Supply & Demand is the debut studio album by American Southern hip hop duo Playaz Circle from Atlanta . It was released on October 30, 2007 via Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam South Recordings . Recording sessions took place at Upstairs Studio, The Bank, Hot Beats Recording Studios, The Ludaplex, PatchWerk Recording Studios and Doppler Studios in Atlanta , at Area 51 in Detroit , at Legacy Recording Studios in New York , at Hit Factory Criteria , Circle House Studios and H&N Studio in Miami . Production was handled by B-Crucial, Bigg D , Buckwild , Drumma Boy , Jean "J Rock" Borges, Knoxville, M16, Midnight Black, Mr. Porter , Streetrunner, Tony Dinero and Wonder Arillo, with Chaka Zulu, Jeff Dixon and Ludacris serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Ludacris, Lil Wayne , Phonte and Shawnna .
Supply & Demand Released October 30, 2007 (2007-10-30 ) Recorded 2004–07 Studio Genre Length 43 :57 Label Producer
"Duffle Bag Boy " Released: May 1, 2007
"Betta Knock" Released: December 12, 2007
"#1 Trap Pick" Released: April 8, 2008
"Paper Chaser" Released: August 19, 2008
"We Workin'" Released: October 28, 2009
The title of the album was believed to have been changed to Pound 4 Pound , but in an interview Tity Boi confirmed the title to be Supply & Demand . Playaz Circle released a single on called "U Can Believe It" featuring Ludacris and Duffle Bag Boy featuring Lil Wayne .
The album debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200 , selling 26,138 copies.[ 5] In its second week, it dropped to No. 79, selling 11,261 copies.[ 6]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Dear Mr. L.A. Reid" Knoxville 4 :29 2. "#1 Trap Pick" Conyers Epps Brian Morton Tony Ratliff 3 :24 3. "Duffle Bag Boy " (featuring Lil' Wayne ) M-16 4 :18 4. "Betta Knock" (featuring Ludacris ) Wonder Arillo 4 :13 5. "Paper Chaser" (featuring Phonte ) Kon Artis 4 :02 6. "We Workin' " Drumma Boy 3 :05 7. "U Can Believe It" (featuring Ludacris) Buckwild 4 :23 8. "Paint Still Wet" Midnight Black 4 :25 9. "Outlaw" Bigg D 3 :29 10. "Gucci Bag" (featuring Shawnna ) J-Rock 4 :25 11. "Let Me Fly" Conyers Epps Nicholas Warwar Streetrunner 3 :44 Total length: 43 :57
Sample credits
Track 1 contains a sample of "A Woman Needs a Good Man" written by Mikki Farrow, Marvin Jackson and Bunny Sigler and performed by The Three Degrees
Track 7 contains elements of "The Love We Share Is the Greatest of Them All" written by Tom Brock
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