Blackout!

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Album Info

Release Date: 1999

Labels: Island Def Jam Music Group, Def Jam 2000

℗1999 The Island Def Jam Music Group ©1999 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Made in the EU.
All songs BMI/ASCAP

[Production]
Tracks 1, 9, 13, 15 produced for Funky Noble Productions
Tracks 2 to 5, 8, 11, 17 to 19 produced for Funklord Productions
Track 15 produced for Brick Mob Productions
Track 10 produced for B.U.D.A. Productions
Track 7 produced for F-5 Productions

[Studios]
Tracks 1 to 5, 8, 9, 11, 13 recorded and mixed at Mirror Image Times Square, NYC
Track 15 recorded at Enterprise Recording Studios, LA, CA, mixed at Mirror Image Times Square, NYC
Track 10 recorded and mixed at Soundtrack Studios, NYC
Track 7 recorded at Electric Lady Studios, mixed at Mirror Image Times Square, NYC
Track 12 recorded at Soundtrack Studios, NYC, mixed at Mirror Image Times Square, NYC
Track 14 recorded at Mirror Image Times Square, NYC and 36 Chambers NYC, mixed at Mirror Image Times Square, NYC
Track 6 recorded at 36 Chambers NYC, mixed at 36 Chambers NYC and Mirror Image Times Square, NYC
Track 16 recorded and mixed at 36 Chambers NYC
Track 17 recorded and mixed at Enterprise Recording Studios, LA, CA
Track 18 recorded at Encore Studios, LA, CA, mixed at Mirror Image Dix Hills, NYC
Track 19 recorded at Rockin' Reel Recordings, Long Island, NY, mixed at Mirror Image Recordings

[Samples]
* "A Special Joint" contains a sample from "Spanish Moon" (L. George) Naked Snake Music (ASCAP), performed by Little Feat. Under license from Warner Brothers Records. By arrangement with Warner Special Products.
* "Blackout" contains an interpolation of "Fat Boys" (Miller, Morales, Walker, Waring, Wimbley) Windswept Pacific Songs (BMI)/EMI Blackwood Music.
* "Y.O.U." contains a sample from "Electric Relaxation" (M. Taylor, A. Muhammed-Jones, R. Foster, J. Davis) EMI Unart Catalogue, Inc. (BMI)/Zomba Enterprises (ASCAP), performed by A Tribe Called Quest. Courtesy of Zomba Recording Corp.
* "Tear It Off" contains samples from "Funkin' Lesson" (G. Clinton, Jr., G. Shider, W. Morrison, J. Hunter) Bridgeport Music, Inc. (BMI)/Vanglorious Music/Universal Music Group, performed by X-Clan. Courtesy of Universal Music Special Markets and "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Of The Sucker)" (G. Clinton, Jr., B. Collins, J. Brailey) Bridgeport Music, Inc./Rubberband Music, Inc. (BMI). Performed by Parliament. Courtesy of Universal Special Markets.
* "Maaad Crew" contains a sample from "Sandworms" (D. Matthews) Publishing One's Music, LLC (ASCAP) administered by MRBI, performed by Dave Matthews. Used courtesy of CTI.
* "The ?" contains a sample from "Can I Get A..." (S. Carter, I. Lorenzo, J. Atkins, R. Mays) Lil LuLu Music/DJ Irv Music/Ja Music (BMI), performed by Jay-Z. Used courtesy of Def Jam Records.
* "Cheka" contains an interpolation of "Mic Cheka" (W. Hines, A. Weston, D. Lynch, L. Pauling, C. Charity, J. Tex) EMI April Music (ASCAP)/EMI Blackwood/Trio Music/Fort Knox Music (BMI)/Sony/ATV Music; also it contains a sample from "The Payback" (J. Brown, F. Wesley, J. Starks) Dynatone Publishing Company/Unichappell Music, Inc. (BMI), performed by James Brown. Courtesy of Universal Music Group.
* "Big Dogs" contains a sample from "Tell Em" (E. Sermon) Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. administered by Zomba Music Publishing (ASCAP). Used courtesy of Def Jam Records. Under license from PolyMedia, a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.
* "How High" contains an interpolation of the composition "Fly Robin Fly" (S. Levay, S. Prager) Edition Meridian Ralph Fiegel/Edition Butterfly administered in the U.S.A. by Mizmo Music, agent for Sounds of Jupiter, Inc. (BMI)/GEMA. Contains a sample of the Cover Girls "I Am A Woman". Used courtesy of Quality Records.

[Other notes]
Track #19, the 'remix' of "How High", actually is the original version of the song released on The Show (Original Soundtrack) and How High in 1995.
Issued in jewel case with clear tray and fold-out insert. Several copies with sticker on front: "The long-awaited union of Mr. Mef & Funk Doc Featuring the singles 'Tear It Off', 'Da Rockwilder' and '1,2,1,2' plus three bonus tracks 'How High', 'Well All Rite Cha' and 'Big Dogs' 546 609-2" Wu-Tang and Def Squad logo to be found on back cover and CD.

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