Poly Sci

Poly Sci
Poly Sci
Studio album by John Forté
Released	June 23, 1998
Recorded	1997–98
Studio	Booga Basement Studio (East Orange, NJ); Chung King Studios (New York, NY); Joe's Room (Conshohocken, PA); The Hit Factory (New York, NY); Mayfair Studios (London, UK); The Crib (New York, NY);
Genre	Hip hop
Length	55:09
Label	Ruffhouse; Columbia;
Producer	John Forté; Minnesota; Pras; Salaam Remi; Warren Riker; Wyclef Jean;
John Forté chronology
Singles from Poly Sci
	"Ninety Nine (Flash The Message)"; Released: May 12, 1998;

Poly Sci is the debut solo studio album by American hip hop musician John Forté. It was released on June 23, 1998 on Ruffhouse Records. Recording sessions took place at Booga Basement Studio in East Orange, at Chung King Studios, at The Hit Factory and at The Crib in New York, at Joe's Room in Conshohocken, and at Mayfair Studios in London. Production was primarily handled by Forté himself, as well as Minnesota, Pras, Salaam Remi, Warren Riker and Wyclef Jean.

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hot" (Intro)	John E. Forté	John Forté	2:26
2.	"They Got Me" (featuring Fat Joe and Destruct)	Forté Joseph Cartagena D. Phillips Fernando Da Cruz	John Forté	4:51
3.	"Ninety Nine (Flash the Message)"	Forté Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen Carlo Karges	Wyclef Jean Pras Jerry Duplessis (co.)	3:44
4.	"God Is Love God Is War"	Forté	John Forté	4:34
5.	"We Got This" (featuring DMX)	Forté Earl Simmons T. Jones	John Forté Warren Riker	3:40
6.	"P.B.E. (Powerful, Beautiful, Excellent)"	Forté	John Forté	4:09
7.	"The Right One/Father to Son (Interlude)" (featuring Pras)	Forté Samuel Michel William Robinson, Jr. Marvin Tarplin	John Forté	4:30
8.	"Madina Passage" (featuring Baracus, Casino Red, El Harim and St. Nikolas)	Forté T. Jones J. Williford A. Footman C. Michell Jeni Fujita	John Forté	4:20
9.	"All You Gotta Do"	Forté Ray Stewart	Minnesota	4:04
10.	"All Fucked Up"	Forté	John Forté	3:02
11.	"Poly Sci"	Forté T. Jones	John Forté	5:22
12.	"Born to Win/Riddle of Steel (Interlude)"	Forté Salaam Remi	Salaam Remi	4:24
13.	"Flash the Message"	Forté	John Forté	3:41
14.	"Hot" (Outro)	Forté	John Forté	2:22
Total length:				55:09

Track 2 contains elements from "Petit Pays" written by Fernando Da Cruz and performed by Cesária Évora
Track 3 contains elements from "Mash It Up" written by Joseph Williams & Lawrence Parker and performed by Just-Ice and resung elements from "99 Luftballons" written by Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Carlo Karges and performed by Nena
Track 7 contains elements from "Cruisin'" written by William Robinson & Marvin Tarplin and performed by Smokey Robinson

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	84
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	28