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by British producer

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. The album was released on 8 September 2003, led by the lead single, " Ooh Wee". Unlike Ronson's later releases his debut album focuses more on the genre of hip hop music with guest appearances from a number of famous rappers and hip hop alumni including

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, M.O.P., Nate Dogg,

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, Q-Tip, Sean Paul and

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. The album also features appearances from singers

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and

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whose commercial breakthrough came with this album. The album did not perform well chart wise, only peaking at No. 70 in Ronson's home territory, however it did sell more than 18,000 copies in the US. Ronson later addressed the failure of the album, often by joking that "only 12 people bought it." The album has sold 92,676 copies in the UK as of January 2015.

Recording

The song "International Affair" was originally released on Sean Paul's 2002 album ''

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'', and featured vocals from

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instead of Tweet. Nova contributes vocals to the album track "Tomorrow". ''

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'' predicted the album would stop the critical ill-will towards Ronson, saying Ronson "serves up a grab bag of pumping beats." ''

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'' gave the album a C, saying "the collection's overall disco-licious come-together vibe is cloying and insubstantial."Drumming, Neil (12 September 2003), "MARK RONSON". ''Entertainment Weekly''. (727/728):152 The popularity of the album grew following the release of the follow-up album ''Version'' in 2007, which saw Ronson collaborate with a number of well-known British and American artists on covers of well-known songs.

Singles

* " Ooh Wee", featuring vocals from

, Nate Dogg,

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and

, was released as the album's lead single on 20 October 2003. The song was a top twenty hit in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and the single also charted at No. 80 on the United States

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chart and No. 83 in Australia. * "NYC Rules", featuring vocals from

and Saigon, was released as the album's second single on 16 February 2004. The single was only released in Australia, and for its release, was re-titled "City Rules". It was promoted as Merriweather's first single in the country, and the cover art stated Ronson as the featured artist. The track peaked at No. 76 on the

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Track listing

* "Ooh Wee" samples " Sunny" by

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and "Scorpio" by

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Chart performance

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2003 debut albums Elektra Records albums Mark Ronson albums Albums produced by Mark Ronson