The Dirtiest Thirstiest Yung Wun . It was released on December 7, 2004 via Full Surface /J Records . Recording sessions took place at Basement Studios in New Jersey , at Doppler Studios , Greenhouse Studios and PatchWerk Recording Studios in Atlanta , and at Sony Music Studios in New York City . Production was handled by Vizion, David Banner , Jay-Mac, The Koul Kats, Bangladesh , Faust, Swizz Beatz and Tony "V.I.P." Lopez, with Lauren Lake, Eric McCaine and Laferron Miles serving as co-producers. It features guest appearances from David Banner, Cassidy , DMX and Lil' Flip .
The Dirtiest Thirstiest Released December 7, 2004 (2004-12-07 ) Recorded 2000–2004 Studio Genre Hip hop Length 53 :28 Label Producer
"Tear It Up " "Walk It, Talk It"
In the United States, the album did not reach the Billboard 200, however, it peaked at number 50 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums , number 24 on the Top Rap Albums and number 11 on the Heatseekers Albums charts. Its lead single , "Tear It Up " became Yung Wun's most successful songs, peaking at number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs , number 21 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 26 on the Rhythmic Airplay charts in the US. The second and final single off of the album, "Walk It, Talk It", made it to number 97 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "I Can't Take It No More" (Intro) Jay-Mac Vizion (co. ) Lauren Lake (co. ) 1:29 2. "I Tried to Tell Ya" Bangladesh 3:23 3. "Tear It Up " (featuring DMX , Lil' Flip and David Banner ) Faust 3:25 4. "Yung Wun Anthem" 4:35 5. "One More Day in the Hood" (featuring Cassidy ) The Koul Kats 4:28 6. "Sad Song" Anderson Santana Lambert Marcus Williams Torrence Scott Chrishaun Maurice Sinclair Vizion 4:18 7. "Starvin' & Robbin'" Anderson Beard Sinclair Lauren Lake Jay-Mac Vizion Lauren Lake (co. ) 4:42 8. "Load 'Em Up" Anderson Taronda Hamilton Sinclair Vizion 4:29 9. "Cadillac Doors" Tony "V.I.P." Lopez 4:20 10. "Walk It, Talk It" (featuring David Banner) David Banner 4:56 11. "Let It Bump" The Koul Kats 4:20 12. "Represent/Georgia Waters" Anderson Dean Scott Sinclair Laferron Miles Swizz Beatz Vizion Laferron Miles (co. ) 11:33 Total length: 53:28
Sample credits
James "Yung Wun " Anderson – vocals
Bazaar Royale – background vocals (track 1)
D.O. Deville – background vocals (track 2)
Trillville – background vocals (track 2) Earl "DMX " Simmons – vocals (track 3)
Wesley "Lil' Flip " Weston – vocals (track 3)
Lavell "David Banner " Crump – vocals (track 3) , background vocals & producer (track 10)
Kasseem "Swizz Beatz " Dean – background vocals (tracks: 4, 9, 12) , producer (tracks: 4, 12) , executive producer
Barry "Cassidy " Reese – vocals (track 5)
Santana "Skinny King" Lambert – additional vocals (track 6)
Marcus "Big Marc" Williams – additional vocals (track 6)
Lauren Lake – background vocals & violin (track 7) , co-producer (tracks: 1, 7)
Carl Phipps – additional vocals (track 7)
Taronda "Pist Off" Hamilton – additional vocals (track 8)
Shawty The Pimp – background vocals (track 12)
James "Jay-Mac" Beard – electric guitar (track 1) , producer (tracks: 1, 7)
Steven Hoffman – acoustic guitar (track 6)
Torrence Scott – bass (tracks: 6, 12) , lead guitar (track 12)
Laferron Miles – additional keyboards (tracks: 6, 12) , co-producer & recording (track 12)
Larry Phillabaum – organ & additional keyboards (track 7) , acoustic guitar (track 9) , mixing (tracks: 6, 7, 11) , recording (tracks: 9, 11)
Charles Pettaway – guitar (track 10)
Michael Hardnanett – bass (track 10)
Shondrae "Bangladesh " Crawford – producer (track 2)
Luis "Faust" Matos – producer (track 3)
James Seawood – producer (tracks: 5, 11)
Sekou Davis – producer (tracks: 5, 11)
Chrishaun "Vizion" Sinclair – producer (tracks: 6-8, 12) , co-producer (track 1)
Tony "V.I.P." Lopez, Jr. – producer (track 9)
Eric McCaine – co-producer (track 4)
Robert Brown – recording (track 1)
E-Plugg – mixing (track 1)
Matt Atkinson – recording (tracks: 2, 12)
Greg Fisher – recording assistant (tracks: 2, 12)
Rich Keller – mixing (tracks: 2-4, 9, 10, 12) , recording (track 4)
Joe Davis – recording (track 3)
Steve Conover – recording assistant & mixing assistant (track 4)
Glen Marchese – recording & mixing (track 5)
Geoff Rice – recording assistant (track 5) , mixing assistant (tracks: 5, 10)
Tech – recording (tracks: 6-8)
Carlisle Young – mixing (tracks: 8, 12)
Kevin Wilson – recording assistant (tracks: 9, 11) , mixing assistant (track 11)
Steve Fisher – recording (track 10)
Jason Agel – mixing assistant (track 12)
Chris Athens – masteringAlli Truch – art direction, design
Chris LeBeau – art direction
Marc Baptiste – photography
Trevor Jerideau – A&R
Grady Spivey – A&R
Karl Washington – legal
Aisha Williams – stylist
Andre' Aarons – management
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