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- Date Released: March 28, 2000
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: R&B
- Label: LOUD Records
- Copyright: (P) 2000 Loud Records LLC
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They Say...
Black and White makes a good argument for rap music's ability to maintain the thread of a film's themes and play less the role of an MC-studded ticket-pusher. That's not to say the big guns featured on the album, like Raekwon, Prodigy, the late Big Pun, and Xzibit, don't command your attention. The record cleverly opens with the hum of a movie projector followed by the deadpan delivery of the line "Black and White? So, we movie-settin'?," which sets the pace for a fangs-bared montage of politically charged manifestoes aimed at jersey-wearing wannabes. It's the player-haters and fakers that get the brunt of this 13-track beating. Queen Pen's "You'll Never Be Better Than Me" combines fierce rock-tinged guitar riffs with harsh words for those who'd try to accessorize the toughest elements of African-American culture, while the American Cream Team gives the "Middle Finger Attitude," recalling a confrontation in the movie between Italian mobsters moving in on the nightclub turf of rap gangsters. Prodigy of Mobb Deep keeps the peace with the laid-back tempo and swooping violins of "Don't Be a Follower," along with other more temperate tracks, such as the sampled harpsichord and sweet beats of Black and White co-star Raekwon's "Wake Up" and Big Pun's "Dramacide" with Kool G Rap and turntablists the X-ecutioners. [Black and White was also released in a "clean" edition, containing no profanities or vulgarities.]
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| 01. |  |
It's Not A Game (featuring Raekwon and Rza)
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4:56 |
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| 02. | |
Year 2000 (remix featuring Jonathan Davis)
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3:44 |
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| 03. | |
Don't Be A Follower
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3:14 |
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| 04. | |
Dramacide (featuring Big Pun and Kool G Rap)
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3:39 |
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| 05. | |
Life's A Bitch
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3:26 |
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| 06. | |
Wake Up
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4:08 |
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| 07. | |
Dem Crazy (featuring The Marley Brothers and Ghetto Youths Crew) |
4:53 |
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| 08. | |
Stand For Something (featuring Tha Outlawz)
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4:36 |
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| 09. | |
Middle Finger Attitude
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4:08 |
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| 10. | |
You'll Never Be Better Than Me I'm That S*** (featuring Joe Hooker)
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4:35 |
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| 11. | |
You (Feel Good Remix Featuring Mos Def)
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3:45 |
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| 12. | |
You'Re A Big Girl Now
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4:13 |
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| 13. | |
Free
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3:24 |
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13 Total Tracks, 52:41 Total Length
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Credits
- Everlast - Performer // Dr. Dre - Mixing // Brian Green - Producer // Brian Green - Engineer // Brian Green - Mixing // Chris Conway - Mixing // Mike D - Producer // Jonathan Davis - Vocals // E-Swift - Producer // E-Swift - Engineer // E-Swift - Mixing // Richard Huredia - Engineer // Richard Huredia - Mixing // Stephen Marley - Performer // Kool G Rap - Performer // Steve Russell - Producer // Steve Russell - Engineer // Steve Russell - Mixing // Tony Smalios - Mixing // Doug Wilson - Mixing // Raekwon - Assistant Executive Producer // Del Atkins - Bass // Rasheed Goodlowe - Engineer // Jonathan Williams - Programming // Jonathan Williams - Mixing // Xzibit - Performer // Sergio Garcia - Engineer // Oli Grant - Executive Producer // Matt Life - Programming // Steve Sola - Engineer // Steve Sola - Mixing // Queen Pen - Arranger // Big Punisher - Performer // Mos Def - Performer // Hernán Santiago - Engineer // Aaron Lasko - Engineer // Outlawz - Performer // Outlawz - Performer // Outlawz - Performer // Harve Pierre - Arranger // Fieldy - Bass // Dead Prez - Performer // Dead Prez - Performer // Dead Prez - Performer // Michael Fredo - Performer // Prodigy - Producer // Prodigy - Producer // Prodigy - Mixing // Prodigy - Mixing // Dominick Mancuso - Engineer // Sean Cane - Producer // Samuel Christian - Performer // Joe Hooker - Performer // Ghetto Youths Crew - Performer // Abu - Engineer // Wrecka - Producer // Brian Stanley - Engineer // Mel Man - Producer
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Performers
Queen Pen // Kool G Rap // Prodigy (Mobb Deep) // Xzibit // Dead Prez // The RZA // Mos Def // Everlast // Shorty // Raekwon // LV // Jonathan Davis // Big Punisher // Chip Banks // Michael Fredo // Ghetto Youths Crew // Joe Hooker // The Marley Brothers // X-Ecutioners // American Cream Team // Tha Outlawz // D. Real
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