''No Surrender…No Retreat'' is the third solo studio album by American rapper
Bushwick Bill
Richard William Stephen Shaw (December 8, 1966 – June 9, 2019), better known by his stage name Bushwick Bill, was a Jamaican rapper. He was a member of the Texas hip hop group Geto Boys, a group he originally joined as a breakdancer in 1986 as ...
. It was released on October 27, 1998 through Wrap Records with distribution via
Ichiban Records
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History
Wrap Records and Nastymix Records were some of its subsidiary labels. Urgent! Records and Mr. Hen ...
.
Production
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was handled by Clarence Jackson, Tim Hill, Glenn Jeffrey, Ken Crossley, and Bushwick Bill himself, who also served as executive producer. It features guest appearances from of D-Ology, Snap and Tabu of the Niyat, Kyhil, Kaos, Nate G., All D. Freeman, BBA, Black Bac Doe,
Menace Clan
Menace Clan was an American hip hop duo composed of Dante "Dee" Miller and Walter "Assassin" Adams formerly signed to Rap-a-Lot Records.
History
After signing with Rap-a-Lot, the duo appeared on Poppa LQ's ''Your Entertainment, My Reality'' ...
's Dante Miller, Low Key, Q-Dog, Silky Goldez and Tyfeen. The album did not reach the
''Billboard'' 200, however, it made it to number 84 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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chart in the United States.
The album is dedicated to Gil Epstein, a
Fort Bend County
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prosecutor and friend who was gunned down in 1996, two years before the album's release.
Track listing
;Notes
* signifies a co-
producer.
Personnel
*Richard "
Bushwick Bill
Richard William Stephen Shaw (December 8, 1966 – June 9, 2019), better known by his stage name Bushwick Bill, was a Jamaican rapper. He was a member of the Texas hip hop group Geto Boys, a group he originally joined as a breakdancer in 1986 as ...
" Shaw – vocals & producer
(tracks: 1–3, 5, 7–19), co-producer
(track 4), engineering, mastering, executive producer
*D. "D-Ology" King – vocals
(track 2)
*Charles "Snap" Fields – vocals
(track 2)
*Tabu – vocals
(track 2)
*Kenneth Crossley – vocals & producer
(track 4)
*Kaos – vocals
(tracks: 5, 13)
*Kyhil – vocals
(tracks: 5, 13, 18)
*All D. Freeman – vocals
(track 6)
*Silky Goldez – vocals
(track 7)
*Nate G. – vocals
(tracks: 9, 17)
*Dante "Dee" Miller – vocals
(track 10)
*Tyfeen – vocals
(track 11)
*BBA – vocals
(track 15)
*Q-Dog – vocals
(track 15)
*Thomas "Low Key" McCollum – vocals
(track 16)
*Black Bac Doe – vocals
(track 16)
*Ron Wilson – lead guitar, 5-string bass
*Dre – guitar
*Rich – guitar
*Tim Hill – keyboards, synth bass, drum programming, producer
(tracks: 1–3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19), co-producer
(track 4)
*Ed Thompson – drums, percussion
*Damon Sonnier – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
*Derek Sonnier – trumpet
*Percy Person – engineering
*Daniel Kresco – additional engineering
*Tommy Dorsey – editing, mastering
Charts
References
External links
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1998 albums
Bushwick Bill albums