| Product Summary | | Label: Nervous Records | | UPC: 00091012055027 | | Release Date: 12/7/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 63923040 | | Item#: M42XEF | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Intro ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) |  | | 2. Skit - (with Redman) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 3. U Can't ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 4. Serious - (with EPMD/Redman/Das EFX) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 5. International - (with Das EFX) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 6. Victory - (with K Solo) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 7. Line Of Fire - (with Mick Knoxx) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 8. Callin' Me - (with 275) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 9. Interlude - (with DJ White Rock) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 10. Where We From - (with Lil Raz/Uniq) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 11. Interlude - (with Lil Raz) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 12. Get Money - (with Heron/Lil Raz) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 13. Comin' With The Ruff Sh*t - (with Nocturnal/Skoob) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 14. We Ain't Gonna Stop Until... - (with Heron) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 15. Last Dayz ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 16. My Crew - (with Rob Jackson) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 17. It's The Pee Back To Work - (remix, bonus, with Mobb Deep/Fat Joe) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 18. Next Chapter - (bonus, with Krazy Drazy/Don Fuquan) ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | | | 19. Outro ~ Hit Squad (Latin Rap) | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Hit Squad: Parrish Smith (rap vocals). | | Additional personnel: Das EFX, Don Fu-Quan, Fat Joe, 275, Heron , K-Solo, Mobb Deep, Nocturnal, Redman, Rob Jackson, DJ White Rock, Lil Raz, Mick Knoxx (rap vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Dre Meezy; Mike Powell ; Track Addicts; Ken Wallace. | | Recording information: Blackout Underworld Studios; DJ Honda Studios; Downlow Studio, CT; Drem-On Studios; Hit Squad Studios; Ian London Studios; SouthSide Studios; Track Studios. | | The "crew" is one of the most essential elements in hip-hop culture, but it is rare for a crew album to match up to the accomplishments of a single artist or unit. However, when your crew is lead by Parrish "PMD" Smith and features such top guns as Redman, Das EFX, Mobb Deep, and Fat Joe, you have a better than average chance of coming together to make a record well worth listening to. Zero Tolerance even features a mini-reunion of EPMD, with PMD and Erick Sermon sharing mike time with Redman and Das EFX over a swinging beat by Havoc of Mobb Deep on "Serious." But this isn't just an orgy of all-star hip-hoppers. Lesser-known talents like K-Solo, Mick Knoxx, and especially Lil Raz fill out major portions of this album. But most impressive is 275, whose loose style on "Callin' Me" over Fury's '70s wah-wah orchestra production is the record's highest highlight. The production is consistent, mostly sample-based but nothing too obvious, and executed by almost as many different technicians as there are tracks. PMD's own console control on "Last Dayz" finds him sharing a standout beat laced with laser-beam synths with 275, but even then it's impossible to call him out as the star of this evenhanded set. A crew record that doesn't rely on the leader's coattails to carry it through? Only a true master of the genre could pull that off. ~ Joshua Glazer |
Producer: DJ Scratch; Dre Meezy; Erick Sermon; Track Addicts; Sam Sneed; Fury; Parrish Smith; Havoc |
Engineer: Dre Meezy; Mike Powell; Track Addicts; Agallah; Ken Wallace |
Musical Guests | | Redman | | Das EFX | | K Solo | | Fat Joe | | Mobb Deep |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 12/07/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 20550 | | Label : Nervous Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00091012055027 |
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