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2004 studio album by Young Gunz
Tough Luv
Released February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24 ) Recorded 2003 Studio
Genre
Hip hop Length 1 :12 :37
Label
Producer
"No Better Love" Released: 2004
"Friday Night" Released: 2004
Tough Luv is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo
Young Gunz . It was released on February 24, 2004 via
Roc-A-Fella Records . Recording sessions took place at
Sony Music Studios , Baseline Studios and Quad Recording in
New York , and at The Studio and Homebase Studios in
Philadelphia .
Production was handled by Chad Hamilton,
Just Blaze ,
Bink! , Boola, Darrell "Digga" Branch, Ez Elpee, Ruggedness and
Scott Storch , with
Jay-Z ,
Damon Dash and
Kareem "Biggs" Burke serving as executive producers. It features
guest appearances from Denim,
Beanie Sigel ,
Cam'ron ,
Chingy ,
Freeway , Jay-Z,
Juelz Santana ,
Omillio Sparks and
Rell .
The album peaked at number three on the
Billboard 200 and topped the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and sold 128,000 copies in its first week. By 2010, it sold 421,000 units in the US.
[5] Its lead single "No Better Love" peaked at number 36 on the
Billboard Hot 100 .
Track listing
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Future of the Roc" 2:59 2. "Roc U" (featuring
Beanie Sigel ) Chad Hamilton 4:52 3. "No Better Love" (featuring
Rell ) Chad Hamilton Ryan Press (
co. ) 3:55 4. "Friday Night"
Just Blaze 4:09 5. "$$$ Girlz" (featuring
Juelz Santana ) Chad Hamilton 3:54 6. "Never Take Me Alive" (featuring
Jay-Z )
Scott Storch 4:59 7. "Tough Luv" (featuring Denim) Ries Muhammad Smith Dee Ervin Just Blaze 5:39 8. "Grown Man" Ries Muhammad Hamilton L. Bell C. James Chad Hamilton 3:13 9. "North of Death" Chad Hamilton 4:59 10. "Look in Your Eyes" (featuring
Cam'ron ) Ruggedness 4:13 11. "Take It How U Want It" (featuring
Sparks ) Chad Hamilton 5:10 12. "That's Right" Boola 4:31 13. "Parade" (featuring
Freeway ) Chad Hamilton Ryan Press (
co. ) 4:31 14. "Time" Ries Muhammad Hamilton Presson Bob Reneu Chad Hamilton Ryan Press (
co. ) 3:46 15. "Life We Chose" (featuring Denim) Chad Hamilton Shane Boog (
co. ) Ryan Press (
co. ) 4:13 16. "Problemz" Ries Muhammad Lamont Porter Ez Elpee The Thorobreads (
add. ) 3:12 17. "
Can't Stop, Won't Stop Remix" (featuring
Chingy ) Darrell "Digga" Branch 4:22 Total length: 1:12:37
Sample credits
Personnel
Christopher "
Young Chris " Ries – vocals
Hanif "
Neef Buck " Muhammad – vocals
Dwight "
Beanie Sigel " Grant – vocals (track 2)
Gerrell "
Rell " Gaddis – vocals (track 3)
LaRon "
Juelz Santana " James – vocals (track 5)
Shawn "
Jay-Z " Carter – vocals (track 6) , executive producer
Denim – vocals (tracks: 7, 15)
Cameron "
Cam'ron " Giles – vocals (track 10)
Kenneth "
Omillio Sparks " Johnson – vocals (track 11)
Leslie "
Freeway " Pridgen – vocals (track 13)
Howard "
Chingy " Bailey – vocals (track 17)
Steve Tirpak – trumpet (track 1)
Emma Kummrow – violin (track 1)
Igor Szwec – violin (track 1)
Gloria Justen – violin (track 1)
Larry Gold – cello, additional strings and horns (track 1)
E-Bass – keyboards and guitars (tracks: 4, 7)
Matt McCarrin – additional keyboards (track 9)
J. I. of Team PB – additional vocals (track 10)
Cosmic Kev – additional scratches (track 13)
Roosevelt "
Bink! " Harrell III – producer (track 1)
Spunk Digga – co-producer (track 1)
Shane "Bermuda" Woodley – recording (tracks: 1, 3-5, 7, 10, 12, 14)
Jeff Chestek – recording (track 1)
Dragan "Chach" Cacinovic – mixing (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 16, 17)
Chad Hamilton – producer & recording (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13-15)
Doug Wilson – mixing (tracks: 2, 8, 11, 13-15)
Ryan Presson – co-producer (tracks: 3, 13-15)
Justin "
Just Blaze " Smith – producer (tracks: 4, 7)
Ken Lewis – mixing (tracks: 4, 7)
Scott Storch – producer (track 6)
Gimel "
Young Guru " Keaton – recording (track 6) , mixing (track 12)
Kam Houff – mixing (track 6)
Melvin "Ruggedness" Carter – producer (track 10)
Alrad "Boola" Lewis – producer (track 12)
Caveman – recording (track 13)
Shane Boog – co-producer (track 15)
Lamont "Ez Elpee" Porter – producer (track 16)
The Thorobreads – additional producer(s) (track 16)
Carlisle Young – recording (tracks: 16, 17)
Darrell "Digga" Branch – producer (track 17)
Tony Dawsey – mastering
Damon "Dame" Dash – executive producer
Kareem "Biggs" Burke – executive producer
Andrew Huggins – recording administrator
Eric Weissman – sample clearance agent
Dawud West – art direction, design
Mark Mann – photography
Oluwaseye Olusa – additional photography
Patrick Reynolds – A&R administrator
Darcell Lawrence – A&R direction
Darrin Chandler – A&R direction
Ramses Francois – A&R coordinator
Travis Cummings – A&R coordinator
Gary "Big Face" Bien-Aime – A&R
Shalik Berry – A&R
Sherman Dudley – management
Jay Brown – management
Amber Noble – marketing
Girard Hunt – marketing
Shari Bryant – marketing
Jennifer Justice – legal
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
^ Kellman, Andy.
"Young Gunz - Tough Luv Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" .
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^ Pemberton, Rollie (April 5, 2004).
"Young Gunz: Tough Luv" .
Pitchfork . Retrieved January 25, 2023 .
^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (February 24, 2004).
"Young Gunz :: Tough Luv – RapReviews" . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved January 25, 2023 .
^ Ryan, Chris (April 2004).
"Reviews" .
Spin . Vol. 20, no. 4.
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"(XXL Scan)Def Jam's Entire Rap Discography & Their Record Sales" . www.hiphopstan.com . Archived from
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"Young Gunz Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved September 14, 2020.
^
"Young Gunz Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved September 14, 2020.
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"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2004" . Billboard . Retrieved September 14, 2020 .
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