''I Told You So'' is the second studio album by American rapper

Chino XL Derek Keith Barbosa (born April 8, 1974), better known by his stage name Chino XL, is an American rapper, and actor. He has released four solo studio albums, in which his most recent – ''Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary'' – won the 2012 HHU ...

. Originally it was slated to be released via

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, and the catalogue number 47710 was assigned to the release, but Chino XL was dropped by the label shortly after the promotional single "Let 'Em Live" was released. It was released on August 21, 2001 through Metro Records.

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was handled by

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and Chino XL, both also served as executive producers together with Chris Jackson, Nick Wiz, Carlos Bess, J Dilla, Mixture, Buff William, One Eye and Rock The World. It features guest appearances from Aziz,

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, Kool G Rap, MaryAnne, Saafir and Shaunta. The album didn't made it to the ''Billboard'' 200, however it peaked at number 98 on the ''

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chart in the United States.

Track listing

;Notes *Tracks 23 and 24 are untitled bonus tracks ;Sample credits *Track 10 contains elements from "I Forgot To Be Your Lover" by William Bell. *Track 22 contains replayed elements from "Little Child Runnin' Wild" by Curtis Mayfield.

Personnel

*Derek "

" Barbosa – vocals, producer (tracks: 1, 3, 9, 12, 15, 18, 20), executive producer *Aziz Collins – vocals (track 1) *Shaunta Montgomery – additional vocals (track 2), vocals (track 10) *Louis "

" Freese – vocals (track 6) *Nathaniel " Kool G Rap" Wilson – vocals (track 7) *Jamie Stewart – additional vocals (track 16) *Alando "U.G." Outlaw – additional vocals (track 19) *MaryAnne – vocals (track 20) *Reggie " Saafir" Gibson – vocals (track 23) *

– producer (tracks: 1, 3, 9, 12, 15, 18, 20), executive producer *Nicholas "Nick Wiz" Loizides – producer (tracks: 2, 5-7, 11, 13, 19) *Carlos Bess – producer (tracks: 4, 8) *Rock The World – producer (track 10) *Kasem "Mixture" Coleman – producer (tracks: 14, 16) *James " J Dilla" Yancey – producer (tracks: 17, 23) *"Buff William" Darby – producer (track 21) *Donald "One Eye" Saunders – producer (track 22) *Chip Mullaney – recording & mixing (tracks: 1, 3, 9, 12, 15, 18, 20) *Ken Johnston – recording (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 21), mixing (tracks: 4, 8, 14, 16) *Sean Freehill – recording (tracks: 2, 5-7, 10, 11, 13, 17, 19, 22), mixing (tracks: 2, 5-7, 10, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21, 22) *Todd Fairall – recording (track 17) * Tom Coyne – mastering *Chris Jackson – executive producer

Charts

References

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