocals (track 5) *Ken Strong – additional backing vocals (track 5), drums (track 16), additional drums (track 7) *Mike Sanna – additional backing vocals (track 5) *William L. Griffin – keyboards (tracks: 1, 5, 7), producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 16) *

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– keyboards (track 9) *Lafayette Trey Stone III – guitar (track 14) *Mike "Crazy Neck" Sims – guitar & bass (track 15) *Eric C. Ajaye – bass (tracks: 3, 6) *Danny Devoux – bass (tracks: 5, 7) *Anton Pukshansky – bass guitar (track 10) *Mitch Rafel – saxophone (tracks: 2, 7) *Danny "Dice" Padilla – saxophone (track 17) *Todd Alexander – drums & percussion (tracks: 1, 4), coordinator *"Professor" Dwight Baldwin – percussion (tracks: 2, 12, 17) *Antonio Gonzalez – percussion (track 17), producer (tracks: 9, 12, 17), additional producer (track 14) *Ralph Medrano – scratches (tracks: 2, 15, 16) *Geoff Rios – producer (tracks: 2, 14, 15) *Mike Greene – producer (tracks: 2, 14, 15) * David P. Hobbs – producer (tracks: 3, 4, 6) * Kevin McKenzie – producer & mixing (track 10) *Mark Williams – coordinator *

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– mastering *Steve Gerdes – art direction & design *Tom Dolan – design * Mark Machado – illustration

Chart history

References

External links

{{Authority control 1992 albums Frost (rapper) albums Virgin Records albums Gangsta rap albums by American artists Albums produced by K-Cut (producer) Albums produced by Mr. Mixx