''One Man Band Man'' is the debut

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by American hip hop

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and

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Swizz Beatz Kasseem Daoud Dean (born September 13, 1978), known professionally as Swizz Beatz, is an American record producer, rapper, disc jockey (DJ) and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, Dean embarked on his musical career as a DJ. At the ag ...

, released on August 21, 2007, through

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and

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. The album features

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s from

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, R. Kelly and

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. The album's

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was handled by Swizz Beatz himself, as well as producers such as The Individualz,

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Nottz Dominick J. Lamb, (born February 21, 1977) better known by his stage name Nottz (or Nottz Raw), is an American hip hop record producer and rapper from Norfolk, Virginia. Nottz has produced for some of the biggest names in hip hop, including Bu ...

, Snags,

Neo Da Matrix Quaadir Atkinson, professionally known as Neo da Matrix, is an American hip hop producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Stone Mountain High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He has worked with Swizz Beatz as an in-house producer ...

, Eric McCaine, Young World Music.

Background and development

Swizz Beatz announced he was working on his first solo album on November 14, 2006 at

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's mixshow. The first offering was "Come and Get Me" featuring Cassidy and produced by Buckwild. Swizz said this about it: "This is the warm up... the push up before you hit the bar. I'm tired of playing the back. It's showtime. I'm ready to get it poppin'... come and get me." The song "Part of the Plan" was supposed to be the third official single but due to low record sales and not enough promotion it was eventually dropped. The music video was supposed to be based on the movie ''

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'' and was supposed to be directed by the director of the movie himself,

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. The video was also set to be shot in London. It was replaced with "

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," whose video is seen at the end of the music video for " Money in the Bank."

Commercial performance

''One Man Band Man'' debuted at number 7 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 45,000 copies in its first week, the album fell quickly, falling to 42 in its second week and 52 in its third. It also debuted at number one on the ''Billboard''

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chart. By September 20, 2008, the album had sold 159,400 copies in the United States.Kanye West Makes History, 50 Cent Comes Up Short, Fergie Continues Her Reign
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Track listing

;Sample credits *"It's Me Bitches" contains a

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of "Hollywood Babylon", as performed by

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. *"Bust Ya Gunz" embodies portions of "Down Bottom", as performed by Drag-On. *"Take a Picture" contains a sample of "Lovely Day", as performed by

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. *"Top Down" contains a sample of "Girl, Come on Home", as performed by

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. *"Money in the Bank" contains a sample of "Eric B. Is President", as performed by

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. *"Part of the Plan" contains a sample of "X&Y", as performed by

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. *"It's Me... (Remix)" contains a sample of "

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", as performed by

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and " C.R.E.A.M.", as performed by

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Charts

References

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