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1998 studio album by Yukmouth
Thugged Out: The Albulation
Released November 3, 1998 (1998-11-03 )
[1] Recorded 1997–98 Studio
Genre Length 2 :22 :51
Label
Producer
"Still Ballin'" Released: 1998
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
[2] RapReviews 6/10
[3]
Thugged Out: The Albulation is the debut solo studio album by American rapper
Yukmouth . It was released as
double album on November 3, 1998,
[4] via
Rap-A-Lot Records . The recording sessions took place at Enterprise Studio in
Burbank ) and at the Hippie House in
Houston . The
production was handled by
Mike Dean ,
Mr. Lee , Don Juan, Tone Capone and Keith "
88-Keys " Kinlow, with
J. Prince serving as executive producer. It features
guest appearances from his
Regime groupmates
Phats Bossilini ,
Tech N9ne ,
Madd Maxx and
Poppa LQ , a former
Luniz partner
Numskull ,
West Coast hip hop acts
MC Ren ,
Outlawz and
Tha Dogg Pound , several labelmates from Rap-A-Lot roster, such as the
5th Ward Boyz ,
DMG ,
Do or Die ,
Scarface and
Willie D , as well as Fa Sho,
Big Lurch ,
Tela and
Val Young among others. The album peaked at number 40 on the
Billboard 200 and at number 8 on the Billboard
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.
Along with a
2Pac -dedicated promotional single, a
music video was released for the song "Still Ballin'". The video, featuring
cameo appearances by the Outlawz,
Tech N9ne and
Shock G , was produced by Fifth Gear Ent. and directed by Eeinna Brighton-Akers, the first female director out of
Hype Williams ' Big Dog Films. The track "It's In My Blood Part II" is a sequel song to "In My Blood" performed by DMG, Yukmouth and
Big Mike off of Scarface's
My Homies , which was released seven months before this album.
Track listing
Disc 1 Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Godzilla" Tone Capone 3:43 2. "Do Yo Thug Thang" (featuring
Outlawz )
Mr. Lee 5:24 3. "City of Dope" 5:23 4. "Thugged Out" (featuring
The Regime ) Mike Dean 5:24 5. "Ridaz" (featuring
DMG and G Mone) Don Juan 4:25 6. "Stallion" (featuring
MC Ren and
Tech N9ne ) Don Juan 6:32 7. "Father Like Son" Mr. Lee 4:36 8. "Hater" 1:29 9. "U Love 2 Hate" Mike Dean 4:07 10. "Ice Cream Man" (featuring the
5th Ward Boyz and Fa Sho) Ellis Eric Taylor Andre Barnes Richard Nash C. Phillips B. Phillips Dean Mike Dean 4:22 11. "It's in My Blood, Pt. 2" (featuring DMG) Mike Dean 4:25 12. "Still Ballin' " (featuring Outlawz) Mike Dean 4:53 13. "Revelationz" 5:33 14. "Rolex Rulez" (featuring
Phats Bossi ) Don Juan 3:43
Disc 2 Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Sad Millionaire" (featuring Phats Bossi, Fa Sho and
Big Lurch ) Ellis Bankoudagba C. Phillips B. Phillips Williams Mr. Lee 4:24 2. "The Ballers Feud" (featuring
Numskull and
Kastro ) Mike Dean 4:47 3. "Pop da Collar" (featuring Fa Sho) Ellis C. Phillips B. Phillips Williams Mr. Lee 5:16 4. "My Buddy" (featuring
Daz Dillinger ,
Kurupt and Numskull) 4:50 5. "Extortion" (featuring Phats Bossi) Mr. Lee 4:25 6. "Menage a Trois" (featuring
Tela and Kira) Mike Dean 5:02 7. "Falling" (featuring
Do or Die ) Mr. Lee 5:08 8. "Mackin vs. Pimpin' " Mike Dean 4:38 9. "Gangsta Bitch" (featuring Fa Sho and
Val Young ) Ellis C. Phillips B. Phillips Dean Gilmour 3:17 10. "Rap-A-Lot Mafia" (featuring
J. Prince ,
Geto Boys ,
Ghetto Twiinz ,
Facemob , 5th Ward Boyz and
Snypaz ) 6:32 11. "Sacrifice My Life" (featuring Kuirshan) Mr. Lee 4:32 12. "Baller Mode" Don Juan 4:51 13. "Bumbell" (featuring Tech N9ne) Mike Dean 4:55 14. "Secret Indictment" 4:14 Total length: 2:22:51
Personnel
Jerold "
Yukmouth " Ellis – main artist
Mutah
Napoleon " Beale – featured artist (tracks: 2, 12)
Rufus "
Young Noble " Cooper III – featured artist (tracks: 2, 12)
Malcolm "
E.D.I. " Greenridge – featured artist (tracks: 2, 12)
Aaron "
Tech N9ne " Yates – featured artist (tracks: 4, 6, 27)
Keith "
Madd Maxx " Walker – featured artist (track 4)
Late "
Phats Bossi " Bankoudagba – featured artist (tracks: 4, 14, 15, 19)
Kenneth "
Poppa LQ " Green – featured artist (track 4)
Harold "
DMG " Armstrong – featured artist (tracks: 5, 11, 24)
Gary Paul "G Mone" Talley – featured artist (track 5)
Lorenzo "
MC Ren " Patterson – featured artist (track 6)
Andre "007" Barnes – featured artist (tracks: 10, 24)
Eric "E-Rock" Taylor – featured artist (tracks: 10, 24)
Richard "Lo Life" Nash – featured artist (tracks: 10, 24)
C. Phillips – featured artist (tracks: 10, 15, 17, 23)
B. Phillips – featured artist (tracks: 10, 15, 17, 23)
Antron "
Big Lurch " Singleton – featured artist (track 15)
Garrick "
Numskull " Husbands – featured artist (tracks: 16, 18)
Katari "
Kastro " Cox – featured artist (track 16)
Delmar "
Daz Dillinger " Arnaud – featured artist (track 18)
Ricardo "
Kurupt " Brown – featured artist (track 18)
Winston "
Tela " Rogers III – featured artist (track 20)
Kira – featured artist (track 20)
Anthony "N.A.R.D" Round – featured artist (track 21)
Darnell "
Belo Zero " Smith – featured artist (track 21)
Dennis "AK47" Round – featured artist (track 21)
Val Young – featured artist (track 23)
James "
J. Prince " Smith – featured artist (track 24) , executive producer
Brad "
Scarface " Jordan – featured artist (track 24)
William "
Willie D " Dennis – featured artist (track 24)
T. Jupiter – featured artist (track 24)
T. Edwards – featured artist (track 24)
Jean Dorcy – featured artist (track 24)
Dante Miller – featured artist (track 24)
Iren "2-4" Moore – featured artist (track 24)
Charles "Chilla" Paxton – featured artist (track 24)
Kuirshan – featured artist (track 25)
Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 13, 23)
Leroy "
Mr. Lee " Williams – producer (tracks: 2, 7, 15, 17-19, 21, 25, 28) , engineering
Michael "
Mike " Dean – producer (tracks: 3, 4, 9-13, 16, 18, 20, 22-24, 27, 28) , engineering, mixing, mastering
D. "Don Juan" Cayson – producer (tracks: 5, 6, 14, 26)
Keith "
88-Keys " Kinlow – producer (track 24)
Micah Harrison – engineering
Anzel "Red Boy" Jennings – production coordinator
Mario "Rico" Allen – production coordinator
Tony "Big Chief" Randle – production supervisor
Artwerkz – layout design
Pen & Pixel – photography design
Charts
References
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