Lord Finesse – The Awakening

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Label:	Tommy Boy – RH036
Series:	Vinyl Me, Please. Rap & Hip Hop – RH036
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Clear w/ Gold & Black Splatter
Country:	US
Released:	Aug 2020
Genre:	Hip Hop
Style:	Conscious

Tracklist

A1		Da Sermon (Intro)
A2		Time Ta Bounce (Interlude) Featuring – Doo Wop
A3		True And Livin' Engineer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Gordon Williams Written-By – R. Hall*
A4		O' Lord (Interlude) Featuring – O.C.
A5		Brainstorm / P.S.K. (No Gimmicks Remix) Engineer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Troy Hightower Featuring – KRS-One, O.C. Written-By – K. Parker, O. Credle, R. Hall*
A6		Taking It Lyte (Interlude) Featuring – MC Lyte Written By – Lord Finesse, MC Lyte
A7		Gameplan Backing Vocals [Additional] – Melanie "Missy" Coakley Engineer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Chris "Conman" Conway* Featuring – Marquee Written-By – R. Hall*
A8		Words From Da Ak (Interlude) Featuring – Akinyele
B1		Flip Da Style Engineer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Chris "Conman" Conway* Written-By – R. Hall*
B2		Showtime (Interlude) Featuring – Showbiz
B3		Speak Ya Peace Engineer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Chris "Conman" Conway* Featuring – A.G., Diamond, Marquee Producer – Myke Loe* Written-By – A. Barnes, J. Kirkland, M. Ferguson, R. Hall
B4		Food For Thought Engineer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Chris "Conman" Conway* Written-By – R. Hall*
B5		Da Kid Himself (Interlude) Featuring – Kid Capri
B6		Hip 2 Da Game Engineer, Mixed By – Troy Hightower Engineer, Recorded By – Chris "Conman" Conway* Written-By – R. Hall*
B7		No Gimmicks Engineer, Mixed By – Tony Smalios Engineer, Recorded By – Chris "Conman" Conway* Featuring – KRS-One Written-By – K. Parker, R. Hall

Companies, etc.

Manufactured For – Vinyl Me, Please – RH036
Pressed By – GZ Media – 207491E
Exclusive Retailer – Vinyl Me, Please

Credits

A&R [Direction] – Lord Finesse
A&R [Supervision] – Lord Finesse, Martin Moor
Art Direction, Design – Sandy Lawrence
Bass [Additional Instrumentation] – Dinky Bingham
Concept By – Lord Finesse
Coordinator [Project] – Michael Ambrosio
Design [Logo] – Eric Orr
Engineer, Edited By – Tim Donovan
Executive-Producer – Lord Finesse, Neil Levine (3)
Keyboards [Additional Instrumentation] – George "G.O." Washington
Mastered By – Tom Coyne
Photography By – MoB*
Producer – Lord Finesse (tracks: A1 to A7, B1 to B3, B5 to D2, D4 to D7)
Stylist [Grooming] – Markita Ferguson
Stylist [Styling] – Keir Worthy, Sandy Lawrence

Notes

Tracks A3, A7, B2, B5, B7 recorded and mixed at Chung King Studios, New York, NY.
Track A5 recorded and mixed at Soundtrack Studios, New York, NY.
Track B4 recorded and mixed at Giant Studios, New York, NY.
Track B8 recorded at Powerplay Studios, L.I.C., NY.
Tracks A4, A6, B6 mixed at Chung King Studios, New York, NY.
Track A1, A2, B3 mixed at Giant Studios, New York, NY.
Track B1 mixed at Powerplay Studios, L.I.C., NY.

Edited at Battery Studios, New York, NY.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY.

KRS-One appears courtesy of JIVE Records.
Kid Capriappears courtesy of Columbia Records.
MC Lyte appears courtesy of First Priority / Atlantic Records.
Diamond appears courtesy of Mercury Records.
Akinyele appears courtesy of Loud / RCA Records.

On track A2 Doo Wop is credited with the group name as: Doo Wop From Da Bounce Squad