''I Gotta Get Mine Yo! (Book of Rhymes)'' is the fourth studio album by

Chubb Rock Richard Simpson, also known as Chubb Rock (born May 28, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York) is a New York-based rapper who released several successful hip hop albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s. A National Merit Scholar, Chubb Rock dropped out o ...

. It was released on September 1, 1992, via

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was handled entirely by

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and Chubb Rock himself. It features contributions from

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, Deneen Lowe, Eric Milteer, Curt Gowdy, Rob Swinga and

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. The album peaked at #127 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and at #24 on the

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. It spawned two singles: "Lost in the Storm" and "Yabadabadoo"/"I'm Too Much".

Track listing

Personnel

* Richard Simpson – vocals, producer *

– vocals (track 2) * Jean-Claude Olivier – additional vocals (track 4), producer *Richard Pimentel – additional vocals (track 4) *Deneen Lowe – vocals (tracks: 5, 6) *Samuel Barnes – additional vocals (tracks: 9, 12), producer *Robert Dicks – additional vocals (track 9) * Maxwell Dixon – additional vocals (track 12) *Eric Milteer – vocals (tracks: 15, 16) *Frank "Nitty" Pimentel – producer *Alexander Richbourg – producer *Herb Powers Jr. – mastering *Amy Bennick – art direction *Michael Britto – photography *Peter Bodtke – photography

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1992 albums Chubb Rock albums Select Records albums Elektra Records albums Albums produced by Trackmasters