''A-Town Secret Weapon'' is the third studio album by American

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-based rapper Baby D. It was released on April 29, 2008, through Big Oomp/

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. Recording sessions took place at The Kush House.

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was handled by

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, MC Assault, Freddy B, Joe Durty, Malcolm XX and Mr. Jonz. It features guest appearances from Blazed, BackBone, DJ Jelly, Escobar,

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, Loko,

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, Sandman, Sean P and

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. The album did not reach the US

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, however, it peaked at No. 53 on the

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, No. 22 on the

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and No. 25 on the

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. The first single from the album is "I'm Bout Money", which made it to No. 97 on the

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. A video of the song has been released on March 20, 2008. Surprisingly the track "Yuuugh!", which was meant to be the first single off the album, didn't make it to the final track list.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

Baby D's page on Koch Records Website
2008 albums Baby D (rapper) albums E1 Music albums MNRK Music Group albums {{2008-hiphop-album-stub