''The Awakening'' is the third solo studio album by American rapper PMD. It was released on June 17, 2003 via Solid Records.

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was handled by

EPMD EPMD is an American hip hop duo from Brentwood, New York. The duo's name is a concatenation of the members' names "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referring to its members: emcees Erick Sermon ("E" a.k.a. ...

DJ Honda DJ Honda is a Japanese record producer and DJ best known for his 1995 self-titled eponymous debut, '' DJ Honda'' (also shortened to '' h''). Biography DJ Honda moved to Tokyo at 17 years old to play in an American influenced rock band called 'T ...

, Track Addicts, 7L, Alchemist, DJ Lyve,

DJ Muggs Lawrence Muggerud (born January 28, 1968), professionally known by his stage name DJ Muggs, is an American DJ, audio engineer and record producer. He is a member of Cypress Hill, a member of the trip hop band Cross My Heart Hope To Die and the l ...

, Dre Meezy, the Ghetto Professionals, Ground Work, KutMasta Kurt, Pete Rock and Raheem Solo. It features

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s from Don Fu-Quan, 275, Cypress Hill, Fat Joe, Feever, J Boogie, Krazy Drayz,

K-Solo Kevin Madison, also known as K-Solo (born April 17, 1968) is an American rapper from Brentwood, New York who, along with Redman, EPMD, Das EFX, and Keith Murray, was part of the Hit Squad in the 1990s. Career K-Solo was a member of EPMD's "Hit S ...

, Rah, Rob Jackson, and

Erick Sermon Erick Sermon (born November 25, 1968) is an American rapper, musician, and record producer. He is best known as one-third—alongside PMD & DJ Scratch—of 1980s/1990s hip hop group EPMD and for his production work. Career Sermon started prof ...

, who appeared on the EPMD reunion track "Look At U Now". The album produced three singles: "Buckwild" b/w "Back To Work", "Straight From Da Heart" b/w "Next Chapter" and "Look at You Now". The song "Know What I Mean" was previously released on PMD and DJ Honda's 2002 collaborative project ''

Underground Connection ''Underground Connection'' is a collaborative studio album by American rapper PMD and Japanese producer DJ Honda DJ Honda is a Japanese record producer and DJ best known for his 1995 self-titled eponymous debut, '' DJ Honda'' (also shortened ...

''. Along with PMD's previous solo works — '' Shadē Business'' and '' Bu$ine$$ I$ Bu$ine$$'' — it was merged into a double disc compilation album ''Shade Business / Business Is Business / The Awakening'' released in 2013.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Awakening, the 2003 albums PMD (rapper) albums Albums produced by DJ Honda Albums produced by DJ Muggs Albums produced by Pete Rock Albums produced by Erick Sermon Albums produced by the Alchemist (musician) Albums produced by Parrish Smith