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''Back 2 the Game'' is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Do Or Die. It was released on August 13, 2002, via Rap-A-Lot/
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. Recording sessions took place at The Legendary Traxster, Inc., at Legit Ballers Studio, at Most Wanted Studio, at Chicago Tracks, and at
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.
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was handled by
The Legendary Traxster Samuel Lindley (born July 14, 1973), better known by his stage name The Legendary Traxster, is an American songwriter, rapper and record producer. He is best known as a producer for hip hop artist Twista and group Do or Die. Lindley is the ow ...
, Toxic, Naki and Datanna, with
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serving as executive producer. It features
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s from Johnny P.,
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and Yung Buk. The album peaked at No. 64 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 25 on the
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chart.


Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 4 contains portions of the composition "
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*Track 7 contains portions of the composition "
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Personnel

*Anthony "N.A.R.D." Round – vocals *Darnell "Belo Zero" Smith – vocals *Dennis "AK47" Round – vocals *John "Johnny P" Pigram – vocals (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 9-11, 14) *Carl "
Twista Carl Terrell Mitchell (born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Twista (also known as Tung Twista), is an American rapper. He is best known for his Chopper (rap), chopper style of rapping and for once holding the title of fastest ...
" Mitchell – vocals (track 3) *Jeffery "Yung Buk" Robinson – vocals (track 5) *Frederick "Toxic" Taylor – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 6), engineering, mixing *Samuel "
The Legendary Traxster Samuel Lindley (born July 14, 1973), better known by his stage name The Legendary Traxster, is an American songwriter, rapper and record producer. He is best known as a producer for hip hop artist Twista and group Do or Die. Lindley is the ow ...
" Lindley – producer (tracks: 2, 5, 7-11), engineering, mixing *Daniel "Datanna" Griffin – producer (track 4) *Johnnie "Naki" Moore – producer (tracks: 12, 13), engineering, mixing *Larry Sturm – engineering, mixing *Manny Mohr – engineering, mixing * Chris Steinmetz – mixing *Eddy Schreyer – mastering *James "
J. Prince James Prince (born James Andre Smith; October 31, 1965) is an American record executive, music promoter and talent manager. He founded the Houston-based Southern hip-hop record label Rap-A-Lot Records in 1986, which has discovered or signed art ...
" Smith – executive producer *Jason Clark – artwork, design, layout *T. Hopkins – photography *Tony "Big Chief" Randle – A&R *Anzel "Int'l Red" Jennings – A&R


Charts


References


External links

* 2002 albums Do or Die (group) albums Rap-A-Lot Records albums Albums produced by The Legendary Traxster {{2002-hiphop-album-stub