Federation: The Album Explained
| Federation: The Album |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | The Federation |
| Cover: | The Album Federation.jpg |
| Released: | October 5, 2004 |
| Recorded: | 2004 |
| Length: | 1:05:31 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Next Title: | It's Whateva |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Rick Rock Presents Federation: The Album is the debut studio album by American hip hop group The Federation. It was released on October 5, 2004 via Virgin Records, and was entirely produced by Rick Rock. It also features guest appearances from Daz Dillinger, E-40, and Twista among others. Despite being released for a major label, The album was poorly promoted and was a commercial failure, just managing to reach the bottom of the US Billboard 200 at number 200. The album's two singles, "Hyphy" and "Go Dumb", also failed to find much success, only reaching 88 and 95 respectively on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[1]
The song “Mayhem” was featured on American football video game Madden NFL 2004.
Personnel
- Anthony "Goldie" Caldwell – main performer
- Marvin "Doonie Baby" Selmon – main performer
- Thomas "Stressmatic" Jackson – main performer
- Gary "Eldorado Red" Bradford – guest performer (track 2)
- Earl "E-40" Stevens – guest performer (track 3)
- Battle Locco – guest performer (track 7)
- Kinsmoke – guest performer (track 7)
- Delmar "Daz" Arnaud – guest performer (track 10)
- Next Level – guest performer (track 11)
- J. "Undaflow" East – guest performer (tracks: 12, 14)
- Carl "Twista" Mitchell – guest performer (track 14)
- Michael Denten – backing vocals (track 14), mixing (tracks: 8, 11), recording (tracks: 11, 12, 18)
- Femi Ojetunde – guitar (track 11)
- Ricardo "Rick Rock" Thomas – producer, executive producer, mixing (tracks: 5, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18), recording (track 18)
- "Big Jon" Platt – executive producer
- Richard "Segal" Huredia – mixing (tracks: 1-3, 5, 7, 12-14, 16, 18)
- Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing (track 4)
- Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing (tracks: 6, 9, 10)
- Dustin "Nump" Perfetto – recording (tracks: 1, 7, 8, 12)
- Joe Jackson – recording (tracks: 2-7, 9-14, 16, 18), A&R
- Chris Young – engineering (tracks: 1-3, 5, 7, 11-13, 16, 18)
- Jason Stasium – engineering (track 4)
- Josh McDonnel – engineering (track 4)
- Richard Balmer – engineering (tracks: 5, 11, 12, 16, 18)
- Sean Tallman – engineering (tracks: 6, 9, 10)
- Chris Bellman – mastering
- Liza Lowinger – art direction
- Brian – art direction & design
- Jonathan Mannion – photography
- Julie Dickens – A&R
- Michelle Ryang – A&R
- Ronette Bowie – A&R
- Scott Gordon – A&R
- Wendi Cothran – A&R
- Sean Mosher-Smith – creative director
Chart positions
Album
Notes and References
- News: Federation Chart History. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. February 20, 2018.
