You Can't Stop the Reign

You Can't Stop the Reign
Studio album by Shaquille O'Neal
Released	November 19, 1996
Recorded	1995 - 1996
Genre	Hip hop
Length	68:38
Label	Interscope
Producer	DJ Quik, Poke and Tone, Mobb Deep, Easy Mo Bee, Shaquille O'Neal, Dave Atkinson
Shaquille O'Neal chronology
Shaq-Fu: Da Return (1994) You Can't Stop the Reign (1996) Respect (1998)
Singles from You Can't Stop the Reign
"You Can't Stop the Reign" Released: October 20, 1996 "Strait Playin'" Released: January 18, 1997

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Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	(B-)

You Can't Stop the Reign is the third studio album released by Shaquille O'Neal. It was released on November 19, 1996 for Interscope Records and featured production from the likes of DJ Quik, Poke and Tone, Mobb Deep and Easy Mo Bee. The album was moderately successful, making it to #82 on the Billboard 200 and #21 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Two singles were released, "You Can't Stop the Reign" and "Strait Playin'". The Notorious B.I.G.'s verse from "You Can't Stop the Reign" was reused in Michael Jackson's song "Unbreakable", from his last studio album Invincible.

Track listing

1. "Shaquille (Interlude)"- :58
2. "You Can't Stop the Reign"- 4:43 (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)
3. "D.I.V.A. Radio (Interlude)"- :55
4. "It Was All a Dream"- 4:43
5. "No Love Lost"- 3:51 (Featuring Jay-Z & Lord Tariq)
6. "Strait Playin'"- 4:35 (Featuring Peter Gunz & DJ Quik)
7. "Best to Worst"- 3:58 (Featuring Peter Gunz)
8. "Legal Money"- 4:36 (Featuring Mobb Deep)
9. "Edge of Night"- 4:26 (Featuring Bobby Brown)
10. "S.H.E. (Interlude)"- :30 (Featuring S.H.E.)
11. "Let's Wait a While"- 4:04
12. "Can I Play Gunz"- 4:24 (Featuring Peter Gunz)
13. "Just Be Good to Me"- 4:32 (Feat.Alicia Renee)
14. "More to Life"- 4:24 (Featuring Smooth B, Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant)
15. "Big Dog Stomp"- 4:11
16. "Game of Death"- 4:12 (Featuring Rakim)
17. "Outtro (Interlude)"- 1:20 (Featuring Lord Tariq)

Samples

Edge of Night

• "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins
• "Murder Was the Case (Death After Visualizing Eternity)" by Snoop Dogg feat. Daz Dillinger

Game of Death

• "Danger" by Blahzay Blahzay

It Was All a Dream

• "Don't Do Me This Way" by Alicia Myers
• "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick

Just Be Good to Me

• "Just Be Good to Me" by The S.O.S. Band

Legal Money

• "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye

Let's Wait a While

• "Let's Wait Awhile" by Janet Jackson

You Can't Stop the Reign

• "You Can't Stop the Rain" by Loose Ends