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. It was released on October 17, 1995, via Blunt Recordings/

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was handled by Mark Sparks, Buckwild,

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and

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. It features guest appearances from Royal Flush, Murder Inc., O.C. and the

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. It peaked at number 144 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album spawned four singles: "

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", " Masta I.C.", "

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" and " Wherever You Are".

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 3 contains elements of "Night Crawler" by Bob James.

Charts

References

External links

* 1995 debut albums Mic Geronimo albums Albums produced by Buckwild Albums produced by Irv Gotti Albums produced by Mark Sparks Albums produced by Da Beatminerz TVT Records albums {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub