''This Is My Demo'' is the debut album from
British
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rapper
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Sway. It was released on 5 February 2006 and produced by Sway for
Dcypha Productions
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Background
Sway established Dcypha Productions, in 2004, to enable ...
. It consists mainly of
R&B and
British hip hop
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. The album was critically well received and spent two weeks on the chart, with a peak of number 78. The album was produced by Sway himself along with producers Joe Fields, Terror Danjah, Turkish, Bigz, Ramiz, Tamiz, Big E.D. and
Al Shux
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who produced almost all of the songs, including the single
Little Derek.
Track listing
* Track seven contains a sample of
Fleetwood Mac's "
The Chain
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This Is My DVD
On some versions of "This Is My Demo" a special DVD was included called "This Is My DVD". The track listing for the DVD is as follows:
# "Flo Fashion"
# "Up Your Speed"
# "Little Derek"
# "Download"
# "Radio 1"
# "On Tour"
# "In The Studio"
# "NYC"
# "Live!"
# "Bonus Track"
Production
* Sway DaSafo,
Al Shux
Alexander Shuckburgh, who is also known as Al Shux, is a British record producer and songwriter from London, England. Shux has worked with musical artists Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Plan B, Tinie Tempah and Lana Del R ...
, and Tamiz – track 1
* Sway DaSafo, Al Shux, and Joe Fields – track 2
* Sway DaSafo, Bigz, and Ramiz – track 3
* Sway DaSafo, Al Shux, Ramiz, Joe Fields, and
Baby Blue
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The first recorded use of ''baby blue'' as a color name in English was in 1892.
Variations of baby blue Beau blue
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– track 4
* Sway DaSafo and Joe Fields – track 5
* Sway DaSafo and Ramiz – track 6
* Sway DaSafo, D. Watson, L. Buckingham, M. Fleetwood, S. Nicks, C. McVie, J. McVie, and M. Meredith – track 7
* Sway DaSafo, R. Cryce, R. Annor, Big E.D., and Terror Danjah – track 8
* Sway DaSafo, T. Salih, D. Watson, T. Oriola, Haydon, and Turkish – track 9
* Sway DaSafo, Al Shux and M. Pusey – track 10
* Sway DaSafo, Al Shux and
Nate James
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– track 11
* Sway DaSafo, Al Shux, and Joe Fields – track 12
* Sway DaSafo and Al Shux – track 13
* Sway DaSafo and Al Shux – track 14
References
Sway (musician) albums
2006 debut albums
Albums produced by Al Shux
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