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. It was released in May 1993 through a joint venture between O.G. Dewey Forker's Underground Records and J. Prince's

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with distribution via

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. Recording sessions took place at Jungle Style Studios and at Digital Services in

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. Production was handled by John Bido, Mike Dean,

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, and

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, who also was serving as executive producer together with Edward Russell and O.G. Dewey. It features guest appearances from

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and Scarface. Member Richard "Lo Life" Nash was absent on the project due to his imprisonment. The album peaked at number 176 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 19 on the

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and number 26 on the

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. Its lead single, "Thanks for the Blessing", did not made it to the ''Billboard'' charts.

Track listing

Personnel

*Andre "007" Barnes – main performer *Eric "E-Rock" Taylor – main performer * Brad Jordan – rap vocals (track 3) * James A. Smith – voice (track 11), producer, executive producer * Richard Stephen Shaw – rap vocals (track 14) * Devin Copeland – vocals (track 14) * Michael George Dean – producer, mixing, mastering, engineering *John Okuribido – producer, mixing * Joseph Johnson – producer, mixing *John Moran – mastering *"O.G. Dewey" Forker – executive producer *Edward Russell – executive producer *Leroy Robinson, Jr. – art direction, design

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1993 debut albums 5th Ward Boyz albums Priority Records albums Rap-A-Lot Records albums Albums produced by N.O. Joe Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer)