''New Jack City II'' is the sixth

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by American rapper Bow Wow. It was released on March 31, 2009 through LBW Entertainment and

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. This is Bow Wow's first album to be released on his new label LBW Entertainment, and his first album to be receiving a

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label for ''Adult Language''. The production on the album was handled by

Jermaine Dupri Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, entrepreneur, and DJ. Early life Jermaine Dupri Mauldin was born on September 23, 1972, the son of Tina (Mosley) and Michael ...

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, Nitti, T-Pain and

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among others. The album also features

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s from

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, T-Pain,

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and T.I.

Background

Executive producer Jermaine Dupri based the album's title on the 1991 film ''

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'', feeling that the relationship between himself and Bow Wow was reminiscent of the rancorous but successful business partnership between Nino and Gee Money, the two main drug dealers in ''New Jack City'', and that the album was like the continued success that those two characters could have had in a sequel if they had been able to resolve their differences peacefully. There are 3 versions for this album released, which is a standard, a limited edition (including a Bonus DVD) and a

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version (which is only a clean edition, with three bonus tracks).

Singles

The lead single for his sixth album, " You Can Get It All", which features guest vocals from

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, while it produced by

and

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, was released. This track contains a sample of TLC's hit "Baby, Baby, Baby". The album's promotional single, "

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", which features guest vocals by

Soulja Boy Tell 'Em DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990), known professionally as Soulja Boy (formerly Soulja Boy Tell 'Em), is an American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence, after his self published debut single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" peake ...

(who also latter produced the song), was released accompanying by a music video. The music video was shot and filmed at the Aquatic Park, outside of an Atlanta Suburb (known as Sun Valley Beach), in Paulding Co. GA. The music video premiered on the

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page and was premiered via

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on July 25, 2008. The album's second promotional single, "Big Girls", accompanying by a music video, premiered on

(which was released the day, after the release of "Marco Polo"). The complete version was released later on YouTube for some time, but then removed again for unknown reasons. There is no official date on the videos re-release. The music video for "Roc The Mic", which features guest vocals by

(who also produced the song), was released. It was shot in

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near the

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. The video for the song "You Can Get It All" featuring

and produced by Dupri was shot and filmed in

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and was later released. Both videos were directed by

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. A video was also filmed for "Pole In My Basement", with a strip club theme. It premiered on May 30, 2009 on Bow Wow's official

page. While he was on his tour bus, Bow Wow also made unofficial videos for his songs "Sunshine", "Like This" and "She's My".

Commercial performance

''New Jack City II'' debuted at number 16 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 31,000 copies in its first week. The album also debuted at number five on the US

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chart.

Track listing

Credits adapted from

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and

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. ;Notes * signifies a co- producer. *"What They Call Me" features uncredited vocals by

*"Sunshine" features backing vocals by

. ;Sample credits * "What They Call Me" contains a sample of "Big Time" performed by

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, written by James Calloway,

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and Aaron Davenport. * "Roc the Mic" contains a sample of "

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" performed by

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, The Get Fresh Crew and

Slick Rick Richard Martin Lloyd Walters (born January 14, 1965), better known as Slick Rick, is an English-American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence with Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. Their songs " The Show" and " ...

, written by Douglas Davis and

Ricky Walters Richard Martin Lloyd Walters (born January 14, 1965), better known as Slick Rick, is an English-American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence with Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. Their songs " The Show" and " ...

; also contains interpolations of " Break Up to Make Up" performed by

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, written by Thomas Randolph Bell, Linda Epstein and

Kenneth Gamble Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production team credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as ...

. * "You Can Get It All" contains interpolations of "

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" performed by

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, written by

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and

Daryl Simmons Daryl L. Simmons is an American R&B musician, songwriter and record producer, who worked with the production duo of L.A. Reid and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. In 1977–1980 Daryl, with Manchild (band) recorded 2 soul & funk albums & the minor h ...

. * "Sunshine" contains elements of "

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" performed by

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, written by

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. * "Like This" contains interpolations of "Even When You Sleep" performed by

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, written by James Harris and Terry Lewis. * "She's My" contains interpolations and a sample of " Roni" performed by

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, written by Kenneth Edmonds and

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Personnel

;Managerial *Liz Hausle -

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* Michael T. Mauldin -

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*Bow Wow - executive producer, A&R * Chad "Dr. Ceuss" Elliott - A&R *Juli Knapp - A&R ;Performance credits *

- vocals,

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

;Visuals and imagery *

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*Chris Feldmann -

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, design *Chrystal Streets -

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;Instruments *Julio Miranda -

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*Eric "E Live" Florence -

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*David "Preach" Bal4 -

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;Technical and production *Dave Kutch - mastering *

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, vocal production, mixing * Nitti - production *Lamar "Mars" Edwards - production * T.I. - production * T-Pain - production *

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- production *

- co-production *

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, recording *Aaron Holton - engineering *John Horesco IV - engineering * Alonzo Vargas - recording engineer *Eddie "Shyboogs" Timmons - engineering, recording *Javier Valverda - engineering, recording *Miles Walker - engineering, recording * Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young - engineering, recording *Josh Gudwin - vocal engineering *

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- mixing *Leslie Brathwaite - mixing *John Frye - mixing *Fabian Marasciullo - mixing *Ray Seay - mixing *DURO - mixing *John Horesco IV - recording *David Bench - assistant *Carlos Oyanedel - assistant *Josh Houghkirk - assistant *Ghazi Hourani - assistant *Kegan Houston - assistant

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Official websiteYouTube channel
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