''The Chain Gang Vol. 2'' is the second

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by rap group

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. It was released in August 2003 to positive reviews.

Young Gunz Young Gunz is an American hip hop duo from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, composed of rappers Young Chris (born Chris Ries in 1983) and Neef Buck (born Hanif Muhammad in 1983). The group is part of Beanie Sigel's State Property collective and wa ...

' " Can't Stop Won't Stop" was later nominated for the 2003 Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

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. The album sold 296,000 units. The album sold 69,000 in its first week

Track listing

# " Can't Stop, Won't Stop" (Young Gunz) # "It's On" (Beanie Sigel Featuring

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) # "Temporary Relief" (Peedi Crakk & Omillio Sparks) # "Rolling down the Freeway" (Freeway) # "B.B. Gun" (Young Gunz, Beanie Sigel, Peedi Crakk & Oschino) # "State Prop (You Know Us)" (Young Gunz & Beanie Sigel) # "When You Hear That" (Beanie Sigel & Peedi Crakk Featuring

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) # "Still in Effect" (Freeway & Neef) # "Blow" (Oschino & Sparks & Young Chris Featuring

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) # "Been Down Too Long" (Oschino) # "G.A.M.E." (Peedi Crakk, Beanie Sigel, & Young Chris Featuring Lil' Cease) # "Just Another Nigga" (O & Sparks & Beanie Sigel) # "Want Me Back" (O & Sparks, Young Chris, & Freeway) # "See Clearly" (Peedi Crakk, Beanie Sigel, & Young Gunz) # "If I Could Do It All Again" (O & Sparks) # "Criminal Background" (Peedi Crakk & Young Chris) # "94 Bars" (Young Chris) onus track

Production

* Darrel "Digga" Branch — track 1 * Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie — track 2 * Boola — track 3, 6 * Bink Dogg — track 4 * Chad Hamilton — track 5, 9, 13, 16, 17 * Sean "S Dot" Francis — track 7 * Spike & Jamahl — track 2 *

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— track 8 * Black Key — track 10 * Henny Loc — track 11 * Ruggedness — track 12 *

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— track 14 * Black Key — track 15 *

Just Blaze Justin Gregory Smith (born January 8, 1978), known professionally as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop record producer and DJ. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Blaze attended Rutgers University for three years before dropping out to pursue his m ...

- track 18, track 10 (co-producer)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2003 albums State Property (band) albums Albums produced by the Alchemist (musician) Albums produced by Bink (record producer) Albums produced by Just Blaze Roc-A-Fella Records albums {{2003-hiphop-album-stub