Forever: Rich Thugs, Book One

Forever: Rich Thugs, Book One is the sixth studio album by American hip hop group Above the Law. It was released on October 26, 1999 for Street Solid Records.

Forever: Rich Thugs, Book One
Studio album by Above the Law
Released	October 26, 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	53:33
Label	Street Solid Records Inc.
Producer	Above the Law (also exec.) Big Mil Tha Chill DJ Silk Nick
Above the Law chronology
Legends (1998) Forever: Rich Thugs, Book One (1999) Sex, Money & Music (2009)

On this album, Cold 187um appeared as Big Hutch and KM.G as Chicken Vin. The album featured guest appearances from Safecracka, Young Ten, and Ha-Ha L.O.C., and its audio production was handled by Big Mil, Tha Chill, DJ Silk, Nick, and A.T.L. themselves.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Rich Thugs" (Intro)	G. Hutchinson M. McDonald	Big Mil	1:47
2.	"Black Mob" (featuring Safecracka)	K. Gulley G. Hutchinson	DJ Silk	4:36
3.	"Marvin"	A. Stewart K. Gulley G. Hutchinson M. Gaye	Big Hutch	4:11
4.	"Three Strikes"			0:33
5.	"Recycle the Black Dollar"	K. Gulley G. Hutchinson	Big Hutch	3:23
6.	"Respect" (featuring Young Ten)	K. Gulley G. Hutchinson J. Taylor	Tha Chill Above The Law	4:20
7.	"Pawns"	K. Gulley G. Hutchinson	Nick Above The Law (co.)	4:02
8.	"Thug in Your Life"	K. Gulley G. Hutchinson M. McDonald	Big Mil	5:14
9.	"Smoke"	K. Gulley G. Hutchinson	Above The Law Tha Chill	4:14
10.	"Rich Thugs Movement" (Interlude)			2:34
11.	"A.T.L. True"	K. Gulley G. Hutchinson M. McDonald	Big Mil Above The Law (co.)	4:31
12.	"It Ain't Where You From"	K. Gulley G. Hutchinson	Above the Law	4:00
13.	"The Money" (Interlude)			0:32
14.	"Sax"	K. Gulley G. Hutchinson M. McDonald	Big Mil	4:07
15.	"P.I.M.P." (featuring Ha-Ha L.O.C., Safecracka & Young Ten)	K. Gulley G. Hutchinson M. McDonald J. Taylor	Big Mil Big Hutch (co.)	5:29
Total length:				53:33

Personnel

• Gregory Fernan Hutchinson - producer (tracks 3, 5–6, 9, 12), co-producer (6–7, 11–12, 15), executive producer, mixing (tracks 1, 3, 5, 11–12, 15)
• Kevin Michael Gulley - producer (track 9), co-producer (tracks 6–7, 11–12), executive producer, mixing (tracks 2, 6–7)
• Anthony Stewart - producer (track 9), co-producer (tracks 6–7, 11–12), executive producer, mixing (tracks 2, 6–7)
• Big Mil - producer (tracks 1, 8, 11, 14–15), mixing (tracks 1, 8–9, 11, 14–15), recording (tracks 8–9, 11)
• Vernon Johnson - producer (tracks 6, 9), mixing & additional vocals (track 6)
• Russell Brown - producer & mixing (track 2)
• Nick - producer & mixing (track 7)
• Tim House - mixing (tracks 8–9), recording (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8–9, 11–12, 14–15), A&R direction
• Jay Gonzalez - mixing (track 11), recording (tracks 1–2)
• Kathy Longinaker - photography
• Imix Design - art direction
• Young Ten - guest vocals (tracks 2, 6, 15)
• Safecracka - guest vocals (tracks 2, 15)
• Boom Bam - guest vocals (track 2, 14)
• Ha-Ha L.O.C. - guest vocals (track 15)