The Professional 3 Explained
The Professional 3 is the third studio album by American record producer DJ Clue. It was released on December 19, 2006 via Roc-A-Fella Records, serving as a sequel to his 2001 The Professional 2.
Production was handled by Ken "Duro" Ifill, DVLP, Baby Paul, CHOPS, Filthy, Kanye West, L.T. Hutton, Shatek King, Swizz Beatz. The Heatmakerz and Clue himself.
It features guest appearances by Fabolous, Juelz Santana, Mario Winans, The Game, Beanie Sigel, Bun B, Cam'ron, Cassidy, Consequence, Fat Joe, Freeway, Jadakiss, Jagged Edge, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Mike Jones, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Nas, Paul Wall, Ransom, Remy Ma, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, Styles P and Young Jeezy.
The album peaked at number seventy-three on the Billboard 200 chart, and number eighteen on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Track listing
Notes
- signifies additional vocal production
- signifies a co-producer
Sample credits
- "Clear Da Scene" contains elements from "Stick Em", written by Mark Morales, Darren Robinson, and Damon Wimbley.
- "Fuck Off" contains samples from "A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe", written by Donald French and Millie Jackson, and performed by Millie Jackson.
- "The Gold" contains a sample of "The Golden Lady", written by Sheila Ferguson and Diran Garvarentz, as performed by The Three Degrees.
- "I Really Wanna Know You"
- "Almost Fucked" contains elements from "It Takes Two", written by James Brown and Rob Base.
- "Liberty Bell" contains a sample from "That Won't Stop Me (From Loving You)", as performed and written by Jimmy Lewis.
- "Da Boss" contains elements from "Please Don't Leave Me Lonely", performed and written by King Floyd.
- Giantz of NYC" contains a sample of "Go Out and Get Some (Get It Out Cha System)", as performed by Millie Jackson, written by Millie Jackson and Randy Klein.
- "You Don't Really Wanna" contains excerpts from "Brown Baby", performed by Billy Paul, and written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
Personnel
- DJ Clue – executive producer, keyboards (6, 10, 12)
- Jovonn "The Last Don" Alexander – keyboards (13)
- Chris Athens – mastering
- Darryl Beaton – keyboards (7)
- Dinky Bingham – keyboards (5, 6)
- Chops – engineer (9)
- Miss Connie – background vocals (7)
- Develop – engineer (2)
- Skane Dolla – executive producer
- Shaun Don – mixing (8)
- Supa Engineer DURO – executive producer, engineer (11), mixing (2-7, 9-17)
- Khalil "BDK" Edwards – mixing assistant (3-7, 10-15, 17)
- Paul Gregory – engineer (4-6, 10, 12-15, 17)
- LT Hutton – hook and vocals (8)
- Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton – engineer (7)
- Claude Kelly – additional background vocals (6)
- Sam Lebeau – engineer (8)
- Poobs – engineer (16)
- Eric "ERK" Vargas – engineer (16)
- Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young – mixing assistant (3-7, 10-15, 17)
Charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2007. Billboard. October 3, 2020.
