No Surrender...No Retreat to No Surrender explained
No Surrender…No Retreat is the third solo studio album by American rapper Bushwick Bill. It was released on October 27, 1998 through Wrap Records with distribution via Ichiban Records. Production was handled by Clarence Jackson, Tim Hill, Glenn Jeffrey, Ken Crossley, and Bushwick Bill himself, who also served as executive producer. It features guest appearances from of D-Ology, Snap and Tabu of the Niyat, Kyhil, Kaos, Nate G., All D. Freeman, BBA, Black Bac Doe, Menace Clan's Dante Miller, Low Key, Q-Dog, Silky Goldez and Tyfeen. The album did not reach the Billboard 200, however, it made it to number 84 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.
The album is dedicated to Gil Epstein, a Fort Bend County prosecutor and friend who was gunned down in 1996, two years before the album's release.[1] [2]
Track listing
- Notes
Personnel
- Richard "Bushwick Bill" Shaw – vocals & producer (tracks: 1-3, 5, 7-19), co-producer (track 4), engineering, mastering, executive producer
- D. "D-Ology" King – vocals (track 2)
- Charles "Snap" Fields – vocals (track 2)
- Tabu – vocals (track 2)
- Kenneth Crossley – vocals & producer (track 4)
- Kaos – vocals (tracks: 5, 13)
- Kyhil – vocals (tracks: 5, 13, 18)
- All D. Freeman – vocals (track 6)
- Silky Goldez – vocals (track 7)
- Nate G. – vocals (tracks: 9, 17)
- Dante "Dee" Miller – vocals (track 10)
- Tyfeen – vocals (track 11)
- BBA – vocals (track 15)
- Q-Dog – vocals (track 15)
- Thomas "Low Key" McCollum – vocals (track 16)
- Black Bac Doe – vocals (track 16)
- Ron Wilson – lead guitar, 5-string bass
- Dre – guitar
- Rich – guitar
- Tim Hill – keyboards, synth bass, drum programming, producer (tracks: 1-3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 19), co-producer (track 4)
- Ed Thompson – drums, percussion
- Damon Sonnier – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Derek Sonnier – trumpet
- Percy Person – engineering
- Daniel Kresco – additional engineering
- Tommy Dorsey – editing, mastering
Notes and References
- Web site: November 19, 1998 . Bushwick Bill Dedicates Album To Slain Prosecutor . https://web.archive.org/web/20221001145905/https://www.mtv.com/news/bh4ssw/bushwick-bill-dedicates-album-to-slain-prosecutor . dead . October 1, 2022 . November 3, 2023 . . en.
- Web site: Carson . David . March 4, 2004 . Execution Report: Marcus Cotton . November 3, 2023 . www.txexecutions.org.
