''Wu-Tang Records Presents... Myalansky & Joe Mafia in Wu-Syndicate'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop group

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. It was released on April 20, 1999 through

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with distribution via

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was handled by DJ Devastator, Smokin' Joe,

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and Dred, with

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serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from fellow

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12 O'Clock, KGB and Trigga. The album debuted at number 61 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. ''

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'' praised the song "Where Was Heaven" and considered Joe Mafia's rhymes to be "fluent" and "dizzying".

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's Keith Farley commented on the album's production and considered it "far from the worst Wu-Tang cash in".

Track listing

Track listing information is taken from the official

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and

. No individual song writing credits are given.

Personnel

*Joseph K. Outlaw a.k.a. Joe Mafia – rap vocals (tracks: 1-7, 9-15, 17-18) *Timothy Eugene Turner a.k.a. Myalansky – rap vocals (tracks: 1-4, 6-16, 18) *Corey Hart a.k.a. Napoleon – rap vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 18) *Odion Turner a.k.a. 12 O'Clock – rap vocals (tracks: 3, 10) *Thomas Cassidy a.k.a. Trigga – rap vocals (track 17) *Klik Ga Bow – rap vocals (track 17) *David "DJ Devastator" Walker – producer (tracks: 1, 3-8, 10, 11, 14, 15) * Ronald Maurice Bean – producer (tracks: 2, 13) *E the Dred – producer (tracks: 9, 12) *Smokin' Joe – producer (tracks: 16-18) * Robert Fitzgerald Diggs – executive producer *Nolan 'Dr. No' Moffitte – engineering *Michele "Michou" Robinson – art direction, design

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wu-Syndicate (album) 1999 debut albums Priority Records albums Albums produced by Mathematics