''This Is Now!!!'' is the third studio album by

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. It was released in 2003 via D&D Records. The album's audio production was handled by

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, Arabian Knight, Caspa, Curt Cazal,

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, DJ Sage, Domingo, Kenny Muhammad the Human Orchestra,

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and Will Pack, with executive production provided by David Lotwin and Douglas Grama. It featured guest appearances from

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and Will Pack. The album debuted at number 99 on the

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. It spawned four singles: "Say What You Want", "Let's Get Up", "Stomped"/"Make You Say Yes", "Now That's What's Up"/"Ready Set Begin", but none of them charted.

Track listing

Personnel

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– main artist *

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– featured artist (track 5) * Will Pack – featured artist & producer (track 10) * William Paul Mitchell – featured artist & producer (track 11) * Kenny Muhammad The Human Orchestra – featured artist & producer (track 12) * Aaron Phillip – featured artist (track 12) * Demetrius Gibbs – featured artist (track 14) * Curtis Andre Small – producer (tracks: 1, 4) * Daniel Alan Maman – producer (track 2) * Christopher Edward Martin – producer (track 3) * Dominick J. Lamb – producer (track 5) * DJ Sage – producer (tracks: 6, 9) *

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– producer (track 7) * Marlon Williams – producer (track 8) * Domingo Padilla – producer (track 13) *

– producer (track 14) * Ted Hogan – producer (track 15) * Suleyman Ansari – producer (track 16) * David Lotwin – executive producer * Douglas Grama – executive producer, recording (tracks: 2, 7, 13) * Eric Steinen – recording (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 13) * Kieran Walsh – recording (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16), mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11-14, 16) * Dejuana Richardson – recording (tracks: 4, 15), mixing (track 15) * Dexter Thibou – mixing (track 3) * Pat Viala – mixing (track 7) *

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