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. It was released on November 26, 1996, via

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. Recording sessions took place at Mirror Image Recordings in

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was handled by

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, who also served as executive producer,

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and Rod 'KP' Kirkpatrick. It features guest appearances from 50 Grand, Kel-Vicious, Erick Sermon,

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and Redman. The album peaked at number thirty-nine on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number six on the

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chart in the United States.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Personnel

– main artist *Gerald "50 Grand" Berlin – featured artist (tracks: 6, 11) *Kelly "Kel-Vicious" Brister – featured artist (tracks: 7, 11) *

– featured artist (track 10), backing vocals (tracks: 8, 12), producer (tracks: 2–5, 8, 9, 12, 13), co-producer (tracks: 7, 10, 11), executive producer *

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– featured artist (track 10) *Reginald " Redman" Noble – featured artist (track 10) *Trevor "

" Smith Jr. – featured artist (track 10) *

– featured artist (track 12) *Evan "DJ EV" Hitch – scratches *

– producer (tracks: 6, 14) *Tyrone " Sugarless" Fyffe – producer (tracks: 7–10) *Rodrick Kirkpatrick – producer (track 11) *Troy Hightower – engineering, mixing *Rick St. Hillaire – engineering, mixing, remixing *Mike Hogan – engineering *Tim Donovan – engineering assistant *Mike Rew – engineering assistant *

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