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1997 studio album by Mack 10
Based on a True Story is the second solo studio album by American rapper
Mack 10 . It was released on September 16, 1997, through
Priority Records .
Production was handled by
Ant Banks ,
Binky Mack ,
DJ Bobcat , Young Tre,
Ice Cube ,
Soopafly , and Mack 10 himself. It features
guest appearances from Ice Cube,
Allfrumtha I ,
E-40 ,
Snoop Dogg ,
The Comrads and
Too $hort . The album debuted at number 14 on the
Billboard 200 , number 5 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums , and was certified Gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America on October 21, 1997.
Along with singles,
music videos were produced for two songs: "
Backyard Boogie "
[4] and "Only in California"
[5] featuring Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg. Ice Cube makes a
cameo appearance in "Backyard Boogie".
The song "Can't Stop" was previously released on Ant Banks' compilation album
Big Thangs . "Dopeman", a
cover version of the 1987
N.W.A song of the same name, was later included on two Priority Records compilations
In tha Beginning...There Was Rap and
Straight Outta Compton: N.W.A 10th Anniversary Tribute .
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Mack Manson (Intro)" (featuring
Ice Cube ) 0:54 2. "Chicken Hawk II" (featuring Ice Cube) Young Trey 2:43 3. "Mack 10, Mack 10" (featuring
Allfrumtha I and
The Comrads )
Binky Mack 4:00 4. "Bangin Gears (Insert)" (featuring Ice Cube) 0:48 5. "
Backyard Boogie "
Bobcat 4:19 6. "Can't Stop" (featuring
E-40 )
Ant Banks 4:25 7. "Tonight's the Night" (featuring
Squeak Ru ) Ant Banks 3:16 8. "Aqua Boogie" (Insert) 0:57 9. "The Guppies" (featuring Ice Cube) Binky Mack 4:52 10. "Inglewood Swangin' " 3:59 11. "Dopeman" Ant Banks 4:03 12. "What You Need? (Dopeman '97)" Binky Mack 3:24 13. "Only in California" (featuring Ice Cube and
Snoop Doggy Dogg ) 4:40 14. "Gangster Poem" (Insert) 0:53 15. "W/S foe Life" 2:40 16. "Based on a True Story" (featuring
Too $hort ) Ant Banks 4:15 Total length: 50:08
Sample credits
Track 3 contains a sample from "
Roxanne, Roxanne " written by Jeffrey Campbell,
Shiller Shaun Fequiere , Fred Reeves, Curt Bedeau, Gerry Charles, Hugh Junior Clark, Brian "B-Fine" George, Paul Anthony George and Lucien George and performed by
UTFO
Track 7 contains a sample from "
Buffalo Gals " written by
Trevor Horn ,
Malcolm McLaren and
Anne Dudley and performed by
Malcolm McLaren &
The World's Famous Supreme Team
Track 10 contains an interpolation of "
Hollywood Swinging " written by
Robert "Kool" Bell ,
Ronald Bell , George M. Brown, Robert "Spike" Mickens,
Claydes Charles Smith , Dennis R. Thomas and Rick A. Westfield and performed by
Kool & the Gang
Dedrick "
Mack 10 " Rolison – main artist, producer (tracks: 10, 13)
O'Shea "
Ice Cube " Jackson – vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 13) , producer (track 15)
Ryan "
Binky Mack " Garner – vocals (track 3) , producer (tracks: 3, 9, 12, 15)
Marcus "
Squeak Ru " Moore – vocals (tracks: 3, 7)
Kelly "
K-Mac " Garmon – vocals (track 3)
Terrell "Gangsta" Anderson – vocals (track 3)
Earl "
E-40 " Stevens – vocals (track 6)
Calvin "
Snoop Dogg " Broadus – vocals (track 13)
Todd "
Too $hort " Shaw – additional vocals (track 16)
James "Tre" Rabb – guitar (track 6)
Treyvon "Young Tre" Green – producer (track 2)
Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin – producer (tracks: 5, 10)
Anthony
"Ant" Banks – producer (tracks: 6, 7, 11, 16)
Priest "
Soopafly " Brooks – producer (track 13)
Carlos Warlick – engineering, mixing
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
Art "Shō-G" Shoji – artwork
Michael Miller – photography
Marlene C. Durio – A&R
Marvin Watkins – A&R
^ Birchmeier, Jason.
"Based on a True Story - Mack 10 | Songs, Reviews, Credits" .
AllMusic . Retrieved February 4, 2021 .
^
Christgau, Robert (2000).
Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s .
St. Martin's Griffin . p. 189.
ISBN
0-312-24560-2 – via
Internet Archive .
^
Baker, Soren (October 1997). "Record Report: Mack 10 – Based On A True Story".
The Source . No. 97. New York. pp. 174, 176.
^
Mack 10 - "Backyard Boogie" (official video) .
YouTube . Retrieved on 2010-02-04.
^
Mack 10 - "Only in California" (official video) .
YouTube . Retrieved on 2010-02-04.
^
"Billboard 200 Chart: Week of October 4, 1997" .
Billboard . Retrieved February 4, 2021 .
^
"Top R&B Albums" .
Billboard .
Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 4, 1997. p. 42.
ISSN
0006-2510 . Retrieved February 4, 2021 .
^
"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1997" .
Billboard . Retrieved February 4, 2021 .
^
"American album certifications – Mack 10 – Based On A True Story" .
Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved February 4, 2021 .
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