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was handled by Bruce Waynne, Dirty Swift, DL,

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, J Classic, Ron "Neff-U" Feemstar, Lil' Sin, MD Productions, MyGuyMars, Rance, Young Soprano ( Deviossi), and Young Tre. It features

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s from Wanted,

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, Bigga Brown,

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, Bre Perry,

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, DJ, DL,

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, Ruka Puff and Traci Nelson. The album debuted at number 65 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 13 on the

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in the United States. Its

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, "Like This", was an underground success and was also used in the

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Track listing

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and performed by

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Personnel

*Dedrick "

" Rolison – main performer, executive producer *Nathaniel "

" Hale – featured artist (track 1) *Andrew "Deviossi"/"Young Soprano" Price II – featured artist (tracks: 3-6, 12, 13), producer (track 2) *Jimmy "Skoop Delania" Tucker – featured artist (tracks: 3, 5, 13) *Jermaine "

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" Denny – featured artist (track 3) *Deshaun "DL" Taylor – featured artist (track 5), producer (tracks: 4, 16) *Pastor Steven Hamilton – featured artist (track 6) *Louis "

" Freese – featured artist (track 7) *DJ – featured artist (track 7) *Danny "

" Means – featured artist (tracks: 8, 12) *Byron "Ruka Puff" Waters – featured artist (track 9) *Jay "Bigga Brown" – featured artist (track 9) *Bre Perry – featured artist (track 11) *Johnean "

" Jimenez – featured artist (track 13) *Howard "

" Bailey Jr. – featured artist (track 16) *Traci Nelson – vocals (tracks: 5, 7, 15) *Lashann Dendy – vocals (track 15) *Nikisha Grier – vocals (track 15) *Isaac Reese – backing vocals (track 12) *Farid "

" Nassar – keyboards (tracks: 2, 7, 15), flute (track 7), guitar (track 15), producer (tracks: 7, 15), recording (track 1), mixing (tracks: 1-12, 15), executive producer *Erick Todd Coomes – bass & guitar (track 7) *The Velvet Orchestra – strings (track 7) *Andre Taylor – producer (track 1) *Louis Harden – producer (track 1) *Lamar " MyGuyMars" Edwards – producer (track 3) *Larrance "Rance" Dopson – producer (track 3) *Theron " Neff-U" Feemster – producer (tracks: 5, 6) *Waynne "Bruce Waynne" Nugent – producer (tracks: 8, 11) *Kevin "Dirty Swift" Risto – producer (tracks: 8, 11) *Sherman "Lil Sin" Houston – producer (track 9) *Jeremy Cranon – producer (tracks: 10, 13) *Shaheim Smith – producer (tracks: 10, 13) *Treyvon "Young Tre" Green – producer (track 12) *Ken Koroshetz – recording (tracks: 2-13, 15, 16), mixing (tracks: 13, 16) *Brian "

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" Gardner – mastering *Andrew Shack – co-executive producer *Rob Abeyta – design *

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– photography *Candyce Handley – A&R *Kevin Faist – A&R

Charts

References

External links

* 2005 albums Mack 10 albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Fredwreck Albums produced by Midi Mafia Albums produced by Mars (record producer) {{2005-hiphop-album-stub