2003 studio album by Westside Connection
Terrorist Threats Released December 9, 2003 (2003-12-09 ) Recorded 2002–2003 Genre Length 51 :24 Label Producer
Terrorist Threats is the second and final studio album by American West Coast hip hop supergroup Westside Connection . It was released on December 9, 2003 through Hoo-Bangin' Records and Capitol Records . Production was handled by Young Tre, Bruce Waynne, Dirty Swift , Pockets, Rashad Coes, Big Tank, Damizza , DJ Jamal, Fredwreck , Megahertz , Neff-U , and Sir Jinx , with Ice Cube and Mack 10 serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from K-Mac , Butch Cassidy , Young Soprano (p.k.a. Deviossi), Knoc-turn'al , Nate Dogg , Skoop Delania, and Keith David , who voiced the intro track "Threat to the World", and parts of "Potential Victims" and "Gangsta Nation ". The album debuted at number 16 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 136,000 copies sold in the US.[ 10] It has since sold 679,000 records in the US and has been certified Gold by the RIAA on January 12, 2004.[ 11]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "A Threat to the World" (Intro) 1:14 2. "Call 9-1-1" Young Tre 3:44 3. "Potential Victims" Jackson Rolison Calhoun Green Young Tre 3:02 4. "Gangsta Nation " (featuring Nate Dogg ) Fredwreck 4:53 5. "Get Ignit" Ron "Neff-U" Feemster 4:11 6. "Pimp the System" (featuring Butch Cassidy ) Jackson Rolison Calhoun Danny Means Claudio Robles Rashad Coes 4:45 7. "Don't Get Outta Pocket" (featuring K-Mac ) Young Tre 3:51 8. "Izm" Jackson Rolison Calhoun Waynne Nugent Kevin Risto 4:05 9. "So Many Rappers In Love" Jackson Rolison Calhoun Robles Coes 4:13 10. "Lights Out" (featuring Knoc-turn'al ) Damizza 3:43 11. "Bangin' at the Party" (featuring K-Mac, Skoop Delania and Young Soprano) Jackson Rolison Calhoun Garmon Jimmy Tucker Andrew Price II Anthony Wheaton J. Hill 3:12 12. "You Gotta Have Heart" Jackson Rolison Calhoun Nugent Risto 3:52 13. "Terrorist Threats" Jackson Rolison Calhoun Derryck Thornton Big Tank 2:28 14. "Superstar (Double Murder = Double Platinum)" Megahertz 4:14 Total length: 51:24
Notes Tracks 1, 3 and 4 featured vocals by Keith David
Tracks 8 and 12 featured additional vocals by Bruce Waynne
Track 11 featured additional vocals by Mr. Holloway and Spider Loc Sample credits
Dedrick "Mack 10 " Rolison – main performer, executive producer, A&R
O'Shea "Ice Cube " Jackson – main performer, executive producer
William "WC " Calhoun Jr. – main performer
Nathaniel "Nate Dogg " Hale – featured artist (track 4)
Danny "Butch Cassidy " Means – featured artist (track 6)
Kelly "K-Mac " Garmon – featured artist (tracks: 7, 11)
Royal "Knoc-turn'al " Harbor – featured artist (track 10)
Jimmy "Skoop Delania" Tucker – featured artist (track 11)
Andrew "Deviossi"/"Young Soprano" Price II – featured artist (track 11)
Keith David – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
Waynne "Bruce Waynne" Nugent – additional vocals & producer (tracks: 8, 12)
Mr. Holloway – additional vocals (track 11)
Curtis "Spider Loc " Williams – additional vocals (track 11)
Treyvon "Young Tre" Green – producer (tracks: 2, 3, 7)
Farid "Fredwreck " Nassar – producer (track 4)
Theron "Neff-U " Feemster – producer (track 5)
Claudio "Pockets" Robles – producer (tracks: 6, 9)
Rashad Coes – producer (tracks: 6, 9)
Kevin "Dirty Swift" Risto – producer (tracks: 8, 12)
Damion "Damizza " Young – producer (track 10)
Anthony "Sir Jinx " Wheaton – producer (track 11)
J. "DJ Jamal" Hill – producer (track 11)
Derek "Big Tank" Thornton – producer (track 13)
Dorsey "Megahertz " Wesley – producer (track 14)
Andrew Shack – co-executive producer, A&R
Brian "Big Bass " Gardner – mastering
Naoto Ikeda – photography
Kevin Faist – A&R
Candyce Handley – A&R
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