Irv Gotti Presents: The Murderers
Irv Gotti Presents... The Murderers is a compilation album by American record producer Irv Gotti and hip hop group The Murderers. Originally scheduled for a January 25, 2000 release, it was released on March 21, 2000, by Murder Inc. Records and Def Jam Recordings. Recording sessions took place at Quad Studios, at Battery Studios, at The Hit Factory, at Sound On Sound, at Right Track Studios, and at Electric Lady Studios in New York, and at Enterprise Studios, and at Westlake Audio in Los Angeles. Production was primarily handled by Irv Gotti, as well as Lil' Rob, Dat Nigga Reb, Mr. Fingaz, Damizza, DL, JB Money and Ty Fyffe. Beside Ja Rule, Black Child, Tah Murdah, Vita, O-1 and Chris Black, it features contributions by the rest of Murder Inc. roster, such as Ronnie Bumps, and Murder Inc., as well as guest appearances from Dave Bing, Shade Sheist, Busta Rhymes, Lil' Mo and Memphis Bleek.
The album peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States and at number 74 in Germany. The album sold 80,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 360,000 units.
Track listing
;Sample credits- Track 2 contains elements from "Murderer" written by Mark Myrie & Clement Dodd and performed by Buju Banton
- Track 4 contains interpolations from "Gonna Fly Now " written by Carol Connors, William Conti & Ayn Robbins
- Track 7 contains excerpts from "Somebody's Gonna Off the Man" written by Barry White and performed by The Love Unlimited Orchestra
- Track 12 contains excerpts from "Help Somebody Please" written by Robert Dukes & Eddie Levert and performed by The O'Jays
- Track 13 contains excerpts from "Doctor and Sheriff in the Myer's House" written and performed by John Carpenter
- Track 18 features samples from "The Feeling We Once Had" written by Charlie Smalls
- Track 23 contains excerpts from "Niggas Don't Give a Fuck" written by Calvin Broadus, Delmar Arnaud & Ricardo Brown and performed by Tha Dogg Pound
Personnel
- Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo – mixing, producer, re-mixing, executive producer
- Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins – vocals
- Ramel "Black Child" Gill – vocals
- Tiheem "Caddillac Tah" Crocker – vocals
- LaVita "Vita" Raynor – vocals
- Otha "O-1" Miller – vocals
- Christopher "Jody Mack" Bristole – vocals
- Earl "DMX" Simmons – vocals
- BJ – vocals
- Tramayne "Shade Sheist" Thompson – vocals
- Ronnie "Ronnie Bumps" Lane – vocals
- Dave "Dave Bing" Parks – vocals
- Cynthia "Lil' Mo" Loving – vocals
- Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith – vocals
- Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter – vocals
- Malik "Memphis Bleek" Cox – vocals
- Taiwan "Mr. Fingaz" Green – organ, producer
- Steve Hunter – guitar
- Carl "Butch" Small – percussion
- Tyrone "Ty" Fyffe – producer
- Joe Bythewood – producer
- Robert "Lil Rob" Mays – producer, co-producer, additional programming
- Richard "Dat Nigga Reb" Wilson – producer
- Larry "DL" Ogletree – producer
- Damian "Damizza" Young – producer
- Ken "Supa Engineer DURO" Ifill – mixing, re-mixing
- Brian Springer – mixing
- Michael Schlesinger – mixing
- Patrick Viala – mixing, recording
- Carlisle Young – recording
- Rich Keller – recording
- Vachik Aghaniantz – recording
- Brandon "B-Dawg" Rivera – midi editing
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Markus Swaby – project coordinator
- Jason Noto – art direction
- Scott Sandler – design
- Jonathan Mannion – photography
- Darcell Lawrence – A&R
- Susan Sneider – management
- Deidre L. Graham – marketing
- Davis, Shapiro & Lewit – legal