The Art of Storytelling

Personnel includes: Slick Rick, Snoop Doggy Dogg, OutKast, Canibus, Nas, Kid Capri, Raekwon, Q-Tip, DJ Rev. Run, Redman, Kid Capri, Peter Gunz, S&S, Bugsy, Ed Lover, Doug E. Fresh (rap vocals); Vada Nobles, Phalon Alexander (various instruments); Joe Kelley, Thomas Hammond, Corey Rooney (keyboards); Doug E. Fresh (beat box); DJ Ty Boogie (scratches).
Producers include: DJ Clarke Kent, Large Professor, S&S, Kid Kapri, Tyrone Fyffe.
Engineers include: Mike Anzelowitz, Kenny Ortiz, Joshua Butler.

Released: May 25, 1999
Billboard 200 chart position: #8
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #1
Singles: “We Turn It On” & “Street Talkin’”

Track Listing

1. Jail Skit – Ed Lover, Redman, Slick Rick
2. Kill Niggaz
3. Street Talkin’ – OutKast, Slick Rick
4. Me & Nas Bring It to Your Hardest
5. I Own America, Pt. 1
6. Bugsy Radio Skit
7. Who Rotten ‘Em
8. 2 Way Street
9. King Piece in the Chess Game
10. Trapped in Me
11. Impress the Kid
12. Q-Tip & Peter Gunz Skit – Peter Gunz, Q-Tip, Slick Rick
13. I Run This
14. Frozen
15. Why, Why, Why
16. Adults Only
17. Memories
18. Unify
19. Bugsy Radio Skit
20. I Own America, Pt. 2
21. CEO Outro
22. We Turn It On
23. La-Di-Da-Di [Live] – Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick
24. Show [Live] – Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick

Samples Used

  • “King Peice In The Chess Game” samples ” Sad Feeling” by Bobby Bland
  • “Trapped In Me” samples “Tin Tin Deo” by Buddy Montgomery.
  • “I Run This” samples “Jam Master Jay” by “Run DMC”, “Body & Soul” by “Sonny Rolands” , “Childrens Story”, “The Show” ,& “La Di Da Di ” by “The Ruler & Dougie Fresh”
  • “Frozen” contains interpolation from “Make It Last All Night” and samples “Seven Months” by “Portishead”
  • “Why Why Why” samples “Funky President (People Is Bad)” by The God Father of Soul The Great James Brown
  • “Memories” samples “The Best Girls Don’t Always Win” by “Betty Wright”
  • “Unify” samples “One Mint Julep” written by “R. Toombs”
  • “I Own America Part 2″ samples “I Can’t Go On Living Without You” by Tavares
  • “We Turn It On” samples “The Show” by “The Ruler & Dougie Fresh”
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