Lead Pipe (album)
Lead Pipe is the second studio album by American rapper Grand Daddy I.U. from Queens, New York. It was released on June 21, 1994, through Cold Chillin'/Epic Street. The entire album was produced by Grand Daddy I.U. and Kay Cee.
Despite being released on a major label, the album was a commercial failure, only reaching number 88 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Following the album, Grand Daddy I.U. appeared on Big L's 1995 album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous and then went on a 12-year hiatus before returning in 2007 with his third studio album, Stick to the Script.
Personnel
- Ayyub Cave – main artist, producer, mixing
- Anthony PapaMichael – bass, keyboards, strings, engineering, mixing
- Anton Pukshansky – bass, piano
- Richard Bush – keyboards
- Brett Miles – horns
- Vikki – backing vocals
- Earlando Arrington "Early B" Neil – backing vocals
- Kay Cee – scratches, producer, arranger, mixing
- Big Snow – producer
- Robert Power – mixing
- Loren Wilson Hill – re-mixing
- Wendell "The Grinch" Hanes – re-mixing
- Tyrone "Fly Ty" Williams – executive producer
- Leonard Fichtelberg – executive producer