Savage Dreams Explained
Savage Dreams is the debut solo studio album by the American rapper Baby Beesh. It was released on June 19, 2001, via Dope House Records. Recording sessions took place at Dope House Records and Digital Services in Houston. Production was handled by Happy Perez, Mario Ayala, Hotan, B.R. and Jaime "Pain" Ortiz, with Arthur Coy Jr. and South Park Mexican serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from 713, B.R., Don Cisco, Dum Dum, Frost, Grimm, Jay Tee, Lil' Villain, Lucky Luciano, Merciless, Mr. Kee, Rasheed, Russell Lee, Sneak, SPM, Travieso, T.O. Ikeman and fellow Latino Velvet members.
The album shows a mixture of West Coast hip hop style with a Southern hip hop flow in beats.
The song "Styrofoam Cup" originally appeared on the South Park Mexican 2000 compilation album The Purity Album.
Personnel
- Ronnie "Baby Beesh" Bryant – vocals
- Juan Carlos "Mr. Kee" Oliva – vocals (track 2)
- Carlos "South Park Mexican" Coy – vocals (tracks: 4, 18), executive producer
- Alfonso "Rasheed" Cook – vocals (tracks: 4, 18, 19)
- Russell Atkins – backing vocals (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 13), vocals (track 14)
- Ayana Mack – backing vocals (tracks: 5, 6, 8, 10)
- Paul Anthony "Grimm" Ramirez – vocals (tracks: 6, 14, 18), backing vocals (track 11)
- Latino Velvet – vocals (track 7)
- Christian Anthony "Lucky Luciano" Garcia – vocals (track 10)
- Travieso – vocals (track 12)
- Marco "Merciless" Parada – vocals (track 13)
- Gabriel "Lil' Villain" Aguilar – vocals (track 14)
- Isaac R. "T.O. Ikeman" Sanchez – vocals (track 14)
- 713 – vocals (track 14)
- James "Jay Tee" Trujillo – vocals (track 16)
- Arturo "Kid Frost" Mollina Jr. – vocals (track 16)
- Sneak – vocals (track 16)
- B.R. – vocals & producer (track 16)
- Roland "Dum Dum" Sampey – vocals (track 17)
- Francisco "Don Cisco" Soto – vocals (track 19)
- Erroll "Poppi" McCalla, Jr. – brass (track 10)
- Mario Andretti Ayala – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 10)
- Nathan "Happy Perez" Pérez – producer (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19)
- Hotan Kheyrandish – producer (tracks: 12, 15)
- Jaime "Pain" Ortiz – producer (track 17), engineering
- "Big Bert" Trevino – engineering
- Jose "Block Of Rock" De Leon – engineering
- Pete "Dirtywerk" Camarillo – engineering
- Randy "Shadow" Ramirez – arranger, mixing
- James Hoover – arranger, mixing
- Gary L. Moon – mastering
- Arthur Coy Jr. – executive producer
- Alex "Lobo" Hernandez – art direction, A&R
- Pen & Pixel Graphics – cover, design
- Mike Frost – layout