''Attack of the Weirdos'' is the debut

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rapper and

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member Bizarre. It was released on September 1, 1998 via Federation Records. Audio production of the seven track album was handled by local Detroit deejays and producers such as

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, who was

's deejay at the time, Mad Chemist,

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of Da Ruckus, and the now acclaimed producers

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of Slum Village and Mr. Porter. Being a member of hip hop collectives D12 and

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, Bizarre had some of his bandmates of both crews to appear on this album. The EP earned Bizarre the Inner City Flava Of The Year award in 1998. On May 11, 2018, it was announced that

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would be teaming up with Federation to re-release the EP for its 20-year anniversary. It is set to be reissued on July 27, 2018

Track listing

Note *Track 3 sampled "Prelude in C-Sharp Minor Op.3 No.2" by

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(1919)

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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* Rufus Arthur Johnson - lead vocals *

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- vocals & producer (track 2) *Von Carlisle - vocals (track 2) *

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- vocals (track 3) *

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- vocals (track 3) * Aubrey King - vocals (track 7) * Jerome Hinds - vocals (track 7) * Shakir Nur-al-din Abdullah - vocals (track 7) * Dewayne Battle - vocals & engineer (track 7) *Mad Chemist - additional vocals & producer (track 4) *ABM Nubian - additional vocals (track 2) *Dead Day - additional vocals (track 6) * Kevin Bell - producer (tracks 3, 5, 7), mixing (track 7) * Daniel Carlisle - producer (track 1) * James Yancey - producer (track 6) *Leonard "Lenn Swann" Adams - scratches (track 5) *Chaz Martin - engineer (tracks 1–2, 4-6) *I.V. Duncan - engineer (track 3) *Rob Fwarthout - mixing *

DeShaun Holton DeShaun Dupree Holton (October 2, 1973 – April 11, 2006), known professionally as Proof, was an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. During his career, he was a member of the groups 5 Elementz, Funky Cowboys, Promatic, Goon Sqwad, and D12. ...

- mixing (track 7) *Marc Kempf - executive producer, art direction, photography (cover & inside) *Rico Shelton - executive producer *Darrell Williams - executive producer *Bob Martus - photography (inside)

References

1997 debut EPs Hip hop EPs Bizarre (rapper) albums Albums produced by J Dilla Albums produced by Mr. Porter {{Ep-stub