1998 studio album by Noreaga
N.O.R.E. (an acronym for Niggas On The Run Eating ) is the debut studio album by American rapper
Noreaga . It was released on July 7, 1998, by
Penalty Recordings . Recording sessions took place at
Criteria Studios in
Miami , at
The Hit Factory ,
Electric Lady Studios ,
The Cutting Room and Right Track Recording in
New York , at
Bearsville Studios , and at House Of Hits.
Production was handled by
Trackmasters ,
L.E.S. , Curt Gowdy,
Dame Grease ,
DJ Clue? , EZ Elpee,
Ken "DURO" Ifill ,
Marley Marl , Nashiem Myrick, SPK,
Swizz Beatz ,
The Neptunes and J "Waxx" Garfield. It features
guest appearances from Musaliny-N-Maze,
Nature ,
Big Pun ,
Busta Rhymes ,
Cam'ron ,
Carl Thomas ,
Chico DeBarge ,
Jadakiss ,
Kid Capri ,
Kool G Rap ,
Nas ,
Spliff Star and
Styles P .
The album debuted at number 3 on the
Billboard 200 and topped the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with sales of 165,000 in its first week of release. It was certified Gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America on September 15, 1998, for selling 500,000 copies.
The album contained the hit single "
Superthug " which peaked at #36 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and reached #1 on the
Hot Rap Singles chart.
The song "The Change" found new fame after then-underground rapper
50 Cent was filmed
free-styling over its instrumental. The album's first
single and title-track "
N.O.R.E. ", is featured on the soundtrack of the 2005 video game
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories , as the game was set in 1998, the year the album was released.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "The Jump Off" Charles Callet 0:54 2. "
Banned from T.V. " (featuring
Nature ,
Cam'ron ,
Styles P ,
Jadakiss and
Big Punisher )
Swizz Beatz 5:11 3. "I Love My Life" (featuring
Carl Thomas ) Santiago Lamont Porter Frederick Gordon Vincent Bell EZ Elpee 4:36 4. "
N.O.R.E. " Santiago Jean-Claude Olivier Samuel Barnes
Poke & Tone 3:14 5. "Hed Interlude" 1:00 6. "Hed" (featuring Nature) Santiago Baxter Olivier Barnes Poke & Tone 4:48 7. "It's Not a Game" (featuring Musaliny-N-Maze) Santiago Michael Allen Musa Abdallah Edwin Almonte Manuel Álvarez-Beigbeder Pérez Purificación Casas Romero SPK 3:12 8. "Fiesta" (featuring
Kid Capri ) Poke & Tone 3:35 9. "40 Island" (featuring
Kool G Rap and Musaliny)
Marley Marl 4:35 10. "The Way We Live" (featuring
Chico DeBarge )
L.E.S. 5:09 11. "Animal Thug Interlude" 1:41 12. "The Change" Curt Gowdy 3:32 13. "
Superthug " (featuring Tammy Lucas)
The Neptunes 5:00 14. "Da Story" (featuring Maze) L.E.S. 4:43 15. "Mathematics (Esta Loca)" 3:23 16. "The Assignment" (featuring
Busta Rhymes ,
Spliff Star and Maze) Nashiem Myrick J. "Waxx" Garfield 4:22 17. "Body in the Trunk" (featuring
Nas )
Dame Grease 3:49 18. "One Love" 5:13 19. "Outro" Callet 1:01 Total length: 1:08:58
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
See also
References
^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (June 16, 1998).
"N.O.R.E. - Noreaga | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards" . AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2015 .
^ Kulkarni, Neil (September 1998).
"Reviews" .
SPIN . Vol. 14, no. 9.
SPIN Media LLC .
ISSN
0886-3032 . Retrieved June 27, 2023 .
^
"Noreaga Chart History (Canadian Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved September 19, 2013.
^
"Noreaga Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved September 18, 2013.
^
"Noreaga Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved September 19, 2013.
^
"Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998" . Billboard . Retrieved April 14, 2021 .
^
"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1998" . Billboard . Retrieved April 14, 2021 .
^
"American album certifications – Noreaga – N.O.R.E."
Recording Industry Association of America .
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