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. It was released on August 31, 1999 through Hoo-Bangin'/

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, Finale, Soultre,

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, TQ, La' Reece and Barbara Wilson. The album peaked at number 77 on the ''Billboard''

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and at number 42 on the ''Billboard''

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was released for the song "Imagine That" and has a

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. The songs "King Of L.A." & "Hate" were later used in

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's 1999 film '' Thicker than Water'', and were also included in its

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Track listing

Personnel

*Bryaan "

" Ross – main artist, rap vocals *William " WC" Calhoun Jr. – featured artist (tracks: 1, 8) *Joseph "

" Cartagena – featured artist (track 1) *Terrence " TQ" Quaites – featured artist (track 2) *Barbara Wilson – backing vocals (tracks: 5, 7) *Derek "Finale" Cooper – featured artist (track 8) *Soultre – featured artist (track 9) *Lareece – backing vocals (tracks: 10, 11) *Todd "

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" Shaw – featured artist (track 13) *Delemond "Big Pimpin Delemond" Williams – featured artist (track 14) *Clement "Mad" Burnette – producer (tracks: 1, 11) *Treyvon "Young Tre" Green – producer (tracks: 2, 7, 9, 14) *Lamar "DJ

" Calhoun – producer (tracks: 4, 10) * Johnny Lee Jackson – producer (track 5) *Kevin "

" Gilliam – producer (track 8) * Anthony Banks – producer (track 13) *Dedrick "

" Rolison – mixing, executive producer *Carlos Warlick – mixing *

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– mastering *Jason Clark – artwork *Ken Hollis – photography *David Green – A&R

Chart history

References

External links

* 1999 albums CJ Mac albums Priority Records albums Albums produced by Ant Banks Albums produced by Johnny "J" Albums produced by Battlecat (producer) {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub