Track 2 – Produced for Works of Mart Productions ● Recorded and mixed at D&D Recording, NYC ● Contains sample from 'Mind Rain' as performed and written by J. Chambers ● Gifted Pearl / Ill Will Music, Inc. / Skematics Music (ASCAP). Track 3 – Recorded and mixed at Unique Studios and Chung King Studios, NYC ● Contains sample from 'Yearning For Your Love' as performed by The Gap Band and written by R. Wilson and O. Scott, used courtesy of PolyGram Special Products, Inc. ● Ill Will Music, Inc / Skematics Music / Minder Music (USA) (ASCAP) / Taking Care of Business Music / Total Experience Music Publishing Co.
Track 4 – Produced for Mecca and The Soul Brother Productions, Inc. ● Recorded and mixed at Battery Studios, NYC ● Contains sample from 'It's Yours' performed by T La Rock, courtesy of Warlock Records. Published by Hit'N'Hold Music (ASCAP) ● Ill Will Music, Inc. / Skematics Music / Pete Rock Publishing (ASCAP).
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Track 5 – Produced for Paul Sea Productions Inc. ● Recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC ● Contains samples from 'Dead End', 'Soul Travelin' and 'School Boy Crush' ● Large Professor Music Ltd. / EMI April Music Inc. / Ill Will Music, Inc.
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/ Skematics Music / Minder Music (USA) (ASCAP). Track 6 – Produced for Works of Mart Productions ● Recorded and mixed at D&D Recording, NYC ● Contains sample from 'We're In Love' as performed by Reuben Wilson and written by R. Wilson and P. Barsella ● EMI Unart Catalog Inc. / Ill Will Music, Inc.
/ Skematics Music / Gifted Pearl (ASCAP). Track 7 – Produced for A Tribe Called Quest, Inc. ● Recorded and mixed at Battery Studios, NYC ● Contains sample from 'Smilin' Billy Suite Pt. II' as performed by The Heath Brothers and written by J. Heath ● Ill Will Music, Inc.
/ Skematics Music (ASCAP) / MJQ Music, Inc. Track 8 – Produced for Paul Sea Productions, Inc. ● Recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC ● Contains sample from 'Walter L' as written by G. Burton ● Large Professor Music Ltd. / EMI April Music Inc. / Ill Will Music, Inc.
/ Skematics Music (ASCAP). Track 9 – Produced for Works of Mart Productions ● Recorded and mixed at D&D Recording, NYC ● Ill Will Music, Inc. / Skematics Music / DJ Premier Publishing / Gifted Pearl (ASCAP). Track 10 – Produced for Paul Sea Productions, Inc. ● Initial tracking at PowerPlay Studios, Long Island City, NY. Recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, NYC ● Contains samples from 'Human Nature' as performed by Michael Jackson and written by J.
Bettis and J. Pocaro; and 'N.T.' As performed by Kool & The Gang and written by G. Redd, Sr., G. Redd, Jr., R.
Smith ● Large Professor Music Ltd. / EMI April Music Inc. / Ill Will Music, Inc.
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Often cited as one of the best hip-hop albums of the '90s, is the undisputed classic upon which ' reputation rests. It helped spearhead the artistic renaissance of New York hip-hop in the post- era, leading a return to street aesthetics. Yet even if marks the beginning of a shift away from -inspired alternative rap, it's strongly rooted in that sensibility. For one, employs some of the most sophisticated jazz-rap producers around:, and, who underpin their intricate loops with appropriately tough beats.
But more importantly, takes his place as one of hip-hop's greatest street poets - his rhymes are highly literate, his raps superbly fluid regardless of the size of his vocabulary. He's able to evoke the bleak reality of ghetto life without losing hope or forgetting the good times, which become all the more precious when any day could be your last.
As a narrator, he doesn't get too caught up in the darker side of life - he's simply describing what he sees in the world around him, and trying to live it up while he can. He's thoughtful but ambitious, announcing on 'N.Y. State of Mind' that 'I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death,' and that he's 'out for dead presidents to represent me' on 'The World Is Yours.' Elsewhere, he flexes his storytelling muscles on the classic cuts 'Life's a Bitch' and 'One Love,' the latter a detailed report to a close friend in prison about how allegiances within their group have shifted. Hip-hop fans accustomed to 73-minute opuses sometimes complain about 's brevity, but even if it leaves you wanting more, it's also one of the few '90s rap albums with absolutely no wasted space. Reveals a great lyricist in top form meeting great production, and it remains a perennial favorite among serious hip-hop fans.