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. Recording sessions took place at Hippie House Studios and Knock Hard Studio in

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, at

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and Soundtrack Studios in New York, at Creator's Way Studios and Darkside Recordings in

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, at Right Track Studios in

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, and at Enterprise Studios in Burbank. Production was handled by Mr. Lee, Day Rock,

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, JB Money, Mike Dean, Mike Dunn,

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, and member A.K. It features guest appearances from Snypaz, Feloney,

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, Johnny P. and Mo Unique. The album peaked at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 4 on the

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in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

*Dennis "AK47" Round – vocals, producer (tracks: 2–4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17) *Anthony "N.A.R.D." Round – vocals *Darnell "Belo Zero" Smith – vocals *Charles "Chilla" Paxton – vocals (tracks: 2, 13) *Iren "2-4" Moore – vocals (track 2) *John "Johnny P" Pigram – vocals (track 4) *Monique Moy – vocals (track 9) *Feloney Davis – vocals (track 10) *Jeffrey "

" Atkins – vocals (track 14) *Bruce "

" Washington – vocals (track 15) *Tony Redd – additional vocals (track 4) *Casey Abernathy – additional vocals (track 9) *Swing – additional vocals (track 10) *Malcolm "

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" Greenidge – additional vocals (track 16) *Rufus "

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" Cooper III – additional vocals (track 16) *Earl "

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" Stevens – additional vocals (track 17) *Leroy " Mr. Lee" Williams Jr. – producer (tracks: 1–3, 5, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16), engineering *Derek Wayne "Day Rock" Bass – producer (tracks: 4, 9) *Mike Dunn – producer (track 10) *Irving "

" Lorenzo – producer (tracks: 11, 14) *Samuel "

" Lindley – producer (track 12), mixing *Joe "J.B. Money" Bythewood – producer (track 14) * Mike Dean – producer (track 17) *Micah Harrison – engineering *Mike Hengeli – engineering *Ryan Smith – engineering *Bryan Stanley – mixing *Pat Viala – mixing *

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– mastering * James A. Smith – executive producer *Jeff Battson – artwork, design, layout *

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– photography *Anzel "Red Boy" Jennings – A&R *Tony "Big Chief" Randle – A&R *Brian Leach – A&R *Jesse Jones – A&R *Ray Gregory – A&R

Charts

References

External links

* 2000 albums Do or Die (group) albums Rap-A-Lot Records albums Albums produced by Irv Gotti Albums produced by The Legendary Traxster Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer) {{2000-hiphop-album-stub