''Ridin High'' is the seventh

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by the American hip hop duo

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. The album was released on March 13, 2007, by Bad Boy South. It was originally scheduled for July 2006, under the title ''Pure American Pimpin, but was eventually confirmed to be titled ''Ridin High''. The album features guest appearances from

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, Juvenile,

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, 112, and

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. It was produced by

, Sean Dre, Drumma Boy, Lil Jon, DJ Toomp, and Danja. The first single off the album is "Relax and Take Notes", which features the Notorious B.I.G. (containing elements of " Dead Wrong" from his posthumous album ''

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'') and Project Pat. The second single of the album is called "Cruzin'". Following its release, the album debuted at number eight on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, selling 50,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing

Credits

* Executive producer:

* Co-executive producer: Harve Pierre * Associate executive producer: Conrad "Rad" Dimanche * A&R: Dimanche and Dewayne "Big Du" Martin * Project manager: Gwendolyn Niles * Creative direction and design: Abbey Katz * Photography: Naoto Akeda * Background photos: Katz * Associate design: Marsha Porter * Styling: Shanieke Peru

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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