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. It was released on December 19, 2006 via

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, serving as a sequel to his 2001 '' The Professional 2''. Production was handled by Ken "Duro" Ifill,

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, Filthy,

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, L.T. Hutton, Shatek King,

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. The Heatmakerz and Clue himself. It features guest appearances by

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, The Game, Beanie Sigel, Bun B, Cam'ron, Cassidy,

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, Fat Joe,

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, Jagged Edge,

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, Mike Jones, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Nas,

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, Ransom,

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, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg,

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and

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. The album peaked at number seventy-three on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, and number eighteen on the

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chart.

Track listing

# "War" - (featuring Nas) 1:57 # "Clear Da Scene" - (featuring Rick Ross,

and Ransom) (produced by

and Filthy) 3:53 # "Fuck Off" - (featuring

and

) (produced by

) 2:47 # "The Gold" - (featuring Mobb Deep) 4:26 # "I Really Wanna Know You" - (featuring Jagged Edge and

) (produced by DURO) 6:12 # "A Week Ago (Part 1)" - (featuring

and The Game) 4:15 # "Like This" - (featuring

and

) (produced by

) 5:28 # "Almost Fucked" - (featuring Snoop Dogg) (produced by L.T. Hutton) 2:47 # "Grill and Woman" - (featuring Mike Jones,

and Bun B) (produced by

) 4:33 # "Liberty Bell" - (featuring Beanie Sigel, Cassidy and

) 2:48 # "Da Boss" - (featuring

) (produced by Shatek King) 3:12 # "The Animal" - (featuring

) 3:18 # "Middle Finger U" - (featuring Cam'ron and

) 3:44 # "Giantz of NYC" - (featuring M.O.P.) (produced by The Heatmakerz) 4:19 # "You Don't Really Wanna" - (featuring Fat Joe and

) (produced by

) 3:22 # "Ugly (Thug It Out)" - (featuring

and

) (produced by

) 4:00 # "A Week Ago (Part 2)" - (featuring

and The Game) 4:16 # "Uptown" - (featuring

) 3:43

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* 2006 albums Sequel albums DJ Clue? albums Def Jam Recordings albums Roc-A-Fella Records albums Albums produced by DJ Clue? Albums produced by Kanye West Albums produced by L.T. Hutton Albums produced by Swizz Beatz Albums produced by the Heatmakerz {{2006-hiphop-album-stub