To tha X-Treme is the third solo studio album by American rapper Devin the Dude . It was released in 2004 via Rap-A-Lot 4 Life . Recording sessions took place at Dean's List House of Hits, Noddfactor Studios, The Craft, and M.A.D. Studios in Houston . Production was handled by D-Boy, Domo, Cory Mo, Mike Dean , Oonoe Blass, Rob Quest, Bigg Tyme, Davey D, Luster Baker, Mike B., Mr. Mixx , Tone Capone, with J Prince serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from 8Ball , Erica Marion, KB and Man Child.
The album peaked at number 55 on the Billboard 200 and number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Devin's Medley" 0:57 2. "To Tha X-Treme" Oonoe Blass 6:17 3. "Cooter Brown" Mike B. 4:28 4. "What?" Davey D 3:24 5. "Freak" Tone Capone 3:38 6. "Right Now" Copeland D-Boy 5:34 7. "Too Cute" (featuring Erica Marion) Copeland W. Perry Robert McQueen Luster Baker Michael Poye Rob Quest Luster Baker Domo 5:08 8. "Don't Go" 4:07 9. "Come on & Come" Mr. Mixx 4:35 10. "Go Fight Some Other Crime" Oonoe Blass 5:18 11. "Briarpatch" 5:47 12. "She's Gone" Bigg Tyme 4:50 13. "Anythang" Cory Mo 5:41 14. "Tha Funk" (featuring 8Ball ) Domo 5:05 15. "Motha" 4:55 16. "Party" (featuring K.B. and Man Child) Copeland Kevin Brown H. Cross D-Boy 3:48 17. "Unity" 4:20 Total length: 1:17:52
Sample credits
Devin "The Dude " Copeland – vocals (tracks: 2-17) , mixing assistant
Erica Marion – vocals (track 7)
Assassin – additional vocals (track 10)
Pee Wee – additional vocals (track 10) , engineering
Perfec' – additional vocals (track 10)
Dee – additional vocals (track 12)
Ock – additional vocals (track 12) , engineering
T-Breezy – additional vocals (track 12)
Premro "8Ball " Smith – vocals (track 14)
Kevin "KB" Brown – vocals (track 16)
H. "Man Child" Cross – vocals (track 16)
Mike Dean – guitar (tracks: 6, 8) , bass (track 14) , producer (tracks: 8, 17) , engineering, mixing, mastering
Bryan Conner – guitar (track 6)
Cory "Funkafangaz" Stoops – guitar (tracks: 8, 17)
Joe "J.B. Money" Bythewood – guitar (track 11)
Hotan Kheyrandish – keyboards (track 11)
Greg – drums (track 11)
Juan Sanchez – guitar (track 13)
Casey Walden – guitar (track 14)
Luster Baker – keyboards (track 14) , producer (track 7)
D. Buchanan – producer (tracks: 2, 10)
Michael "Mike B." Banks – producer (track 3)
Davey D. Cohn – producer (track 4)
Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – producer (track 5)
Luca "D-Boy" Pretolesi – producer (tracks: 6, 8, 15-17)
Michael "Domo" Poye – producer (tracks: 7, 11, 14, 15)
Robert "Rob Quest" McQueen – producer (tracks: 7, 11)
Cory Moore – producer (tracks: 8, 13) , engineering
David "Mr. Mixx " Hobbs – producer (track 9)
Randy "Bigg Tyme" Jefferson – producer (track 12)
Goodgrief – DJ mix (track 1)
Eric – engineering
James "J Prince " Smith – executive producer
Mike Frost – artwork, design, photography, layout
Tony Randle – A&R supervisor
Anzel Jennings – A&R
Marico Allen – booking
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