Insomnia is a
hip-hopcompilation album presented by American rapper and record producer
Erick Sermon. It was released on April 23, 1996 via
Interscope Records. Recording sessions took place at Mirror Image, at the Music Palace, and at Rockin' Reel Recording Studios in
New York, and at Chuck Simone Studio.
Production was handled primarily by Sermon, who also served as executive producer,
Redman, and co-producers
Rockwilder and
Ty Fyffe. Beside Sermon, it features contributions from fellow artists affiliated with or discovered by him, such as Calif, Domo, Duo,
Jamal,
Keith Murray, L.O.D., Passion, Redman, The Wixtons, Xross-Breed, and Thomas "Tommy Gunn" Blincoe, who was murdered shortly before the album's release,[2] and to whom this album is dedicated. The album peaked at number 53 on the
Billboard 200 and number 10 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It spawned three singles: "
Funkorama", which peacked at No. 81 on the
Billboard Hot 100, "It's That Hit" and "I Feel It".
Insomnia is a
hip-hopcompilation album presented by American rapper and record producer
Erick Sermon. It was released on April 23, 1996 via
Interscope Records. Recording sessions took place at Mirror Image, at the Music Palace, and at Rockin' Reel Recording Studios in
New York, and at Chuck Simone Studio.
Production was handled primarily by Sermon, who also served as executive producer,
Redman, and co-producers
Rockwilder and
Ty Fyffe. Beside Sermon, it features contributions from fellow artists affiliated with or discovered by him, such as Calif, Domo, Duo,
Jamal,
Keith Murray, L.O.D., Passion, Redman, The Wixtons, Xross-Breed, and Thomas "Tommy Gunn" Blincoe, who was murdered shortly before the album's release,[2] and to whom this album is dedicated. The album peaked at number 53 on the
Billboard 200 and number 10 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It spawned three singles: "
Funkorama", which peacked at No. 81 on the
Billboard Hot 100, "It's That Hit" and "I Feel It".