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With a cast list lengthy enough to compete with that of a small movie, The Album is an auditory trip into the lives of a handful of nefarious individuals living a gangster lifestyle, however unconvincing. Major players on this project include Nas ("Escobar"), Foxy Brown, AZ (Sosa), and Nature, although tracks are peppered with additional and less popular MCs such as Prettyboy ("Firm All Stars"), Wizard ("Untouchable"), Canibus ("Desperados"), Noreaga ("I'm Leaving"), and Half-a-Mil ("Throw Your Guns"). Dr. Dre and the Trackmasters share equal billing as supervising producers. Dre's production is atypically diverse from track to track and lacks any samples or arrangements reminiscent of his work with N.W.A., Snoop Dogg, or his own solo projects. This diversity may be the result of the collaboration with Chris "The Glove" Taylor on the production tasks for five of the six tracks for which Dre is responsible. The teamwork production of the Trackmasters is orchestrated by Poke & Tone, Curt Gowdy, L.E.S. and provides the instrumentation for the remaining seven of 13 songs. Overshadowed by lewd profanity, violence, and limited scope of content, The Album fails to make a favorable or unique impression among contemporary releases
© Qa'id Jacobs /TiVo
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Not Applicable, ComposerLyricist - The Firm, MainArtist
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Andre Young, ComposerLyricist - Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Inga Marchand, ComposerLyricist - Camara Kambon, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Foxy Brown, MainArtist - Anthony Cruz, ComposerLyricist - Nas, MainArtist - Az, MainArtist - Dr. Dre, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Huredia, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Cruse, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris "The Glove" Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Glove, Producer
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
The Firm, MainArtist - Non Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Nature, MainArtist - Jermaine Baxter, ComposerLyricist - Mike Elizondo, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Camara Kambon, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Cruz, ComposerLyricist - Nas, MainArtist - Az, MainArtist - Dr. Dre, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Richard Huredia, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Cruse, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris "The Glove" Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Glove, Producer
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Nature, MainArtist - Jermaine Baxter, ComposerLyricist - Tone, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Cruz, ComposerLyricist - Poke, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - Az, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Pimentel, ComposerLyricist - Curt Gowdy, Producer
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Sylvia Robinson, ComposerLyricist - Nature, MainArtist - Jermaine Baxter, ComposerLyricist - Mike Elizondo, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Traci Nelson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Camara Kambon, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Vick, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Moore, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Dre, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Richard Huredia, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Cruse, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Ray, ComposerLyricist - Glove, Producer - Al Goodman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Inga Marchand, ComposerLyricist - Tone, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Foxy Brown, MainArtist - Pretty Boy, MainArtist - Poke, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
The Firm, MainArtist - Non Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Mike Elizondo, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Inga Marchand, ComposerLyricist - Traci Nelson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - Foxy Brown, MainArtist - Scott Kieklak, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Dre, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Huredia, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barbara Wilson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Glove, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dorothy Coleman, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Danette Wilson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Trini Alvaraz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Inga Marchand, ComposerLyricist - Tone, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TERRY LEWIS, ComposerLyricist - Foxy Brown, MainArtist - Poke, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel James Harris Iii, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Melvin Bradford, ComposerLyricist - Wizard, MainArtist - Mel-Man, Producer - Dr. Dre, Producer - Richard Huredia, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
The Firm, MainArtist - Non Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Larry Smith, ComposerLyricist - Jalil Hutchins, ComposerLyricist - Nature, MainArtist - Jermaine Baxter, ComposerLyricist - Mike Elizondo, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Camara Kambon, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - ROGER TROUTMAN, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dr. Dre, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Huredia, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Fletcher, ComposerLyricist - Glove, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Talk Box, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
The Firm, MainArtist - Non Applicable, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Nature, MainArtist - Jermaine Baxter, ComposerLyricist - Canibus, MainArtist - Germaine Williams, ComposerLyricist - Tone, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Cruz, ComposerLyricist - Poke, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Az, MainArtist - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wasis Diop, ComposerLyricist - Richard Pimentel, ComposerLyricist - Curt Gowdy, Producer
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Leshan Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Nasir Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mike Elizondo, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dawn Robinson, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Henry McGrier, ComposerLyricist - Foxy Brown, MainArtist - Ron Blake, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Winfield, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - KEVIN PARKER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nas, MainArtist - Jerry Moore, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Az, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Dre, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Huredia, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Teena Marie, ComposerLyricist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Inga D. Marchand, ComposerLyricist - L.E.S., Producer - Scott Huges, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Mengle, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Victor Santiago, ComposerLyricist - Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Jermaine Baxter, ComposerLyricist - Noreaga, MainArtist - Tone, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Poke, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rich Travali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Tone, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Cruz, ComposerLyricist - Poke, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Az, MainArtist - Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half-A-Mil, MainArtist - Jasun Wardlaw, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
Album review
With a cast list lengthy enough to compete with that of a small movie, The Album is an auditory trip into the lives of a handful of nefarious individuals living a gangster lifestyle, however unconvincing. Major players on this project include Nas ("Escobar"), Foxy Brown, AZ (Sosa), and Nature, although tracks are peppered with additional and less popular MCs such as Prettyboy ("Firm All Stars"), Wizard ("Untouchable"), Canibus ("Desperados"), Noreaga ("I'm Leaving"), and Half-a-Mil ("Throw Your Guns"). Dr. Dre and the Trackmasters share equal billing as supervising producers. Dre's production is atypically diverse from track to track and lacks any samples or arrangements reminiscent of his work with N.W.A., Snoop Dogg, or his own solo projects. This diversity may be the result of the collaboration with Chris "The Glove" Taylor on the production tasks for five of the six tracks for which Dre is responsible. The teamwork production of the Trackmasters is orchestrated by Poke & Tone, Curt Gowdy, L.E.S. and provides the instrumentation for the remaining seven of 13 songs. Overshadowed by lewd profanity, violence, and limited scope of content, The Album fails to make a favorable or unique impression among contemporary releases
© Qa'id Jacobs /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:54
- Main artists: The Firm
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Interscope
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records ℗ 1997 Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records
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