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. It was released on July 2, 1996 through Pallas Records and

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, and was entirely produced by member Ralph "Wildstyle" Leverston. The album was a success due in large part to the group's breakthrough

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", peaking at number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. The album itself also found success in the United States charts, peaking at number 12 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart and at number 5 on the

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chart. "Hay" was

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on July 19, 1996, and ''The Final Tic'' was also certified gold on September 4, 1996 by the

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Track listing

Personnel

;Crucial Conflict *Corey "Coldhard" Johnson – main artist, vocals *Wondosas "Kilo" Martin – main artist, vocals *Marrico "Never" King – main artist, vocals *Ralph "Wildstyle" Leverston – main artist, producer, engineering (tracks: 1-12, 14-15) ;Additional vocalists *QBall – vocals (tracks: 5, 10) *LaTaunya "Toy" Bounds – vocals (tracks: 11, 15) *Sheena Lee – vocals (track 7) *Tasha Keller – vocals (track 13) *T-Babe – vocals (track 15) ;Technical *Ernie Allen – engineering (track 13) *Stan Wallace – mixing (tracks: 1, 6) *Chris Shepherd – mixing (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12) *Jeff Lane – mixing (tracks: 2, 9) *Tom Carlyle – mixing (tracks: 3, 4, 11, 13-15) *Ron Lowe – mixing (tracks: 3, 4, 11, 13-15) *Dennis Ferrante – mastering *

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– executive producer *Roy "Black Prince" Cormier – executive producer *Shorty Capone – executive producer *Miguel Rivera – design *Daniel Hastings – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

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The Final Tic by Crucial Conflict
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