''Take a Look Over Your Shoulder'' is the second solo studio album by American hip-hop musician

Warren G Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and DJ who helped popularize West Coast hip hop during the 1990s.Steve Huey"Warren G: Biography" ''AllMusic.com'', Netaktion LLC, visited May 8, 2020. ...

. It was released on March 25, 1997, via

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. The recording sessions took place at G-Funk Studios in Lakewood, Golden Lady in

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, Track Record in

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, LightHouse Studios, and Enterprise Recording Studios in

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. Produced by Warren G, it features

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s from

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, Arnita Porter, Bad Azz, Dorinda Roberts, Jah-Skillz,

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, K-9, Knee-Hi, Mr. Malik, Nancy Fletcher,

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, Neb Luv, PC, Perfec, Reel Tight, Ricky Harris,

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, and Twinz. In the United States, the album peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 4 on the

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charts. It was certified gold by the

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on May 28, 1997, for sales of over 500,000 in the US alone. The album was supported with three charted singles: " What's Love Got to Do with It", "

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" and " Smokin' Me Out". The lyrics off the track "Reality" were also used in " Prince Igor", a collaboration with the Rapsody and

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Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 2 contains a sample of " Bitches Ain't Shit" written by Andre Young, Tracy Curry, Calvin Broadus, Ricardo Brown and Delmar Arnaud. *Track 3 contains an interpolation of "Cooling Me Out" written by

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, Ernest Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley and Chris Jasper. *Track 5 contains an interpolation of " If You Want Me to Stay" written by Sylvester Stewart. *Track 10 contains an interpolation of "Can You Feel It?" written by Darren Robinson, Mark Morales, Danny Harris, Kurtis Walker, Damon Wimbley and Dave Ogrin. *Track 13 contains an interpolation of " I Do Love You" written by

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. *Track 14 contains an interpolation of " Hey D.J." written by Ronald Larkins Jr., Larry Price,

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and

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and a sample from "She's Looking Like a Hobo" written by Malcolm McLaren and

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. *Track 17 contains a sample of "Love's Gonna Get Cha" written by Lawrence Parker and Antoinette Colandero. *Track 18 contains an interpolation of "One Love" written by Jalil Hutchins and Lawrence Smith.

Personnel

*Warren "

" Griffin III – vocals, keyboards (track: 5, 9), vibraslap (track 17), producer, executive producer *Nathaniel "

" Hale – additional vocals (track 2) *

– additional vocals (track 3) * Ricky Harris – additional vocals (tracks: 6, 9) *Ericka "Knee-Hi" Martin – additional vocals (tracks: 7, 9) *James "

" Savage – additional vocals (track 7) *LaMorris "Mr. Malik" Edwards – additional vocals (track 8), rap vocals (track 14) *Perfec – additional vocals (track 8) *Jamarr " Bad Azz" Stamps – additional vocals (track 8) *Deon Williams – additional vocals (track 9) *Dewayne Williams – additional vocals (track 9) *Jamali "Jah-Skillz" Carthorn – additional vocals (track 9) *Danielle "Neb Luv" Hollis – additional vocals (track 9) *Nancy Fletcher – background vocals (tracks: 10, 17) * Reel Tight – additional vocals (tracks: 12, 13) *Dorinda Roberts – additional vocals (track 14) *Arnita Porter – additional vocals (track 14) *K-9 – additional vocals (track 15) *P-C – additional vocals (track 15) *

– additional vocals (track 16) *Ricardo Rouse – guitar (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 13-15, 18), bass (tracks: 3, 7), keyboards (track 18) *A.J. Luke – keyboards (tracks: 2, 5, 8-10, 14, 15, 17), guitar & bass (track 17) *Del Atkins – guitar & bass (track 5) *Sean "Barney" Thomas – keyboards (tracks: 11, 13, 18) *Greg Geitzenauer – vocoder (track 11), keyboards (track 14), recording & mixing, re-mixing (track 18) *Lance Pierre – recording & mixing (track 7) *Kenny Ochoa – engineering assistant *Charles Nasser – engineering assistant *David Huron – engineering assistant *Dave Hancock – engineering assistant *Scott Gutierrez – engineering assistant *Sergio Garcia – engineering assistant *David Huron – engineering assistant *

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– mastering *Aaron Anderson – co-executive producer, production coordinator *Brian " B+" Cross – photography * Tina Davis – A&R

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1997 albums Warren G albums Def Jam Recordings albums Albums produced by Warren G G-funk albums