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. It was released on October 19, 1999 via

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. Recording sessions took place at Quad Recording Studios, at Studio 57, at

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and at 36 Chambers in New York, and at Studios South in

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was handled by

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, Omonte "O" Ward, and RZA, who also served as executive producer together with U-God. It features

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and Drey Wit Da Y. The album peaked at number 58 on the

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and number 15 on the

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in the United States. It spawned two singles: "Bizarre" and "Dat's Gangsta". Its lead single reached number seven on the

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Track listing

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" by Marvin Gaye.

Personnel

*Lamont "

" Hawkins – main artist, executive producer, sleeve notes *Orlando "Leatha Face" Irizarry – featured artist (tracks: 3, 7, 10, 14) *Drey Wit Da Y – additional vocals (track 3) *Jason "

" Hunter – featured artist (track 7), producer (track 3) *Clifford "

" Smith – featured artist (track 7) *Chron "

" Smith – featured artist (tracks: 8, 10) *Corey "

" Woods – featured artist (track 10) *Robert " RZA" Diggs – producer (tracks: 1, 9, 13), recording (track 9), executive producer *Derek "

" Harris – producer (tracks: 2, 4, 7) *A. "Homocide" Mercado – producer (tracks: 5, 15) *Roosevelt "

" Harrell III – producer (track 6) *Hakim "Hak Da Navigator" Ali – producer (tracks: 8, 10) *John " The Baptist" Hitchmon – producer (tracks: 11, 14) *Omonte "O" Ward – producer (track 12) *Pete Kessler – recording (track 1) *Carlos Bess – mixing (tracks: 2, 9, 12, 13) *Andi Carr – recording (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14) *Arty Sky – recording (tracks: 3, 5, 13, 15), mixing (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14) *Jose "Choco" Reynoso – mixing (tracks: 4, 7, 15) * Kenny Ortiz – recording (tracks: 6, 7, 10), mixing (track 6) *Chris Athens – mastering *John "Mook" Gibbons – co-executive producer *Michele "Michou" Robinson – art direction *Clay McBride – photography *Jay "Mighty Healthy" Quinn – production coordinator *Tamika Layton – project coordinator

Charts

References

External links

* U-God albums 1999 debut albums Albums produced by RZA Priority Records albums Albums produced by True Master Albums produced by Bink (record producer) {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub