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. It was released on May 10, 1994, through Dangerous Music/

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. Produced entirely by Banks himself, it features

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s from Ant Diddley Dog,

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, Goldy,

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and the rest of

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. The album peaked at number 80 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 10 on the

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in the United States.

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 4 contains a sample of "House Full Of Girls" written by

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. *Track 5 contains a sample of "F-Encounter" written by Ron Ford, Rick Evans, George Clinton Jr. and William Collins and performed by

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. *Track 6 contains a sample of "Go Fer Yer Funk" written by George Clinton Jr. and performed by

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. *Track 8 contains a portion of the composition " Children of Production" written by George Clinton Jr., William Collins and

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. *Track 9 contains a portion of the composition "No Rump To Bump" written by

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and Jim Vitti. *Track 10 contains a portion of the composition " Chocolate City" written by George Clinton Jr., Bernie Worrell and William Collins. *Track 12 contains a portion of the composition "Home At Last" written by

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and

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Personnel

*Anthony "

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" Banks – vocals, keyboards, guitar, drum programming, producer, engineering *Todd "

" Shaw – vocals (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 10), executive producer *Robert Lee "

" Greene Jr. – vocals (track 2) *Raymond "

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" Riley – vocals (track 3) *Mhisani " Goldy" Miller – vocals (tracks: 5, 7) *Anthony "Ant Diddley Dog" Nelson – vocals (tracks: 6, 9) *R. "

" Royster – vocals (tracks: 6, 9) *Damani "Father Dom" Khaleel – vocals (track 6) *Ramone " Pee-Wee" Gooden – vocals (track 6), keyboards, guitar, engineering *Stacy Hogg – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9) *Clyde Thompson – backing vocals (track 1) *Otis Cooper – backing vocals (track 4) *Sugar Ray Howell – backing vocals (track 4) *Kiki Hitsville – backing vocals (track 6) *Roniece Levias – backing vocals (track 11) *Tony Edwards – backing vocals (track 11) *Jeffrey Spencer McCormick – saxophone (track 12) *Kirk Felton – digital editing * Tom Coyne – mastering *Randy Austin – executive producer *Izumi Inoue – design

Charts

References

External links

* 1994 albums Ant Banks albums Jive Records albums Albums produced by Ant Banks {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub