East Point's Greatest Hit Explained

East Point's Greatest Hit
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cool Breeze
Cover:	East Point's Greatest Hit.jpg
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Genre:	Hip hop

East Point's Greatest Hit is the only solo studio album by American rapper Cool Breeze. It was released on March 23, 1999, via Organized Noize/A&M Records.^[1] The recording sessions took place at the Dungeon Recording Studio, the Chamber Recording Studios and Purple Dragon Recording Studios in SWATS, Sound Chamber Recorders in Los Angeles and the Boom Boom Room in Augusta. The production was handled by Organized Noize, Mr. DJ, 2 Cold Capone and Skinny Miracles. It features guest appearances from Witchdoctor, 8Ball, Backbone, Big Rube, Goodie Mob, Kurupt, Nivea, Outkast, Sleepy Brown and the Calhouns. The album peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200 and number 11 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. Its lead single, a Dungeon Family posse cut "Watch for the Hook", made it to No. 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100.^{[2] [3]}

Track listing

Sample credits

• Track 2 contains replayed elements from "Southern Man" written by Neil Young.
• Track 16 contains elements of "For Those Who Like to Groove" written by Ray Parker Jr.

Personnel

• Frederick "Cool Breeze/Freddie Calhoun" Bell – vocals
• Rico Wade – additional vocals (track 1), programming (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9), drum programming (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 10-12, 14, 15, 17), keyboards programming (tracks: 11, 12), producer (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17), mixing (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8-17), recording (track 11), executive producer
• Whild Peach – additional vocals (track 1), vocals (track 2)
• Andre "André 3000" Benjamin – vocals (track 2)
• Antwan "Big Boi" Patton – vocals (track 2)
• Cameron Gipp – vocals (track 2)
• Willie "Khujo" Knighton – vocals (track 2)
• Thomas "CeeLo Green" Callaway – vocals (track 2)
• Robert "T-Mo" Barnett – vocals (track 2)
• Erin "Witchdoctor" Johnson – vocals (tracks: 2, 9)
• Ruben "Big Rube" Bailey – additional vocals (track 2), vocals (track 11)
• Ricardo "Kurupt" Brown – vocals (track 6)
• Patrick "Sleepy" Brown – backing vocals (track 8), additional vocals (track 15), programming (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9), drum programming (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 10-12, 14, 15, 17), keyboards programming (tracks: 11, 12), producer (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17), mixing (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8-17), recording (track 11), executive producer
• Debra Killings – backing vocals (tracks: 8, 13)
• Jamahr "Backbone" Williams – vocals (track 9)
• Collier Starks – backing vocals (track 11)
• Mark Starks – backing vocals (track 11)
• Nivea B. Hamilton – additional vocals (tracks: 12, 14)
• Premro "8Ball" Smith – vocals (track 14)
• Dee Dee "Peaches" Hibbler-Murray – additional vocals (track 14), A&R
• Marvin "Chanz" Parkman – backing vocals & keyboards (track 16), Rhodes electric piano (tracks: 13, 15)
• Cedric "Swift C/Lucky Calhoun" Barnett – vocals (track 17)
• Vasco "Big L/Pauly Calhoun" Whiteside – vocals (track 17), scratches (tracks: 2, 17)
• Brian "Slimm Calhoun" Loving – vocals (track 17)
• David "Whild" Brown – guitar (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 12)
• George Bohanon – trombone (track 1)
• South Central Chamber Orchestra – horns (track 1), strings (track 14)
• Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster (tracks: 1, 14), horns conductor and arranger (track 1), strings conductor and arranger (track 14)
• Preston Crump – bass (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 10, 13-15)
• Skinny Miracles – organ (track 8), Wurlitzer electric piano (track 11), bass (track 12), producer & programming (track 16)
• Richard Muscadin – trombone (track 9)
• Antoine Hollins – tuba (track 9)
• Victor Alexander – drums (track 14)
• Dean Paul Gant – keyboards (track 14)
• Brian Timms – talkbox (track 16)
• Ray Murray – programming (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9), drum programming (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 10-12, 14, 15, 17), keyboards programming (tracks: 11, 12), producer (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17), mixing (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8-17), recording (track 11), executive producer
• David "Mr. DJ" Sheats – programming & producer (track 13), co-producer & mixing (track 16)
• Masaba "2 Cold Capone" Tyson – producer (track 10)
• John "Bernasky" Wall – recording (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8-17), mixing (track 11)
• Gerry "The Gov" Brown – recording (tracks: 1, 14)
• Kevin Parker – recording (tracks: 5, 8, 14, 16)
• Blake Eiseman – recording (track 12)
• Shawn Grove – recording (track 13)
• Herbert Kelley – recording assistant (tracks: 5, 6, 14, 15, 17)
• Orlando McGhee – recording assistant (track 9)
• Kenneth Stallworth – recording assistant (track 12)
• Vincent Marshel – recording assistant (track 13)
• Neal H Pogue – mixing (tracks: 1, 12-15, 17)
• Alvin Speights – mixing (tracks: 2, 9)
• Joshua A. "Josh" Butler – mixing (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 16)
• Cap 1 – mixing (track 10)
• J.R. Rodriquez – mixing assistant (track 2)
• Jason Stokes – mixing assistant (track 13)
• Ricciano "Ricco" Lumpkins – mixing assistant (track 13)
• Chris Bellman – mastering
• Aahmek Richards – art direction, design
• Piotr Sikora – photography
• Shem Lwanga – additional photography
• Terri Haskins – creative director

Notes and References

1. Relic . Peter . Ringen . Jonathan . August 24, 2006 . The Acid Nerd Gangsters: Before There Was Gnarls . . 1007 . 82, 84, 86.
2. Web site: January 16, 2010 . Dungeon Family PART ONE (pg. 3) . October 20, 2023 . . en-US.
3. Web site: Rabin . Nathan . Nathan Rabin . March 29, 2002 . Cool Breeze: East Point's Greatest Hit . October 20, 2023 . . en.