Tough Luv Young Gunz . It was released on February 24, 2004 via Roc-A-Fella Records . Recording sessions took place at Sony Music Studios , Baseline Studios and Quad Recording in New York , and at The Studio and Homebase Studios in Philadelphia . Production was handled by Chad Hamilton, Just Blaze , Bink! , Boola, Darrell "Digga" Branch, Ez Elpee, Ruggedness and Scott Storch , with Jay-Z , Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Denim, Beanie Sigel , Cam'ron , Chingy , Freeway , Jay-Z, Juelz Santana , Omillio Sparks and Rell .
Tough Luv Released February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24 ) Recorded 2003 Studio Genre Hip hop Length 1 :12 :37 Label Producer
"No Better Love" "Friday Night"
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and sold 128,000 copies in its first week. By 2010, it sold 421,000 units in the US.[ 5] Billboard Hot 100
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Future of the Roc" 2:59 2. "Roc U" (featuring Beanie Sigel ) Chad Hamilton 4:52 3. "No Better Love" (featuring Rell ) Chad Hamilton Ryan Press (co. ) 3:55 4. "Friday Night" Just Blaze 4:09 5. "$$$ Girlz" (featuring Juelz Santana ) Chad Hamilton 3:54 6. "Never Take Me Alive" (featuring Jay-Z ) Scott Storch 4:59 7. "Tough Luv" (featuring Denim) Ries Muhammad Smith Dee Ervin Just Blaze 5:39 8. "Grown Man" Ries Muhammad Hamilton L. Bell C. James Chad Hamilton 3:13 9. "North of Death" Chad Hamilton 4:59 10. "Look in Your Eyes" (featuring Cam'ron ) Ruggedness 4:13 11. "Take It How U Want It" (featuring Sparks ) Chad Hamilton 5:10 12. "That's Right" Boola 4:31 13. "Parade" (featuring Freeway ) Chad Hamilton Ryan Press (co. ) 4:31 14. "Time" Ries Muhammad Hamilton Presson Bob Reneu Chad Hamilton Ryan Press (co. ) 3:46 15. "Life We Chose" (featuring Denim) Chad Hamilton Shane Boog (co. ) Ryan Press (co. ) 4:13 16. "Problemz" Ries Muhammad Lamont Porter Ez Elpee The Thorobreads (add. ) 3:12 17. "Can't Stop, Won't Stop Remix" (featuring Chingy ) Darrell "Digga" Branch 4:22 Total length: 1:12:37
Sample credits
Christopher "Young Chris " Ries – vocals
Hanif "Neef Buck " Muhammad – vocals
Dwight "Beanie Sigel " Grant – vocals (track 2)
Gerrell "Rell " Gaddis – vocals (track 3)
LaRon "Juelz Santana " James – vocals (track 5)
Shawn "Jay-Z " Carter – vocals (track 6) , executive producer
Denim – vocals (tracks: 7, 15)
Cameron "Cam'ron " Giles – vocals (track 10)
Kenneth "Omillio Sparks " Johnson – vocals (track 11)
Leslie "Freeway " Pridgen – vocals (track 13)
Howard "Chingy " Bailey – vocals (track 17)
Steve Tirpak – trumpet (track 1) Emma Kummrow – violin (track 1)
Igor Szwec – violin (track 1)
Gloria Justen – violin (track 1)
Larry Gold – cello, additional strings and horns (track 1)
E-Bass – keyboards and guitars (tracks: 4, 7)
Matt McCarrin – additional keyboards (track 9)
J. I. of Team PB – additional vocals (track 10)
Cosmic Kev – additional scratches (track 13)
Roosevelt "Bink! " Harrell III – producer (track 1)
Spunk Digga – co-producer (track 1)
Shane "Bermuda" Woodley – recording (tracks: 1, 3-5, 7, 10, 12, 14)
Jeff Chestek – recording (track 1)
Dragan "Chach" Cacinovic – mixing (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 16, 17)
Chad Hamilton – producer & recording (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13-15)
Doug Wilson – mixing (tracks: 2, 8, 11, 13-15)
Ryan Presson – co-producer (tracks: 3, 13-15)
Justin "Just Blaze " Smith – producer (tracks: 4, 7)
Ken Lewis – mixing (tracks: 4, 7)
Scott Storch – producer (track 6) Gimel "Young Guru " Keaton – recording (track 6) , mixing (track 12)
Kam Houff – mixing (track 6)
Melvin "Ruggedness" Carter – producer (track 10)
Alrad "Boola" Lewis – producer (track 12)
Caveman – recording (track 13)
Shane Boog – co-producer (track 15)
Lamont "Ez Elpee" Porter – producer (track 16)
The Thorobreads – additional producer(s) (track 16)
Carlisle Young – recording (tracks: 16, 17)
Darrell "Digga" Branch – producer (track 17)
Tony Dawsey – masteringDamon "Dame" Dash – executive producerKareem "Biggs" Burke – executive producerAndrew Huggins – recording administrator
Eric Weissman – sample clearance agent
Dawud West – art direction, design
Mark Mann – photographyOluwaseye Olusa – additional photography
Patrick Reynolds – A&R administrator
Darcell Lawrence – A&R direction
Darrin Chandler – A&R direction
Ramses Francois – A&R coordinator
Travis Cummings – A&R coordinator
Gary "Big Face" Bien-Aime – A&R
Shalik Berry – A&R
Sherman Dudley – management
Jay Brown – management
Amber Noble – marketing
Girard Hunt – marketing
Shari Bryant – marketing
Jennifer Justice – legal
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