''The Pillage'' is the debut solo studio album by American rapper

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. It was released on March 24, 1998 through Razor Sharp/ Epic Street. Recording sessions took place at 36 Chambers Studio in

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, except for the song "Everything Is Everything", which was recorded at Soundtrack Studios and Sony Music Studios in New York.

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was handled by

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(

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, Goldfinghaz,

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) and the RZA, who also served as executive producer together with

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, Mitchell "Divine" Diggs and

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. It features

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s from fellow

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members and

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Killa Bamz,

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, Ghostface Killah,

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, Blue Raspberry,

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and

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. In the United States, the album debuted at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and topped the

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chart with 132,000 copies sold in its first week. In its second week, the album charted at number 16 on the Billboard 200 and sold an addition 63,000 copies. It was certified gold by the

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on April 24, 1998. It also peaked at No. 8 in

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, No. 28 in the

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, No. 36 in

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, No. 43 in the

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, No. 58 in

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and No. 67 in

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. The song "Run" later appeared on '' Bulworth – The Soundtrack''.

Track listing

Sample credits * Track 16 contains a sample of "You, I Adore" written by Anthony Sepe and

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and performed by

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Personnel

*Darryl "

" Hill – vocals *Walbert "Killer Bamz" Dale – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 15) *Lamont "

" Hawkins – vocals (track 5) *Clifford "

" Smith – vocals (tracks: 5, 9, 12) *Dennis "

" Coles – vocals (tracks: 8, 17), executive producer *Corey "

" Woods – vocals (track 12) *Candi " Blue Raspberry" Lindsey – vocals (track 13) *Thaddaeus "

" Birkett – vocals (track 14) *

Washington – vocals (tracks: 15, 16) *Derek "

" Harris – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12), mixing (tracks: 1, 5, 8-10, 12) *Scott "Goldfinghaz" Kinchen – producer & mixing (tracks: 2, 14, 16) *Robert " RZA" Diggs – producer & mixing (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 13, 15, 17), executive producer, supervisor *Ronald "

Allah Mathematics Ronald Maurice Bean, better known professionally as Mathematics (also known as Allah Mathematics) (born October 21, 1972), is a hip hop producer and DJ for the Wu-Tang Clan and its solo and affiliate projects. He designed the Wu-Tang Clan logo. ...

" Bean – producer (track 8) *Selwyn "

" Bougard – producer & mixing (track 11) *Ted Wohlsen – mixing (tracks: 1, 7) *Nolan "Dr. No" Moffitte – mixing (tracks: 2, 14-16), engineering *Jason Groucott – engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 7) *Mitchell "Divine" Diggs – executive producer *

– executive producer *Ron Jaramillo – art direction, design *Daniel Hastings – photography *Jeff Trotter – A&R

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pillage, The 1998 debut albums Cappadonna albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by RZA Albums produced by Mathematics Albums produced by True Master Albums produced by 4th Disciple