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. It was released on September 1, 1998 via Elektra Records. Recording sessions took place at Soundtrack Studios in New York.

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was handled by

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, Busta Rhymes,

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, L.E.S., M.D.,

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and

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. It features

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from

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on the sequel track of off ''

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''. The album peaked at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 3 on the

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in the United States, and at number 85 on the

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. Its single "Cha Cha Cha" made it to #61 on the US

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and #54 on the

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s were directed for "Everybody on the Line Outside" and "Cha Cha Cha".

Track listing

Personnel

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" Lewis – performer (tracks: 2–5, 8-16) *Roger " Rampage" McNair – performer (tracks: 2–7, 9-12, 14, 16) *Rashia "

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" Fisher – performer (tracks: 2–6, 9-14, 16) *Leroy "Baby Sham" Jones – performer (tracks: 2–5, 9-11, 13–16) *Wayne "Lord Have Mercy" Notise – performer (tracks: 4, 7, 9-11, 14) Technical *Kenyatta "

" Blake – performer (track 10) *George "

" Spivey – producer (tracks: 2, 5–7, 9, 12, 13, 15), arranging (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13), executive producer *Douglas "M.D." Brinson – producer (track 3) *Kasseem "

" Dean – producer (track 4) *Walter " Mr. Walt" Dewgarde – producer & arranging (track 10) *Joseph "

" Hernandez – producer (track 11) *Dana "

" Stinson – producer (track 14) *Leshan " L.E.S." Lewis – producer (track 16) *Vinnie Nicoletti – recording (tracks: 2–5, 7-13, 15, 16), mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5–9, 12–14, 16) *Robert Burnette – recording (tracks: 4, 6, 7, 14), mixing (track 11) *Andre DeBourg – recording (track 7) *Dominick Barbera – mixing (tracks: 4, 10, 15) *Eduardo Larez – assistant engineering (tracks: 2, 7, 9, 11), assistant recording (tracks: 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16), assistant mixing (tracks: 4, 7, 11, 12) *Rich Tapper – assistant engineering (tracks: 3, 10), assistant mixing (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16) *Jin Won Lee – assistant engineering (track 3), assistant recording (tracks: 5, 14), assistant mixing (track 15) *Cathy Rich – assistant engineering (track 6) *Sheldon Guide – assistant engineering (track 9), assistant recording (track 4) *Tom Passetti – assistant recording (track 8) *Darren Rapp – assistant recording (track 14) *

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– mastering *Rick Posada – executive producer *Gregory Burke – art direction, design *Alli Burke – art direction *Amy Guip – photography *Kevin "Webb" Welch – A&R direction, management *Lisa Aird – A&R coordination *

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– management *

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– management

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Imperial 1998 albums Rah Digga albums Busta Rhymes albums Elektra Records albums Rampage (rapper) albums Albums produced by DJ Scratch Albums produced by Rockwilder Albums produced by Swizz Beatz Albums produced by Da Beatminerz Albums produced by L.E.S. (record producer)