''Smash Rockwell'' is a studio album by American hip hop musician Casual. It was released on

Hiero Imperium Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings is an Oakland, California-based, independent hip hop record label founded and owned by underground hip hop collective, the Hieroglyphics. The label was created by the collective in 1995 to publish and market the ...

on September 6, 2005.

Critical reception

Andy Kellman of

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gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, writing, "The album is fairly uniform and consistently strong, despite the range of producers involved, and Casual is in improved form lyrically, nearly as sharp as he was throughout 1994's '' Fear Itself''." He added, "All the talk of taking things back to the early '90s can become nearly as grating as relentless gun talk, but Casual is thankfully less irritable than he was on ''He Think He Raw''." Dan Nishimoto of ''

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'' gave the album a grade of C+, stating, "When the grab-bag approach works, it certainly works to his advantage; from pimp strut to battlecat posturing, he gets to bake and taste the cake." Spence D. of ''

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'' included it on the "Top 26 Albums of 2005" list.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. * Casual – vocals, production (4, 12, 14), executive production *

J-Zone Jay Mumford (born Jarrett A. Mumford; February 26, 1977), known by his former stage name J-Zone, is an American record producer, drummer, multi-instrumentalist, former rapper, and writer from New York City. Career Known for his quirky lyrics an ...

– production (1, 10) *

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– production (2, 5), executive production * Bedrock – production (3) * E Mac – vocals (4) *

Too Short Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by his stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper. A pioneer of West Coast hip-hop, Shaw was among the first acts to receive recognition in the genre during the late ...

– vocals (4) * G Stack – vocals (4) * Richie Rich – vocals (4) * Psalm One – vocals (6) *

Jake One Jacob Brian Dutton (born May 11, 1976), known professionally as Jake One, is an American record producer and songwriter.Palermo, Thomas (2008)Jake One Readies New Album, XLR8R, September 5, 2008Matos, Michaelangelo (2004)Rocketship Blowing Up", ...

– production (6, 8) * Compound 7 – production (7, 15) *

E-40 Earl Tywone Stevens (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper. Stevens is a founding member of the rap group The Click (band), The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. He has released 27 stud ...

– vocals (8) *

Dan the Automator Daniel M. Nakamura (born August 29, 1966), better known by his stage name Dan the Automator, is an American record producer. He is the founder of the publishing company Sharkman Music and the record label 75 Ark. Early life Daniel M. Nakamura wa ...

– production (9) *

Opio Souls of Mischief is a hip hop group from Oakland, California, that is also part of the hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. The Souls of Mischief formed in 1991 and is composed of rappers A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai. History East Oakland n ...

– vocals (10) *

Tajai Tajai Massey, known mononymously as Tajai ( ; born April 21, 1975), is an American rapper and producer. He is one of the four founding members of the Oakland, California-based underground hip hop group Souls of Mischief and, with Souls of Mis ...

– vocals (10) *

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...

– production (11) *

Young Zee Dewayne Battle (born December 24, 1970), known professionally as Young Zee, is an American underground hip hop emcee. He is a member of the Outsidaz, alongside Pacewon and Rah Digga. Career Outsidaz The Outsidaz, a large hip hop crew that be ...

– vocals (13) *

Dante Ross Dante Ross (born October 11, 1965) is an American music industry executive, A&R representative, and record producer. He was named one of the top-25 greatest A&R representatives in hip-hop by ''Complex'' magazine. Ross has been in his career an ...

– production (13) * Oh, So Nappy! – design * James Patrick Dawson – photography * Ian Davis – executive production

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2005 albums Casual (rapper) albums Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings albums Albums produced by Dan the Automator Albums produced by Dante Ross Albums produced by Jake One Albums produced by J-Zone Albums produced by Quincy Jones