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. It was released on November 15, 1994 via In-A-Minute Records. Recording sessions took place at Bayview Productions in

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was handled by

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, The Enhancer, and RBL Posse, with Tony Jackson serving as executive producer. It features

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s from Cellski and Herm. The album peaked at number 197 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 23 on the

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and number three on the

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chart in the United States. It is the group's last album featuring member Mr. Cee as he was shot nine times and killed near his home on Harbor Road on New Year's Day 1996. It was their final project for In-A-Minute Records label. In 2014, it was placed at number 49 on ''

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'' magazine ’94 Week: The 50 Best Rap Albums Of 1994 list.

Track listing

;Notes * signifies a co- producer.

Personnel

*Christopher "Black-C" Matthews – vocals, keyboards (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11-13), producer, mixing *Kyle "Mr. Cee" Church – vocals, keyboards (tracks: 5, 12, 14), producer, mixing *Ricky "Hitman" Herd – vocals (tracks: 5, 7, 11) *Marcel "

" Wade – vocals (tracks: 1, 7), keyboards & producer (tracks: 1, 6, 8), co-producer (track 10) *Andre "Herm" Lewis – vocals (track 15) *Don "The Enhancer" Marsh – keyboards (tracks: 1-5, 7, 9, 11-15), producer (tracks: 8, 15), co-producer (track 2), mixing *Dravail – backing vocals (tracks: 4, 11, 13) *Andre "Baba" Mathews – backing vocals (track 11) *Audrey Jones – backing vocals (track 11) *Tomie "T.C." Witherspoon – mixing *Ken Lee – mastering *Tony Jackson – executive producer *Victor Hall – photography, layout

Charts

References

External links

* 1994 albums RBL Posse albums {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub