''Rottin ta da Core'' is the only studio album by American hip-hop group
Rottin Razkals. It was released on March 14, 1995 through Illtown/
Mad Sounds Recordings. Recording sessions took place at Marion Recording Studios in New Jersey and at Platinum Island Studios in New York. Production was handled by
Naughty by Nature, Double I, and Mufi. It features
guest appearance
The term guest appearance generally denotes the appearance of a guest in an artistic or pop-culture setting.
The guests themselves (referred to as guest artists, featured artists, guest stars, or guest fighters, depending on context), are disting ...
s from
Treach,
Road Dawgs, Bad News, Black, Cruddy Click, Dueja, Headache, Steel Handler and Supreme C.
The album managed to make it to number 190 on the
''Billboard'' 200, number 28 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip-hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Luminate. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated January 30, ...
and number 14 on the
Top Heatseekers. It was supported by two charting singles: "
Hey Alright", which peaked at number 74 on the
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 ...
and number 23 on the
Hot Rap Songs
Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by '' Billboard'' in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stat ...
, and "
Oh Yeah", which peaked at number 63 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 14 on the Hot Rap Songs charts in the United States.
Track listing
;Sample credits
*Track 3 contains a sample from "Say Yeah" written by Ronald LaPread and
Lionel Richie
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and performed by the
Commodores.
*Track 5 contains a sample from "
Tobacco Road" written by
John D. Loudermilk and performed by
Brother Jack McDuff.
*Track 6 contains a sample from "
Caravan of Love" written by
Ernie Isley,
Marvin Isley and
Chris Jasper and performed by
Isley-Jasper-Isley.
*Track 10 contains a replayed sample from "Could I Be Falling in Love" written by Alex Zanties.
*Track 12 contains a sample from "How Do You View You" written by
George Clinton,
William Collins and
Bernie Worrell and performed by the
Funkadelics.
Personnel
*Abdullah Barr – vocals
*Charles Kelley – vocals
*Jeffrey Ray – vocals
*Anthony "
Treach" Criss – additional vocals
(track 2), vocals
(track 10)
*Headache – additional vocals
(tracks: 2, 7)
*Bad News – additional vocals
(track 2)
*Jonte "G-Luv" Ray – additional vocals
(tracks: 2, 4, 7)
*Omar "B.R The Swamp Rat" Williams – additional vocals
(tracks: 2, 4, 7)
*Steel Handler – additional vocals
(track 2)
*Cruddy Click – additional vocals
(tracks: 4, 7)
*Black – additional vocals
(track 7)
*Dueja – additional vocals
(track 7)
*Supreme C – additional vocals
(track 7)
*David Bellochio – keyboards
(tracks: 2-4, 6, 7, 10-12), recording
*Jack Daley – bass
(tracks: 2-4, 7, 10)
*Angela Piva – recording, mixing
*
Bob Power – mixing
*Kier "
KayGee" Gist – mixing, executive producer
*
Ken "Duro" Ifill – recording assistant
*Mike Pisano – recording assistant
*Steve Sisco – recording assistant
*Eddy Schreyer – mastering
*Sonny Mediana – art direction
*Kwesi Osborne – design
*James Minchin – photography
*Lisa Smith Craig – production coordinator
Charts
References
External links
Motown albums
1995 debut albums
Albums produced by KayGee
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