''U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta)'' (stylized on the cover as ''U.nited S.tate of A.tlanta'') is the fourth

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-based rap duo

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. The album debuted at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with approximately 201,000 copies sold in the first week released, marking the duo's highest-charting album to date. The album was eventually certified 3× platinum by the

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with an excess of 3 million copies sold . It was also released in a

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version. The Collipark remix of " (I Got That) Boom Boom" with

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was initially going to appear on the album but did not make the final cut.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Sample Credits * "Long Time" contains an interpolation of "Belle", written by Reuben Fairfax,

Al Green Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as Al Green, is an American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including " Take Me to the River", ...

, and Fred Jordan. * "Ghetto Classics" contains a sample of "

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", written by

Anne Dudley Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genre ...

Trevor Horn Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English music producer, label and recording studio owner, musician and composer. He is best known for his production work in the 1980s, and for being one half of the new wave band The Buggles (wit ...

J. J. Jeczalik Jonathan Edward Stephen "J. J." Jeczalik () is an English electronic musician/record producer, co-founder of the electronic music group the Art of Noise. He taught IT at Oxford High School until his retirement in 2013. Before Art of Noise He ...

Gary Langan Gary Michael Langan (born 19 April 1956) is an English engineer, record producer, mixer and musician. Biography His career started at age 18 when he worked as an assistant engineer at Sarm East Studios, learning the craft from Gary Lyons and M ...

, and

Paul Morley Paul Robert Morley is an English music journalist. He wrote for the ''New Musical Express'' from 1977 to 1983 and has since written for a wide range of publications as well as writing his own books. He was a co-founder of the record label ZTT Re ...

, and performed by

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. * "Bedroom Boom" contains an interpolation of "I Will Always Be There For You", written by

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. * "Hoes" contains an interpolation of "I Hate Hoes", written by Jeffrey Thompkins. * "Put That Thang Down" contains a sample of "

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", written by Tony Butler, and performed by

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. * "Shake" contains a sample of "

Din Daa Daa "Din Daa Daa" (also released as "Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)" or as "Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz)", from German + , "drum dance") is a song written and performed by German musician George Kranz, released as a single in 1983. His only international su ...

", written and performed by

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References

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