''Maximum Strength'' is the tenth solo studio album by American rapper

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. It was released on June 10, 2008 via

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was handled by Duane "DaRock" Ramos, James Desmond, Dirt, Oh No and Ser Kenoe, with Simone Parker serving as executive producer. The name ''Maximum Strength'' was originally the title for an album recorded by KRS-One in 1998-1999 for

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that still remains unreleased. When promoting this album in 2008 it was said to finally be a release of the shelved LP and the label even posted track lists and cover very different from the final release. The album peaked at number 78 on the ''

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in the US.

Track listing

Personnel

*Lawrence "

" Parker – lyrics, vocals *Duane Ramos – producer (tracks: 1-3, 5, 8-12) *James Desmond – producer (tracks: 2, 5) *Ser Kenoe – producer (track 3) *Dirt – producer (track 4) *Michael " Oh No" Jackson – producer (track 6) *Arnold Mischkulnig – mixing, mastering *Bob Perry – mixing, mastering *Simone G. Parker – executive producer *Andrew Kelley – art direction, design *Scott "DJ

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" Sterling – overseen by

Charts

References

2008 albums KRS-One albums E1 Music albums MNRK Music Group albums Albums produced by Oh No (musician) {{2008-hiphop-album-stub