Legacy (Akir album)


Legacy is the debut studio album by American underground rapper Akir. It was released on March 20, 2006, via Viper Records. Recording sessions took place at Viper Studios in New York. Production was handled by SouthPaw, Apex, Dada, Den'D Productions, DJ N'finite, DJ Static, Fyre Dept., Illastrate, Rsonist, YG, and Akir himself. It features guest appearances from Immortal Technique, Akua Wilder, Hasan Salaam, Jean Grae, Krystl Yardon, Mas D, Mojo and Veks One. "Politricks" was released as a single on July 22, 2005.

Personnel

  • Stephen "Akir" Woods – vocals, bass & synthesizer, producer
  • Charles "Abiodun Oyewole" Davis – vocals
  • Felipe "Immortal Technique" Coronel – vocals, executive producer
  • Hasan Salaam – vocals
  • Akua Wilder – vocals
  • Krystl Yardon – vocals
  • Mojo – vocals
  • Tsidi "Jean Grae" Ibrahim – vocals
  • David "Mas D" Kupferstein – vocals
  • Veks One – vocals, additional vocals
  • Lékan "Poison Pen" Herron – vocals, additional vocals
  • Amin Joseph – additional vocals
  • E-Class – additional vocals
  • King Kof – additional vocals
  • Toure "Southpaw" Harris – additional vocals, bass, keyboards & strings, synthesizer, producer, recording, mixing, associate executive producer
  • DJ S.E. – scratches
  • DP One – scratches
  • Alex "Apex" Gale – bass, producer
  • Deanna "Trackslaya" Hawkins – keyboards
  • Dave Guy – horn
  • Gregory "Rsonist" Green – producer
  • Alex "DJ Static" Gyesi – producer
  • Dada – producer
  • Y.G. – producer
  • The Fire Dept. – producer
  • Illastrate – producer
  • Den'D Productions – producer
  • DJ N'finit – producer
  • Sarah Register – mastering
  • Jonathan Stuart – executive producer
  • Andre Trenier – cover painting
  • Christopher "Tetsuo" Howard – design
  • Oldemar "Mind3d" Santamaria – graphics, layout