''Neva Again'' is the debut studio album by

West Coast hip hop West Coast hip-hop is a regional genre of Hip-hop, hip-hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast of the United States. West Coast hip-hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during th ...

musician Kam. It was released in 1993 via Street Knowledge Records and EastWest Records America. The recording sessions took place at Echo Sound and Paramount Studios, in

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. The album was produced by Torcha Chamba, Solid Scheme, Mr. Woody, T-Bone, Rashad Coes &

DJ Pooh Mark Jordan (born June 29, 1969), better known by his stage name DJ Pooh, is an American record producer, rapper, screenwriter, and film director. He is perhaps best known for his production work on Ice Cube's 1993 single " It Was a Good Day", ...

. Kam's cousin

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made his appearance on the album as executive producer and the only guest vocalist. The album peaked at number 110 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and at number 18 on the

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in the United States.

Critical reception

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'' noted that "the L.A. rapper drops more science about white supremacy, poverty and politics in one verse than many others drop in entire songs." The ''

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'' called Kam "a rapper with strong convictions and a keenly focused and uncompromising lyrical style."

Track listing

;Notes *Track 3 contains a sample from " Papa Don't Take No Mess" by

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*Track 4 contains a sample from "Sexy Mama" by the Moments *Track 5 contains a sample from "Riding High" by Faze-O *Track 6 contains samples from "Midnight Runaway" by

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, " Trouble Man" by

Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American Rhythm and blues, R&B and soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player an ...

, "People" by

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and "Cosmic Slop" by

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*Track 7 contains samples from "

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" by

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and "Heartbreaker" by Zapp *Track 8 contains samples from "

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" by George Clinton and "Play Some Blues" by

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Personnel

* Craig A. Miller – main artist * O'Shea Jackson – featured artist (track 11), executive producer *Eddie "Coze tha Grinch" Goodman – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 10, 12) *Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 10, 12) *Angelo Trotter IV – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 10, 12) *Jesse D. Lars Jr. – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 10, 12) *Chris Charity – producer (tracks: 2, 9) *Derek Lynch – producer (tracks: 2, 9) *James Rashad Coes – producer (tracks: 3, 7) *Terry "T-Bone" Gray – producer (track 4) *Mr. Woody – producer (tracks: 6, 8) * Clarence "D.J. Train" Lars – scratches (track 5) * Mark Jordan – scratches (track 8), producer (track 11) *Brian Gallow – scratches (track 10) *Anthony "Soup" Holmes – keyboards (track 10) *Bob Morse – engineering *Mike Calderon – engineering * Tony Dawsey – mastering *Melanie Nissen – art direction *Richard Bates – design *S. Sung Lee – assistant design *Valerie Wagner – assistant design

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1993 debut albums Kam (rapper) albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by DJ Pooh