''School Dayz'' is the only studio album by American

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-based 13-years-old rapper

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. It was released on July 27, 1999 through $hort Records, a

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's vanity label on

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was handled by

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, Taj "Mahal" Tilghman, Jay Mac,

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, Larry "Rock" Campbell, Quint Black and Spearhead X, with Paul Brown and Too $hort serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Imajin, Ant Banks,

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, Lil' Rakim and Too $hort, with cameos from

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and

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. ''School Dayz'' was released before

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and

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were releasing charting albums. However, due to limited promotion, ''School Dayz'' did not reach any ''Billboard'' charts. However, the single "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" did make it to both the R&B and rap charts.

Track listing

Personnel

*Derek "

" Coleman – vocals * Imajin – vocals (tracks: 2, 6) *Lil' Rakim – vocals (track 4) *Todd "

" Shaw – vocals (track 10), executive producer *Earl "

" Stevens – vocals (track 11) *Anthony "

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" Banks – vocals (track 13), producer (tracks: 2, 8, 13) *David Anthony "

" Love Jr. – voice (track 1) *Jonathan "

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" Smith – backing vocals (track 3) *Calvin "

" Broadus Jr. – voice (track 5) *O'Shea "

" Jackson Sr. – voice (track 9) *Xavier "Spearhead X" Hargrove – producer (track 3) *James "Jay Mac" Beard – producer (track 4) *Larry "Rock" Campbell – producer (track 6) *Taj "Mahal" Tilghman – producer (tracks: 7, 10), coordinator *Phalon "

" Alexander – producer (track 12) * Tom Coyne – mastering *Paul Brown – executive producer *Ernest Washington – photography

Charts

"Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll"

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1998 debut albums Jive Records albums Albums produced by Ant Banks Albums produced by Jazze Pha