Notes & Personnel Info |  | Additional personnel: Q. Fickling (vocals); Flo, Jagged Edge, Method Man, Pimp C, Raekwon, Remy Ma, Rick Ross , Three 6 Mafia, Busta Rhymes. |  | Audio Mixer: Jacob Rodriguez. |  | Photographer: Mark Sanders . |  | After Raekwon's first crew of rap prodigies, the American Cream Team, went south (due to the tragic gunshot death of crew-member Chip Banks in 2000), the Chef regrouped with a new incarnation of Staten Island upstarts, Icewater. Five years after their first appearance on Rae's THE LEX DIAMOND STORY, the four-man team (made up of Polite, Stomach, P.C. aka Paulie Caskets, and D.C. aka Donnie Cash) brings 17 tracks of raw killa bee flavor. |  | Repping S.I. to the fullest, Icewater evokes the best of thuggish East Coast street-hop on the rugged album-opener, "Animal," and their manifesto track, "Icewater (We Still Runnin')." The crew also stirs up Rae's signature reminiscing style (a la "Can It Be All So Simple") on "Mercy Me" and "Hip-Hop Tribute"--an ode to the Wu and the old school artists who inspired them. POLLUTED WATER features production from Scram Jones, EZ-Elpee, Dready, Jagged Edge, and Trife as well as appearances from industry heavyweights such as Busta Rhymes, Three 6 Mafia, Pimp C, Rick Ross, and Raekwon himself. | Producer: Domingo; Jamie 'Blue Rocks' Franks; Kiri Grazes; Scram Jones; EZ Elpee; Supa Dave West; Karriem "Big K" Roulette; Emile; Focus; Kenny "Bermuda" Whitehead; Fury; Domingo; Jamie 'Blue Rocks' Franks; Ice Water Productions; Kiri Grazes; Scram Jones; Focus; Fu | Engineer: Q. Fickling |
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