''The Sound of Revenge'' is the debut

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by American rapper

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. It was released on November 22, 2005, by Chamillitary Entertainment and Universal Records. The album features guest appearances from

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, Rasaq (his younger brother),

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, Scarface, Billy Cook, Killer Mike, and Pastor Troy, with its production on the album was handled by

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, Play-N-Skillz, Cool, and Dre, among others. The album also has the release of " Chopped and screwed version" by DJ OG Ron C. Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone won the Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group Grammy for the song "Ridin'". In 2009, Chamillionaire released

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and explained on the final track of disc 1 that he was also going to be considered for the Best New Artist Grammy but, bootleggers caused him to be disqualified by releasing unauthorized Chamillionaire albums the same year his debut was released. The album debuted at number 10 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 130,000 copies in its first week, and it later became certified platinum by

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(RIAA), selling more than 1.5 million copies in the United States as of December 19, 2006. The non-album single, "Picture Perfect", peaked at number 28 on Hot Ringtones.

Track listing

Samples credits

Think I'm Crazy * "Everything for Free" by K's Choice Picture Perfect * "Ain't I Been Good to You (Part 1 & 2)" by The Isley Brothers Void in My Life * " Do What You Do" by Jermaine Jackson

Personnel

Musicians

The Beat Bullies The Beat Bullies are an American music production duo based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, composed of Teeth Malloy, Nicholas Sherwood and Nsilo Reddick. They co-produced Chamillionaire's debut album '' The Sound of Revenge'', and have worke ...

– keyboards (6, 7, 9), programming (1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14) * Sean Blaze – drums, keyboard, and programming (16) * Terrence Brown – keyboards (6, 7, 9), Rhodes Hammond organ (10, 14) *

– background vocals (5) * Cool & Dre – all instruments (5) * Preston Crump – bass (11) * Harley Davidson – all instruments (2) * Marvin "Chippeo" Jackson – background vocals (1, 7) * Avery Jones – drums, keyboard, programming, bass, and guitar (16) * Debra Killings – bass (9) * Steve Lake – guitar (11, 12), bass (12) * Tami Latrell – background vocals (14) * Fitzgerald Lingard – bass (10, 14) * "Thunda" Dan Marshall – guitar (1, 7, 9, 10, 14) * Sol Messiah – drums, keyboards, and programming (11, 12) *

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– background vocals (10) * Happy Perez – additional keyboards (2) * Deone Rhodes – background vocals (1) * Rock D The Legend – flute (14) * Jen Rose – opera vocals (1) * Rhemario "Rio Beats" Webber – Hammond organ (12)

Technical personnel and design

* Wayne Allison – engineer (3) *

– engineer (1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14) * Sean Blaze – engineer and mixing (16) * Robert "Big Brizz" Brisbane – engineer (5) * Chris Carmouch – engineer (6) * Tony Cavasin – assistant engineer (1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14) * Rick DeVarona – assistant engineer (1, 7, 10, 14) * Kathryn Diehl – mixing assistant (2, 5, 8) * Blake Douglas – engineer (10), mixing assistant (9, 10, 14) * Taylor Dow – assistant engineer (2, 15) * Gary Fly – assistant engineer (6) * Mike Frost – art direction * Chris Gehringer – mastering * Conrad Golding – engineer (3) * Jason Goldstein – mixing (3) * Mark "Exit" Goodchild – engineer (13) * Michael Guidatti – assistant engineer (1, 7, 10, 14) *

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– engineer (1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16), mixing (1, 4, 6, 15, 16) * Eric Jensen – mixing assistant (13) * Jonathan Mannion – photography * "Thunda" Dan Marshall – engineer (1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14) * Rodney Maspoch – engineer (13) * Play-N-Skillz – mixing (4) * Gregg Rominiecki – engineer (2, 15) * Brian Stanley – engineer (12), mixing (2, 5, 7-14) * Matt Still – engineer (1, 14) * Bram Tobey – mixing assistant (13)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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