''Gamers'' is the second album released by The Conscious Daughters. It was released on March 5, 1996, for Scarface Records, distributed by

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and featured production by

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, Tone Capone, Studio Ton and Mike Mosley. Gamers only made it to one Billboard chart, it made it to 29 on the

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chart. One single charted, entitled "Gamers".

Track listing

#"Strikin'" (K. Smith, C. Green)- 4:21 #"Gamers" (K. Smith, C. Green)- 4:32 #"You Want Me" (K. Smith, C. Green)- 3:03 #"All Caught Up" (K. Smith, C. Green, O. Jackson)- 3:48 #"She's So Tight" (K. Smith, C. Green)- 4:19 #"It Don't Stop" (Featuring Suga T) (K. Smith, C. Green, F. Morales, M. Ludlum, T. Stevens)- 5:17 #"Female Vocalism" (K. Smith, C. Green, E. Brooks)- 4:11 #"Da Mack Hit" (K. Smith, C. Green, O. Jackson)- 3:31 #"Who Got Da Mic" (K. Smith, C. Green)- 4:18 #"TCD Fo' Life (West Coast Bomb)" (K. Smith, C. Green, O. Jackson)- 3:35 #"Come Smooth, Come Rude" (K. Smith, C. Green, O. Jackson)- 4:10 #"Widow" (K. Smith, C. Green, O. Jackson)- 4:06 #"So Good" (K. Smith, C. Green)- 4:51 #"All Star Freestyle" (Featuring

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, C-Funk, Mystic, Clee, Father Dom, Harm)- 7:12

Samples

* "It Don't Stop" contains samples of "Stay A Little While Child", as performed by Loose Ends and "One Nation Under a Groove" by

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. * "Come Smooth, Come Rude" contains a sample of "I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over" by David Porter. * "Who Got Da Mic" contains a sample of "You Are What I'm All About" by The New Birth.

Personnel

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: Nate Fox, Mike Mosley, Sam Bostic, Paris, Studio Ton, Tone Capone, Erik "The Hawk" Hawkins *

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: Nate Fox, Mike Mosley, Sam Bostic, Paris, Studio Ton, Tone Capone *

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: Petey Boyd on "Strikin'", Gary Bolden on "Who Got Da Mic" * Scratches: DJ Yonie Yon on "She's So Tight" * Background vocals: Nate Fox on "Strikin'", Harm on "Gamers", Rose on "Female Vocalism", Mystic on "Who Got Da Mic" and "TCD Fo' Life (West Coast Bomb)", Sandy Griffith on "Come Smooth, Come Rude",

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on "N.F.L." and "Daddy's Home" skits * Recording engineer:

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, Michael Denten, Benjamin Grant DePauw * Mixing engineer: Eric Valentine *

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: Marcus Hanschen * Art Direction, layout and graphics: Todd D. Smith

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1996 albums The Conscious Daughters albums Albums produced by Studio Ton