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. It was released on July 11, 1995 through

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with distribution via

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. Recording sessions took place at Lil J's Studio in

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. Production was handled by Mike Dean, John Bido, Clement Burnette, John "Swift" Catalon, CJ Mac and Freddie Young with executive producer J. Prince. It features

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and Sherm. The album peaked at number 43 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart in the United States.

Track listing

;Sample credits Only God Knows *" Walk On By" by Isaac Hayes Times Is Hard *"I Found Love (When I Found You)" by The Spinners Wha Cha Gonna Do? *"Bridge of Sighs" by

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Personnel

* Richard Stephen Shaw – main artist, coordinator *Dante L. Miller – featured artist (track 10) *3D – featured artist (track 11) *Sherm – featured artist (track 9) *

– featured artists (track 10) * Bryaan Ross – additional vocals (tracks: 4-6), producer (tracks: 4, 6) *John Okuribido – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 12), mixing, coordinator * Michael George Dean – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 12), engineering, mixing *Clement "MAD" Burnette – producer (tracks: 3, 4, 6) *John "Swift" Catalon – producer (tracks: 7, 10) *Freddie Young – producer (track 11) * James A. Smith – executive producer *

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– mastering *"Jazzy" Jeff Griffin – assistant mixing and engineering *Troy "Pee Wee" Clark – assistant engineering *Patricia Sullivan – assistant mastering *Jason Clark – art direction, design *Dré – art direction *Tar – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1995 albums Bushwick Bill albums Rap-A-Lot Records albums Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer)