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. The recording sessions took place at Platinum Island Studios, Unique Recording and Master Cutting Room in

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. The album was produced by Shawn J Period, Baby Paul, V.I.C., Gruff Rhino,

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, Mr. Walt, and Rob "Reef" Tewlow, with co-producer

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and additional producer Showbiz. It features

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s from Lord Finesse and

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. The album debuted at number 134 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 25 on the

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and number 3 on the

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in the United States. It was supported with two singles: "Art of Facts" and "The Ultimate".

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 5 contains elements from "Izzum Man" performed by Diesel Don & The Governer. *Track 9 contains elements from "Rock the House" written by

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and

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and performed by

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. *Tracks 11 and 13 contain material performed by Redman. *Track 14 contains elements from "Winds of Change" performed by

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Personnel

*Rahem Ross "

" Brown – vocals, co-producer (track 13) *William E. "

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" Williams – vocals *Robert "

" Hall Jr. – vocals & producer (track 6) *Lorenzo "

" DeChalus – vocals (track 6) *Shawn "DJ Kaos" Perry – scratches (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8-10, 12, 15, 16) *Andrew "Dr. Butcher" Venable – scratches (track 5) *Michael "DJ Mike Loe" Warren – scratches (track 6) *Anthony "Tone The Backbone" Scott – bass (track 8) *Rob "Reef" Tewlow – producer (track 1), executive producer, A&R *Shawn M. "Shawn J Period" Jones – producer (tracks: 2-5, 11, 14, 15) *Paul " Baby Paul" Hendricks – producer (tracks: 7, 12) *Walter " Mr. Walt" Dewgarde – producer (track 8) *Victor "V.I.C." Padilla – producer (tracks: 9, 10) *Kirkland Rick "Gruff Rhino" Ward – producer (track 13) *Rodney " Showbiz" LeMay – additional producer & re-mixing (track 16) *Josh Chervokas – recording (tracks: 1, 16), mixing (track 1) *

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– recording (tracks: 2-12, 14, 15), mixing (tracks: 2-8, 11, 12, 14, 15) *Troy Hightower – mixing (tracks: 9, 10) *DJ Nastee – recording (track 15) *"

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" Gordon Williams – mixing (track 16) *Bill Importico – engineering assistant *Paul Shatraw – engineering assistant *Vaughn Sessions – engineering assistant * Tom Coyne – mastering *Courtney Burgess – executive producer *Eric Altenburger – art direction, design *Christian Lantry – photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1997 albums Atlantic Records albums Artifacts (group) albums Albums produced by Lord Finesse Albums produced by Da Beatminerz Albums recorded at Unique Recording Studios Big Beat Records (American record label) albums