Federation: The Album

Federation: The Album
Federation: The Album
Studio album by The Federation
Released	October 5, 2004
Recorded	2004
Studio	The Federation Compound (Sacramento, CA); Infinite Studios (Alameda, CA); Chicago Recording Company (Chicago, IL);
Genre	Hip hop; hyphy;
Length	1:05:31
Label	Virgin
Producer	Big Jon Platt (exec.); Rick Rock (also exec.);
The Federation chronology

Rick Rock Presents Federation: The Album is the debut studio album by American hip hop group The Federation. It was released on October 5, 2004 via Virgin Records, and was entirely produced by Rick Rock. It also features guest appearances from Daz Dillinger, E-40, and Twista among others. Despite being released for a major label, The album was poorly promoted and was a commercial failure, just managing to reach the bottom of the US Billboard 200 at number 200. The album's two singles, "Hyphy" and "Go Dumb", also failed to find much success, only reaching 88 and 95 respectively on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The song “Mayhem” was featured on American football video game Madden NFL 2004.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	A. Caldwell	0:06
2.	"What Is It" (featuring Eldorado Red)	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas G. Bradford	3:42
3.	"Hyphy" (featuring E-40)	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas E. Stevens	4:31
4.	"Go Dumb"	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas	4:06
5.	"You Might See Me"	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas	3:50
6.	"Hoes in Here"	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas D. McDaniels J. Simmons L. Smith	4:49
7.	"You Don't Want It" (featuring Battle Locco & Kinsmoke)	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas D. Dew J. East K. Gully	4:59
8.	"Crazy" (Skit)	R. Thomas	0:52
9.	"Go to Work"	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas B. Pendergrass K. Leary M. Clee M. Perison R. Thomas R. Parison	3:41
10.	"We Ride" (featuring Daz Dillinger)	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas D. Arnaud	5:08
11.	"Ghetto Love Song" (featuring Next Level)	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas A. Tate J. Tate	5:14
12.	"In Love With a Hoodrat" (featuring Undaflow)	M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas J. East	4:37
13.	"Donkey"	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas	4:21
14.	"What If I Had a Gun" (featuring Twista & Undaflow)	A. Caldwell R. Thomas J. East C. Mitchell	5:22
15.	"Damn" (Interlude)	M. Selmon R. Thomas	0:56
16.	"Damn"	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas	4:37
17.	"Momma Dot" (Skit)		0:35
18.	"Mayhem"	A. Caldwell M. Selmon T. Jackson R. Thomas	4:05
Total length:			1:05:31

Personnel

Anthony "Goldie" Caldwell – main performer
Marvin "Doonie Baby" Selmon – main performer
Thomas "Stressmatic" Jackson – main performer
Gary "Eldorado Red" Bradford – guest performer (track 2)
Earl "E-40" Stevens – guest performer (track 3)
Battle Locco – guest performer (track 7)
Kinsmoke – guest performer (track 7)
Delmar "Daz" Arnaud – guest performer (track 10)
Next Level – guest performer (track 11)
J. "Undaflow" East – guest performer (tracks: 12, 14)
Carl "Twista" Mitchell – guest performer (track 14)
Michael Denten – backing vocals (track 14), mixing (tracks: 8, 11), recording (tracks: 11, 12, 18)
Femi Ojetunde – guitar (track 11)
Ricardo "Rick Rock" Thomas – producer, executive producer, mixing (tracks: 5, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18), recording (track 18)
"Big Jon" Platt – executive producer
Richard "Segal" Huredia – mixing (tracks: 1-3, 5, 7, 12-14, 16, 18)
Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing (track 4)
Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing (tracks: 6, 9, 10)
Dustin "Nump" Perfetto – recording (tracks: 1, 7, 8, 12)
Joe Jackson – recording (tracks: 2-7, 9-14, 16, 18), A&R
Chris Young – engineering (tracks: 1-3, 5, 7, 11-13, 16, 18)
Jason Stasium – engineering (track 4)
Josh McDonnel – engineering (track 4)
Richard Balmer – engineering (tracks: 5, 11, 12, 16, 18)
Sean Tallman – engineering (tracks: 6, 9, 10)
Chris Bellman – mastering
Liza Lowinger – art direction
Brian – art direction & design
Jonathan Mannion – photography
Julie Dickens – A&R
Michelle Ryang – A&R
Ronette Bowie – A&R
Scott Gordon – A&R
Wendi Cothran – A&R
Sean Mosher-Smith – creative director

Chart positions

Album

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	200
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	51
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[5]	14

References

^ Birchmeier, Jason. "The Album – Federation". Allmusic. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
^ "Federation Chart History". Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
^ "Federation Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
^ "Federation Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
^ "Federation Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.

External links

Federation - The Album at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Birchmeier, Jason. "The Album – Federation". Allmusic. Retrieved February 20, 2018.

[2] "Federation Chart History". Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Retrieved February 20, 2018.

[ac_Billboard200_Federation-3] "Federation Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Federation-4] "Federation Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.

[ac_BillboardHeatseekers_Federation-5] "Federation Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.

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