Terror Squad: The Album Explained
Terror Squad: The Album is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Terror Squad. It was released on September 21, 1999 through Atlantic Records. Production was handled by Armageddon, The Alchemist, Buckwild, Dirtman, DJ Noodles, Don "A.P." Sellers, JuJu, LA' Smouve, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, The Infinite Arkatechz, V.I.C., Yogi "Sugar Bear" Graham and Younglord, with Craig Kallman, Fat Joe and Greg Angelides serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Buju Banton, Keith Nut and The Bleach Brothers, as well as contributions from Tony Sunshine, who will subsequently join the group's line-up.
The album debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States.
Personnel
- Terror Squad
- Felix "Cuban Link" Delgado – vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14), mixing (track 11)
- Christopher "Big Pun" Rios – vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 13)
- John "Armageddon" Eaddy – vocals (tracks: 2, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15), producer (tracks: 9, 10, 15)
- Richard "Prospect" Perez – vocals (tracks: 1-3, 8, 10)
- Sammy "Triple Seis" Garcia – vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 16)
- Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena – vocals (tracks: 2, 7, 12, 13, 16), executive producer
- Antonio "Tony Sunshine" Cruz – vocals (tracks: 8, 12, 14)
- Additional personnel
- Mark "Buju Banton" Myrie – vocals (track 13)
- Keith Keith/Keith Nut – vocals (track 15)
- Dirtman – vocals & producer (track 16)
- Reka – vocals (track 16)
- Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence – keyboards & producer (track 1)
- Moise Laporte – keyboards & piano (track 1)
- Chauncey Mahan – keyboards (track 13)
- Jeremy A. "Yogi Bear" Graham – producer & mixing (track 2)
- Alan "The Alchemist" Maman – producer & mixing (tracks: 2, 7)
- Jerry "JuJu" Tineo – producer & mixing (track 4)
- Michael "Mike Trauma D" Dewar – producer (track 5)
- Collin "Jugrnaut" Dewar – producer (track 5)
- Victor "V.I.C." Padilla – producer (track 6)
- DJ Noodles – producer & mixing (track 8)
- Don "A.P." Sellers – producer (track 11)
- Richard "Younglord" Frierson – producer & mixing (track 12)
- Anthony "Buckwild" Best – producer & mixing (track 13)
- J. "LA' Smouve" Wilson – producer (track 14)
- Rob "Reef" Tewlow – mixing (track 11), co-executive producer, A&R
- Charles McCrorey – mixing
- Chris Conway – mixing
- Christian "Soundboy" Delatour – mixing
- Christos Tsantilis – mixing
- Doug Wilson – mixing
- Jason Goldstein – mixing
- Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing
- Mark Mitchell – mixing
- Nikos Teneketzis – engineering
- Eric Smith – engineering assistant
- Shane Stoneback – mixing assistant
- Tim Butler – mixing assistant
- Leon Zervos – mastering
- Gregory J. Angelides – executive producer
- Craig Kallman – executive producer
- Ola Kudu – artwork
- Jonathan Mannion – photography
Charts
Notes and References
- October 9, 1999 . The Billboard 200 . . . 111 . 41 . 104 . 0006-2510 . June 8, 2024.
- October 9, 1999 . Top R&B Albums . . . 111 . 41 . 35 . 0006-2510 . June 8, 2024.
