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Los Angeles
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was handled by Torcha Chamba, Solid Scheme, Mr. Woody, T-Bone, Rashad Coes &
DJ Pooh
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. Kam's cousin
Ice Cube
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made his appearance on the album as executive producer and the only guest vocalist. The album peaked at number 110 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and at number 18 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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James Brown
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*Track 4 contains a sample from "Sexy Mama" by The Moments
*Track 5 contains a sample from "Riding High" by
Faze-O
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*Track 6 contains samples from "Midnight Runaway" by
Three Dog Night
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Marvin Gaye
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, "People" by
Graham Central Station
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and "Cosmic Slop" by
Funkadelic
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Parliament
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and "Heartbreaker" by Zapp
*Track 8 contains samples from "
Atomic Dog
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Roger Troutman
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Personnel
* Craig A. Miller – main artist
* O'Shea Jackson – featured artist (track 11), executive producer
*Eddie "Coze Tha Grinch" Goodman – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 10, 12)
*Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 10, 12)
*Angelo Trotter IV – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 10, 12)
*Jesse D. Lars Jr. – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 10, 12)
*Chris Charity – producer (tracks: 2, 9)
*Derek Lynch – producer (tracks: 2, 9)
*James Rashad Coes – producer (tracks: 3, 7)
*Terry "T-Bone" Gray – producer (track 4)
*Mr. Woody – producer (tracks: 6, 8)
* Clarence "D.J. Train" Lars – scratches (track 5)
* Mark Jordan – scratches (track 8), producer (track 11)
*Brian Gallow – scratches (track 10)
*Anthony "Soup" Holmes – keyboards (track 10)
*Bob Morse – engineering
*Mike Calderon – engineering
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