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Gorilla City .
2004 studio album by Guerilla Black
Guerilla City
Released September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28 ) Recorded 2004 Studio
Genre Length 56 :35
Label
Virgin
Producer
"Guerilla Nasty" Released: 2004
"Compton" Released: 2004
"You're the One" Released: 2004
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
[1] RapReviews 7/10
[2]
Guerilla City is the debut studio album by American rapper
Guerilla Black . It was released on September 28, 2004, via
Virgin Records . Recording sessions took place at SoundCastle, Forster Bros. Entertainment, The Darkchild Grind Factory, Can-Am Recorders and Southgate Studios in
Los Angeles , Danga Zone Studios in
Miami Beach , Big 3 Recording Studios in
St. Petersburg , and
Ardent Studios in
Memphis .
Production was handled by Carlos "6 July" Broady,
Jazze Pha ,
Darkchild ,
DJ Felli Fel ,
Fredwreck , Gabriel René,
Mario Winans ,
Red Spyda , Ric Rude,
Roy "Royalty" Hamilton and
Ski Beatz . It features
guest appearances from
Beenie Man ,
Brooke Valentine ,
Hot Dollar , Jazze Pha, Mario Winans,
Nate Dogg , Marion Remazeilles, Traci Nelson, Alex Thomas and Vonda Hope-Easton.
It debuted at number 20 on the US
Billboard 200 and number 4 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums , selling 46,000 copies during its first week on sale,
[3] and had sold 200,000 copies as of January 2005.
[4]
The album spawned three singles: "Guerilla Nasty", "Compton" and "You're the One", with the latter reaching number 77 on the US
Billboard Hot 100 .
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Hearts of Fire" Carlos "Six July" Broady 5:33 2. "Guerilla City"
Red Spyda 4:34 3. "Compton" (featuring
Beenie Man ) Carlos "Six July" Broady 3:53 4. "You're the One" (featuring
Mario Winans ) Mario "
Yellowman " Winans 3:38 5. "The Strip Club (Skit)" (featuring Alex Thomas and Vonda Hope-Easton) 0:52 6. "Trixxx" 3:46 7. "Guerilla Nasty" (featuring
Jazze Pha and
Brooke Valentine )
Jazze Pha 3:47 8. "Sunrise"
Roy "Royalty" Hamilton 3:56 9. "What We Gonna Do" (featuring
Nate Dogg and Traci Nelson)
Fredwreck 4:51 10. "The Hotel (Skit)" (featuring Alex Thomas and Vonda Hope-Easton) Alex Thomas Guerilla Black Hot Dollar Pete "Volcano" Farmer Til Welch 1:43 11. "Say What" Carlos "Six July" Broady 4:06 12. "Yes Sir" Gabriel René 3:37 13. "It's All Right" (featuring Marion Remazeilles and
Hot Dollar )
DJ Felli Fel 3:26 14. "Girlfriend" Jazze Pha 4:43 15. "My First"
Ski 4:10 Total length: 56:35
Charles "
Guerilla Black " Williamson – vocals, producer (tracks: 5, 10)
Moses "
Beenie Man " Davis – vocals (track 3)
Mario "
Yellowman " Winans – vocals & producer (track 4)
Alex Thomas – vocals & producer (tracks: 5, 10)
Vonda Hope-Easton – vocals (tracks: 5, 10)
Kanesha Nichole "
Brooke Valentine " Brookes – vocals (track 7)
Phalon "
Jazze Pha " Alexander – vocals (track 7) , programming (track 14) , producer (tracks: 7, 14)
Nathaniel "
Nate Dogg " Hale – vocals (track 9)
Traci Nelson – additional vocals (track 9)
Marion Remazeilles – additional vocals (track 13)
Leon "
Hot Dollar " Gray – additional vocals (tracks: 7, 13, 14) , producer (tracks: 5, 10)
Erick Coomes – guitar & bass (track 9)
Farid "
Fredwreck " Nassar – guitar, keyboards, producer & mixing (track 9)
Carlos "Six July" Broady – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 11)
Andy "
Red Spyda " Thelusma – producer (track 2)
Pete "Volcano" Farmer – producer (tracks: 5, 10) , executive producer, A&R
Til Welch – producer (tracks: 5, 10) , A&R
Rodney "
Darkchild " Jerkins – producer (track 6)
Ricky "Ric Rude" Lewis – producer (track 6)
Roy "Royalty" Hamilton – programming & producer (track 8)
Gabriel René – producer (track 12)
James "
DJ Felli Fel " Corrine – producer (track 13)
David "
Ski Beatz " Willis – producer (track 15)
Curri Weber – recording (tracks: 1, 3) , engineering assistant (track 11)
Kevin Haywood – recording (track 11)
Wassim Zreik – recording (track 14) , engineering (track 7)
Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks: 1-3, 6, 11, 12)
Jason Goldstein – mixing (track 4)
Richard "Segal" Huredia – mixing (tracks: 5, 9, 10, 14)
Jean-Marie Horvat – mixing (tracks: 8, 13, 15)
Jeremy MacKenzie – engineering (tracks: 2, 8, 12, 15)
Tommy Jamin – engineering (track 4)
Gabriele Chiesa – engineering (track 6)
Melvin Jackson – engineering (track 6)
Christen Delano – additional engineering (track 3)
Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond – executive producer, management
Liza Lowinger – art coordinator
Morning Breath Inc. – design
Jonathan Mannion – photography
Michelle Ryang – A&R
Ronette Bowie – A&R
Alan Mason – digital editing
Jared Robbins – digital editing
Sean Smith – creative director
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AllMusic . Retrieved March 17, 2024 .
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"Rascal Flatts 'Feels Like' No. 1" .
Billboard . October 6, 2004. Retrieved March 17, 2024 .
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Baker, Soren (January 6, 2005).
"Rapper's identity crisis? No biggie" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 17, 2024 .
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"Guerilla Black Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved March 17, 2024.
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"Guerilla Black Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved March 17, 2024.
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"Guerilla Black Chart History (Top Rap Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved March 17, 2024.