Keep It Pimp & Gangsta
Keep It Pimp & Gangsta is the third studio album by American hip hop duo Dirty. It was released on February 25, 2003, through Universal Records, marking their second and final studio album distributed by the label, as they would later signed with Rap-A-Lot Records.
Production was handled by Cool & Dre, Dr. Fangaz, Kevin "Khao" Cates, Mannie Fresh and member Big Pimp, with Mike B. Jackson serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Lil Burn One, Mr. Blue, DBK, Kevin "Khao" Cates, Mannie Fresh, Ms. Flossy, Pastor Troy and Silk. The album debuted at number 63 on the Billboard 200 and number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the US. It was supported with three singles: "Lose Control ", "My Cadillac" and "That's Dirty".
Personnel
- Daniel "Big Pimp" Thomas — vocals, producer
- Tarvares "Mr. G Stacka The Gangsta" Webster — vocals
- Micah "Pastor" Troy — featured artist
- Kevin "Khao" Cates — featured artist, keyboards & programming, producer
- Darin Baker King — backing vocals
- Byron "Mannie Fresh" Thomas — featured artist & producer
- J'Ante' "Lil' Burn One" Howard — featured artist
- Timothy "Mr. Blue" Harris — featured artist
- Ms. Flossy — featured artist
- Silk — backing vocals
- Algernon "Dr. Fangaz" Franklin — keyboards & programming, producer
- Marcello "Cool" Valenzano — keyboards & programming, producer
- Andre "Dre" Lyon — keyboards & programming, producer
- David Karmiol — guitar
- Arshieal Johns — recording & mixing
- Mike B. Jackson — recording, mixing, engineering assistant, executive producer
- Chris Theis — recording
- Kurt McKinney — recording & mixing
- Leslie Brathwaite — mixing
- Steve Fisher — engineering assistant