Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) |
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1. | "The Imperial Intro" | | | 5:00 |
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2. | "To My People" | | DJ Scratch | 4:56 |
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3. | "Settin' It Off" | - Smith
- Lewis
- McNair
- Fisher
- Jones
- Douglas Brinson
| M.D. | 4:22 |
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4. | "Run for Cover" | | Swizz Beatz | 3:29 |
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5. | "I Got Your Back" | - Smith
- Lewis
- McNair
- Fisher
- Jones
- Spivey
| DJ Scratch | 5:49 |
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6. | "This Is What Happens" | | DJ Scratch | 5:30 |
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7. | "Everybody on the Line Outside" | | DJ Scratch | 5:06 |
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8. | "Last Night" | | Busta Rhymes | 3:59 |
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9. | "Where You Think You Goin'" | - Smith
- Lewis
- McNair
- Fisher
- Jones
- Notise
- Spivey
| DJ Scratch | 4:40 |
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10. | "We Got U Opin, Pt. 2" (featuring Buckshot) | | Da Beatminerz | 5:02 |
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11. | "Straight Spittin" | | Tony Touch | 4:43 |
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12. | "Money Talks" | - Smith
- Lewis
- McNair
- Fisher
- Spivey
| DJ Scratch | 4:26 |
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13. | "Cha Cha Cha" | - Smith
- Lewis
- Fisher
- Jones
- Spivey
| DJ Scratch | 4:11 |
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14. | "Hit Em Wit da Heat" | | Rockwilder | 4:17 |
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15. | "Do for Self" | | DJ Scratch | 5:22 |
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16. | "Everything" | - Smith
- Lewis
- McNair
- Fisher
- Jones
| L.E.S. | 3:40 |
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Total length: | 1:14:32 |
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Flipmode Squad
- Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith – performer (tracks: 2–5, 7–14, 16), producer (track 8), arranging (tracks: 2–16), executive producer
- William "Spliff Star" Lewis – performer (tracks: 2–5, 8–16)
- Roger "Rampage" McNair – performer (tracks: 2–7, 9–12, 14, 16)
- Rashia "Rah Digga" Fisher – performer (tracks: 2–6, 9–14, 16)
- Leroy "Baby Sham" Jones – performer (tracks: 2–5, 9–11, 13–16)
- Wayne "Lord Have Mercy" Notise – performer (tracks: 4, 7, 9–11, 14)
Technical
- Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake – performer (track 10)
- George "DJ Scratch" Spivey – producer (tracks: 2, 5–7, 9, 12, 13, 15), arranging (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13), executive producer
- Douglas "M.D." Brinson – producer (track 3)
- Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean – producer (track 4)
- Walter "Mr. Walt" Dewgarde – producer & arranging (track 10)
- Joseph "Tony Touch" Hernandez – producer (track 11)
- Dana "Rockwilder" Stinson – producer (track 14)
- Leshan "L.E.S." Lewis – producer (track 16)
- Vinnie Nicoletti – recording (tracks: 2–5, 7–13, 15, 16), mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5–9, 12–14, 16)
- Robert Burnette – recording (tracks: 4, 6, 7, 14), mixing (track 11)
- Andre DeBourg – recording (track 7)
- Dominick Barbera – mixing (tracks: 4, 10, 15)
- Eduardo Larez – assistant engineering (tracks: 2, 7, 9, 11), assistant recording (tracks: 4, 5, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16), assistant mixing (tracks: 4, 7, 11, 12)
- Rich Tapper – assistant engineering (tracks: 3, 10), assistant mixing (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16)
- Jin Won Lee – assistant engineering (track 3), assistant recording (tracks: 5, 14), assistant mixing (track 15)
- Cathy Rich – assistant engineering (track 6)
- Sheldon Guide – assistant engineering (track 9), assistant recording (track 4)
- Tom Passetti – assistant recording (track 8)
- Darren Rapp – assistant recording (track 14)
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Rick Posada – executive producer
- Gregory Burke – art direction, design
- Alli Burke – art direction
- Amy Guip – photography
- Kevin "Webb" Welch – A&R direction, management
- Lisa Aird – A&R coordination
- Chris Lighty – management
- Mona Scott – management
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- ^ "The FlipMode Squad Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.