''The Show'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop

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eMC. It was released on March 25, 2008 via M3 Records/Traffic Entertainment Group.

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, J!, Quincy Tones,

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, The ARE,

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and Nicolay, with DJ Rob, Filthy Rich and

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serving as executive producers. Beside members Masta Ace,

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and Strick, it features guest appearances from Adi,

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, Little Brother, Money Harm and

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Background

While it was originally rumored that Ace had retired from music after the release of his acclaimed 2004

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'', the following year the veteran had formed the new collective with his protégé,

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rapper Strick, and revered underground lyricists Punch & Words. The four had previously collaborated on numerous albums and tracks, and toured extensively as a collective. Like Ace's previous albums, ''A Long Hot Summer'' and ''

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'', ''The Show'' is a thematic concept album that tells a story. The album's story follows a day in the life of eMC doing a show on the road.

Singles

The first official eMC track, the Ayatollah-produced "Four Brothers", was released in 2006. A music video for the song was released online on December 10, 2006, however, this track was not included on the album. Music videos were released for "What It Stand For" and "Leak It Out" as well.

Track listing

Personnel

eMC *Duval "

" – vocals, mixing, executive producer *Vinson "

" Johnson – vocals, recording *Rashaan "

" Truell – vocals *Stephen "Strick" Stricklin – vocals Technical *Matko "

" Sasek – producer (track 1) *Phillip "The ARE" Gonzalez – producer (tracks: 3, 6) *S. "Quincy Tones" McCaffery – producer (tracks: 5, 17, 22) *Bryan "

" Fryzel – producer (tracks: 8, 10, 23) *J. "J!" Balde – producer (tracks: 9, 15, 18) *Matthijs " Nicolay" Rook – producer (track 12) *Lamont "

" Dorrell – producer (tracks: 14, 20) *Marco "

" Bruno – producer (track 21) *Filthy Rich – recording, mixing, executive producer *DJ Rob – recording, executive producer *Robert Alphonse – art direction *Francois Bonura – photography *Marvin Anthony – photography *Peter Chin – photography Guest vocalists *

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of Little Brother – vocals (track 5) *Thomas Jones a.k.a.

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of Little Brother – vocals (track 5) *ADI of Growing Nation – vocals (track 8) *

a.k.a. Ruck of

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– vocals (track 9) *Mariana Khalilah Azraa Vieira a.k.a.

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– vocals (track 18) *Marvin Moore-Hough a.k.a. Money Harm of

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– vocals (track 23) *Terrel Howard – additional vocals (track 10) *Adanita Ross – additional vocals (tracks: 12, 15) *Angelita Ross – additional vocals (track 15) Musicians *DJ Eclipse – scratches (track 12) *Anthony Lucas – bass (track 20) "The Cast" *Paul Nice as Adam *Amanda Diva *Eternia as Club MP3 Voicemail *Stephen Mills aka FaTone as Merch Man * Torae as security guard *Marco Polo as boyfriend *April Hill as fan *Katrina Chambers as hotel manager

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Show, The 2008 albums Concept albums Masta Ace albums Wordsworth (rapper) albums Albums produced by Ayatollah Albums produced by Marco Polo Albums produced by Nicolay (musician) Albums produced by Frequency (record producer)