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. Recording sessions took place at Echo Studios in

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was handled by

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and Tony Galvin, with Jason Geter and T.I. serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Lil Duval,

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groupmates T.I. and

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. The album debuted at number 98 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 13 on the

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charts with 6,000 copies sold in the United States in the first week of its release. The album's lead single "That's Right" was released on May 15, 2007. The

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for the song, released on November 13, 2007, was shot in front of T.I.'s

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. Comedian Lil Duval along with several Grand Hustle recording artists such as

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s. The second single off of the album, "Da Baddest", was released on October 23, 2007. Its music video, released on July 29, 2008, was also shot in Atlanta, with cameo appearances from T.I., DJ Drama, Maino,

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and

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. Neither single went charted.

Track listing

Personnel

*Sean " Big Kuntry King" Merrett – vocals, co-producer *Roland " Lil Duval" Powell – vocals (track 1) *Tremaine "

" Neverson – vocals (track 3) *Kassim Vonricco "

" Washington – vocals (track 6) *

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– vocals (track 7) *D'Juan "

" Hart – vocals (track 9) *Nathaniel "

" Josey – vocals (track 10) *Leland "

" Austin – vocals (track 10) *Clifford " T.I." Harris – vocals (track 12), executive producer *James "Nard" Rosser – producer (tracks: 1, 12) *Brandon "B" Rackley – producer (tracks: 1, 12) *Bryan "Keith Mack "McMasters – producer (tracks: 2, 6) *Demetrius "

" Stewart – producer (tracks: 3, 5, 8) *Erik "Rook" Ortiz – producer (track 4) *Kevin "Colione" Crowe – producer (track 4) *Daniel "

" Johnson – producer (track 7) *Anthony David "Tony" Galvin – producer (track 9) *Jeffery "Marvelous J" White – producer (tracks: 10, 11) *Daniel Pollard – recording (tracks: 1-10, 12) *Daryl Morris – recording (tracks: 3, 5-8, 10) *Elliot Carter – recording (track 11) *Ray Seay – mixing *Jason Geter – executive producer, A&R, management *Gregory Burke – art direction, design *Zach Wolfe – photography *Zachariah Mattheus – package layout *Mike Lace – A&R, management *Hannah Kang – A&R *Kirsten Daniel – A&R *Lanre Gaba – A&R *Clay Evans – management

Charts

References

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