Gamers (album)
Gamers is the second studio album by American hip-hop duo The Conscious Daughters. It was released on March 5, 1996, via Priority Records. Recording sessions took place at Infinite Studios in Alameda, Mobbin' Studios in Fairfield, Scarface Sound West in Redwood City, The Mobb Shop in Vallejo, Conscious Sound Productions in San Rafael and Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco. Production was handled by Paris, Tone Capone, Michael Denten, Mike Mosley, Nate Fox, Rose and Studio Ton, with co-producers Sam Bostic, Scott Gordon and the Conscious Daughters themselves.
The album peaked at number 29 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its lead single, "Gamers", made it to number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, number 65 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 25 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 60 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales charts.
Track listing
;Sample credits- Track 6 contains a musical sample from "Stay a Little While, Child" written by Steve Nichol, Carl McIntosh and Jane Eugene and performed by Loose End.
Personnel
- Karryl "Special One" Smith – vocals, co-producer, executive producer
- Carla "C.M.G." Green – vocals, co-producer, executive producer
- Nate Grogran – additional backing vocals, producer & mixing
- Rodney "Harm" Waller – vocals, additional keyboards
- F. "Baby Doll" Morales – vocals
- Mandolyn "Mystic" Ludlum – vocals, additional vocals
- Tenina "Suga-T" Stevens – vocals
- Rose – backing vocals & producer
- Sandy Griffith – vocals
- Reggie "Saafir" Gibson – vocals
- Damani M. "Father Dom" Khaleel – vocals
- Jamal "Mac Mall" Rocker – vocals
- Ronald "Money-B" Brooks – vocals
- Cleveland "Clee" Askew – vocals
- Marcus "C-Funk" McKinley – vocals
- Peter Boyd – bass guitar
- DJ Yonie Yon – scratches
- Scott "One Scott Drop" Roberts – additional keyboards
- Gary Bolden – bass guitar
- Mike Mosley – producer & mixing
- Oscar "Paris" Jackson Jr. – producer, mixing, additional mixing, executive producer
- Marvin "Studio Ton" Whitemon – producer
- Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – producer
- Michael Denten – producer, engineering
- Sam Bostic – co-producer & mixing
- Scott Gordon – co-producer
- Eric Valentine – engineering
- Benjamin Grant DePauw – engineering
- Todd D. Smith – art direction, graphics, layout
- Marcus Hanschen – photography
- Tyronne "Casual T" White – A&R
- Dana Mason – A&R
- Tim Reid II – management