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, Just Brittany,

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. In the United States, the album debuted at number 90 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 12 on the

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, number 10 on the

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and number 14 on the

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charts.

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 2 contains an interpolation of " Sho Nuff" written by Winston Rogers, Marlon Goodwin, Premro Smith and Phalon Alexander and performed by Tela.

Personnel

*Joseph "

" McVey — vocals, producer (track 14), executive producer *Bernard "

" Freeman — vocals (track 2) *Stayve "

" Thomas — vocals (track 4) *Mario "

" Mims — vocals (track 5) *Nathan "

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" Blocker — vocals (track 6) *Just Brittany — vocals (track 9) *William "

." Dennis — vocals (track 13) *Marco Ramirez — lead guitar (track 7) *Jeffery Lewis — bass (tracks: 7, 13) *Carlton "

" Mays, Jr. — producer (track 1) *Randy "Bigg Tyme" Jefferson — producer (tracks: 2, 9), engineering * Donald "DJ" Johnson, Jr. — producer (tracks: 3–6, 8, 10, 12) *Kenneth Roy — producer (tracks: 3–6, 8, 10, 12) *Elimu "Big E" Tabasuri — producer (tracks: 7, 13) *Curtis "Curt McGurt" Lindley — producer (track 11) *Joshua Moore — co-producer (track 9), mastering *Mickaël Zibi — engineering *Marq Moody — mixing *James " J. Prince" Smith — executive producer *Brandon Holley — photography *Tony Randle — A&R *Anzel Jennings — A&R *Travis Farris — A&R

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2011 albums Z-Ro albums Albums produced by Z-Ro Rap-A-Lot Records albums Albums produced by Honorable C.N.O.T.E.