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. It was released on July 10, 2001 via Loud Records. Recording sessions took place at Soundcastle and Skip Saylor Recording in

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, and at Mirror Image Studios in Dix Hills.

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was handled by member E-Swift, as well as

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, DJ Twinz, Thayod Ausar and

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. It features guest appearances from Xzibit,

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, Defari,

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, Kurupt and Shae Fiol. The album reached number 47 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 14 on the

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and No. 14 on the Hot Rap Songs. The album's cover art is an

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Track listing

Personnel

*Rico " Tash" Smith – vocals, executive producer, A&R *James "

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" Robinson – vocals, executive producer, A&R *Eric " E-Swift" Brooks – vocals, producer (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19), executive producer, A&R *Alvin " Xzibit" Joiner – vocals (tracks: 2, 18) * Shae Geever – vocals (track 3) *Olan "Mr. Tan" Thompson – backing vocals (track 4) *Trevor "

" Smith – vocals (track 6) *Duane "Defari" Johnson – vocals (track 7) *Danny "

" Means – vocals (track 11) *Stanley "Stan The Guitar Man" Jones – guitar (track 15) *Roger "

" McBride – vocals (track 17) *Kurt "DJ Revolution" Hoffman – scratches (track 17) *Ricardo " Kurupt" Brown – vocals (track 19) *Dana "

" Stinson – producer (tracks: 3, 11) *George "

" Spivey – producer (track 6) *Eric "Thayod Ausar" Banks – producer (track 9) *

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– producer (track 13) * Chad Hugo – producer (track 13) *Raymond Grant – producer (track 18) *Richard Grant – producer (track 18) *Danny Romero – recording (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 10-12, 19), mixing (track 2) *Eric "Skip" Saylor – recording (tracks: 2, 4, 19) *Lance Pierre – recording (tracks: 3, 7, 9, 17) *Brian Stanley – recording (track 6) *Dave Hummel – recording (track 13) *Troy Hightower – recording (track 18), mixing (tracks: 3, 11) *Doug Wilson – mixing (tracks: 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17-19) * Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing (track 13) *Jason Clark – art direction, design, layout *David Bett – art direction *Daniel Hastings – photography *Shane Mooney – A&R *Trakelle Frazier – A&R *Racquel Boothe – A&R *Michael Cirelli – A&R *Lynn Nantana – management *Mike "Boogie" Robertson – management *Liz Hausle – product management *William Berrol – legal *Anthony Andrews – tour/road management

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2001 albums Loud Records albums Tha Alkaholiks albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by DJ Scratch Albums produced by Rockwilder Albums produced by the Neptunes