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. It was released on October 3, 2000, via RuffLife Records. Recording sessions took place at

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in New York, at

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, at Soul Assassins Studios in

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, and at CMO Greens Studios.

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was primarily handled by

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, except for three tracks were produced by

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and one track produced by

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. It features contributions from

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, Infamous Mobb's Godfather Pt. III,

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, Self Scientific,

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, Roscoe, Cypress Hill and

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Track listing

Personnel

* Larry "Muggs" Muggerud – mixing, arranger *Troy Staton – mixing, recording * Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering * Mark "Mr. Cartoon" Machado – design * Estevan "Scandalous" Oriol – photography * Paul D. Rosenberg – management *Theo Sedlmayr – management, legal *Tracy McNew – project coordinator *Mike Heron – A&R (tracks: 1, 7)

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2000 albums Sequel albums DJ Muggs albums Soul Assassins albums Albums produced by DJ Muggs Albums produced by DJ Khalil Albums produced by the Alchemist (musician)