Insomnia (Erick Sermon album) explained

Insomnia
Type:	Compilation album
Artist:	Erick Sermon
Cover:	InsomniaErickSermon.jpg
Released:	April 23, 1996
Recorded:	1994–1995
Label:	Interscope
Prev Title:	Double or Nothing
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	El Niño
Next Year:	1998

Insomnia is a hip-hop compilation album presented by American rapper and record producer Erick Sermon. It was released on April 23, 1996 via Interscope Records. Recording sessions took place at Mirror Image, at the Music Palace, and at Rockin' Reel Recording Studios in New York, and at Chuck Simone Studio. Production was handled primarily by Sermon, who also served as executive producer, Redman, and co-producers Rockwilder and Ty Fyffe. Beside Sermon, it features contributions from fellow artists affiliated with or discovered by him, such as Calif, Domo, Duo, Jamal, Keith Murray, L.O.D., Passion, Redman, The Wixtons, Xross-Breed, and Thomas "Tommy Gunn" Blincoe, who was murdered shortly before the album's release,^[1] and to whom this album is dedicated. The album peaked at number 53 on the Billboard 200 and number 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It spawned three singles: "Funkorama", which peacked at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, "It's That Hit" and "I Feel It".

Track listing

Sample credits

• Track 2 contains sample of "Midnight" as performed by A Tribe Called Quest and elements from "Stick 'Em" as performed by The Fat Boys
• Track 5 contains sample of "Black Thorne Rose" as performed by Weather Report
• Track 6 contains sample of "Bootzilla" as performed by Bootsy's Rubber Band, a sample of "Impeach the President" as performed by The Honeydrippers and a portion of the composition "I Want to Thank You"
• Track 9 contains elements from "Funkin' For Jamaica" as performed by The Mindbenders and elements from "The Show" as performed by Doug E. Fresh
• Track 10 contains sample from "Aah...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby"
• Track 13 contains a sample of "All Night Long" as performed by the Mary Jane Girls

Personnel

• Erick Sermon – executive producer, vocals (track 13), producer (tracks: 4-7, 9-13), co-producer (track 2), sleeve notes
• Reginald "Redman" Noble – vocals (track 2), producer (tracks: 2, 3), sleeve notes
• L. "Kewjo" Scott – vocals (track 3), sleeve notes
• Dana "Rockwilder" Stinson – vocals (track 3), co-producer (track 5), sleeve notes
• Passion Johnson – vocals (track 4), sleeve notes
• Jamal "Mally G" Phillips – vocals (track 5), sleeve notes
• Calif Moore – vocals (track 5), sleeve notes
• Keith Murray – vocals (track 6), sleeve notes
• The Wixtons – vocals (track 7)
• Gerald "50 Grand" Berlin – vocals (track 9), sleeve notes
• Ron "Ron Jay" Joseph – vocals (track 9), sleeve notes
• T. "T-Man" Stanley – vocals (track 10), sleeve notes
• Kim "Big Kim" Sermon – vocals (track 10), sleeve notes
• Thomas "Tommy Gunn" Blincoe – vocals (track 11), sleeve notes
• Domo Paige – vocals (track 12), sleeve notes
• Deborah "Cherry Martinez" Tennyson – voice (tracks: 1, 8)
• Tyrone "Ty" Fyffe – co-producer (track 7)
• Troy Hightower – recording, mixing
• Bob Fudjinski – recording
• Chuck Simone – recording
• Dave Greenberg – recording
• Tommy Uzzo – mixing
• Tony Dawsey – mastering
• Mike Hogan – engineering assistant
• Cathrine Wessel – photography
• Jah Boogie – sleeve notes
• Shugar Diamonds – sleeve notes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Texeira . Erin . Rapper, 2 Others Are Found Slain . 2017-02-12 . Los Angeles Times.