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. It was released on April 24, 2007, through

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with distribution via

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. Recording sessions took place at The Promiseland in

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, Accompong Compound in

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and Norwood's Crib in Venice Beach. Production was handled by members Jumbo the Garbageman, Rev. Shines and Vursatyl, as well as

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, Chief Xcel, Oh No and Vitamin D. It features

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s from

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, George Clinton,

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and Vernon Reid, and contributions from

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, David Walker and Chris Funk among others. The album received generally favourable reviews from

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Track listing

Personnel

*Solomon "Jumbo The Garbageman" David – vocals, grand piano, Rhodes electric piano, keyboards, bass, scratches, horns arrangement, vocal arrangement, producer, recording, mixing, digital editing, executive producer *Marlon "Vursatyl" Irving – vocals, bass, double bass, additional keyboards, vocal arrangement, recording, producer, mixing, executive producer *Ryan "Rev. Shines" Shortell – scratches, producer, recording, mixing *David Walker – vocals *Saladine "Geechi Suede" Wallace – vocals *Salahadeen "Sonny Cheeba" Wilds – vocals * Ishmael Butler – vocals *

– vocals *Wolveryne – additional vocals *Adrienne Irving – additional vocals *Rochelle D. Hart – additional vocals *Ayinde Jean-Baptiste – voice *

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– vocals, saxophone, horns arrangement *Lonnie " MegaNut" Marshall – vocals * George Clinton – additional vocals *Tekomin B. " Tek" Williams – vocals *Darrell A. " Steele" Yates Jr. – vocals *

– vocals *Irene James-Blackman – additional vocals *Ladora Knight – additional vocals *Leah Shephard – additional vocals, vocal arrangement *Clayton " stic.man" Gavin – vocals *Lavonne " M-1" Alford – vocals *Kolesta "Choklate" Moore – vocals *Kumari Singh – vocals * Farnell Newton – trumpet, horns arrangement * Chris Funk – guitar *Sedell Jones – grand piano, Rhodes electric piano, keyboards, bass *Dog Boy Ben – violin, viola *The Benjamin Barnes Orchestra – violin, viola *Jerry Harris Jr. – bass *Andriano Giuseppe Donnaloia – guitar * Hervé Salters – pump organ, keyboards * John Norwood Fisher – bass, recording *Torrey "T Swurvell" Ward – bass * Vernon Reid – lead guitar *DJ DV One – scratches *Xavier " Chief Xcel" Mosley – additional drum programming, arrangement, producer, recording, executive producer, A&R *Michael " Oh No" Jackson – producer *Derrick "Vitamin D" Brown – producer *Jacob "

" Dutton – producer, mixing *Mike Cresswell – mixing *Josh Derry – mixing *Eugene Smith – digital editing *Eddy Schreyer – mastering *Brent Rollins – design *Amanda Lopez – photography *Mike Nardone – A&R

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2007 albums Quannum Projects albums Albums produced by Jake One Albums produced by Oh No (musician)