Guerilla City
Guerilla City is the debut studio album by American rapper Guerilla Black. It was released on September 28, 2004, via Virgin Records. Recording sessions took place at SoundCastle, Forster Bros. Entertainment, The Darkchild Grind Factory, Can-Am Recorders and Southgate Studios in Los Angeles, Danga Zone Studios in Miami Beach, Big 3 Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, and Ardent Studios in Memphis. Production was handled by Carlos "6 July" Broady, Jazze Pha, Darkchild, DJ Felli Fel, Fredwreck, Gabriel René, Mario Winans, Red Spyda, Ric Rude, Roy "Royalty" Hamilton and Ski Beatz. It features guest appearances from Beenie Man, Brooke Valentine, Hot Dollar, Jazze Pha, Mario Winans, Nate Dogg, Marion Remazeilles, Traci Nelson, Alex Thomas and Vonda Hope-Easton.
It debuted at number 20 on the US Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 46,000 copies during its first week on sale, and had sold 200,000 copies as of January 2005.
The album spawned three singles: "Guerilla Nasty", "Compton" and "You're the One", with the latter reaching number 77 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Personnel
- Charles "Guerilla Black" Williamson – vocals, producer
- Moses "Beenie Man" Davis – vocals
- Mario "Yellowman" Winans – vocals & producer
- Alex Thomas – vocals & producer
- Vonda Hope-Easton – vocals
- Kanesha Nichole "Brooke Valentine" Brookes – vocals
- Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – vocals, programming, producer
- Nathaniel "Nate Dogg" Hale – vocals
- Traci Nelson – additional vocals
- Marion Remazeilles – additional vocals
- Leon "Hot Dollar" Gray – additional vocals, producer
- Erick Coomes – guitar & bass
- Farid "Fredwreck" Nassar – guitar, keyboards, producer & mixing
- Carlos "Six July" Broady – producer
- Andy "Red Spyda" Thelusma – producer
- Pete "Volcano" Farmer – producer, executive producer, A&R
- Til Welch – producer, A&R
- Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins – producer
- Ricky "Ric Rude" Lewis – producer
- Roy "Royalty" Hamilton – programming & producer
- Gabriel René – producer
- James "DJ Felli Fel" Corrine – producer
- David "Ski Beatz" Willis – producer
- Curri Weber – recording, engineering assistant
- Kevin Haywood – recording
- Wassim Zreik – recording, engineering
- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- Jason Goldstein – mixing
- Richard "Segal" Huredia – mixing
- Jean-Marie Horvat – mixing
- Jeremy MacKenzie – engineering
- Tommy Jamin – engineering
- Gabriele Chiesa – engineering
- Melvin Jackson – engineering
- Christen Delano – additional engineering
- Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond – executive producer, management
- Liza Lowinger – art coordinator
- Morning Breath Inc. – design
- Jonathan Mannion – photography
- Michelle Ryang – A&R
- Ronette Bowie – A&R
- Alan Mason – digital editing
- Jared Robbins – digital editing
- Sean Smith – creative director