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. It was released on September 25, 2007 through AAO Music and Vox Music Group. Recording sessions took place at Lions Den,

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and Circle House in

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, at Right Track Studio and SMT Studio in

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, and at

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. Production was handled by Jason "J-Vibe" Farmer, Alex "Lex" Francis, Ky Miller, BlackOut, Corey Chase,

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, Larry "Kalid" Chu, Mark Sparks and

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, with Ky-Mani serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from

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, Gail Gotti, Maintain,

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and

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. The album did not reach the ''Billboard'' 200, however, it peaked at No. 38 on the

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, No. 19 on the

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, No. 27 on the

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, and topped the

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and No. 2 on the

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. The album features much more hip hop influences than his previous releases.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, executive producer *Leonard "

" Ford – vocals (tracks: 1, 11) *David "

" Brown – vocals (track 1) *JoVan "Gail Gotti" Brumfield Brown – vocals (track 3) *

– vocals (track 6) * Mýa Harrison – vocals (track 8) *Shermain "Maintain" Ridgeway – vocals (track 11) *Esther Fortune – back-up vocals (tracks: 5, 7, 9) *Imani Marley – back-up vocals (track 13) *Jason "J-Vibe" Farmer – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14) *Alex "Lex" Francis – producer (tracks: 2, 14) *Johnathan "Mark Sparks" Blount – producer (track 3) *Kyeme "Ky" Miller – producer (tracks: 4, 8), recording (track 4) *Larry "Kalid" Chu – producer (track 5) *Corey Chase – producer (track 9) *Winston " BlackOut" Thomas – producer (track 11) *Daniel "

" Schofield – producer (track 11) *Andy "

" Thelusma – producer (track 12) *Nikolas "Niko Don" Marzouca – recording (tracks: 1-3, 5-13), mixing (tracks: 1-13) *Steve Sola – engineering & remixing (track 14) *Arie Deutsch – remixing (track 14) *

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– mastering *Baja "Jah" – art direction, design *John Price – art direction, design *Roberto Chamorro – photography *Shaquel Leon – stylist *Hailu Panton – A&R *"Smokin Joeh" Moore – A&R *Norman "Purfek Storm" Ball – management *Cleveland "PR" Earle – management *Anthony "Free" Freeman – management *Joe Milan – marketing *OJ Wedlaw – promotion *Ramon Digital – promotion *Shawna Hilleary – legal

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2007 albums Ky-Mani Marley albums Albums produced by Mark Sparks Hip hop albums by Jamaican artists