More Than Music Vol. 1
More Than Music, Vol. 1 is a mixtape by American hip-hop collective The Diplomats. It was released on June 21, 2005, through Diplomat Records; with distribution via Koch Records.
Recording sessions took place at The Honor Room, Dreamsound Studios, Dark Dimension Studios and Sony Music Studios in New York City, Santana's World in New Jersey and Ray House. Production was handled by The Heatmakerz, Doe Boyz, Scram Jones, DukeDaGod, Skitzo, Dame Grease, Darrell "Digga" Branch, DJ Green Lantern, J. Arm, John Dolo, Knoxbonikz, Mayor, Nomadic, Pro-V, Wattz and Zurc, with co-producers Ash and Wreck.
In the United States, the album peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200, number 7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 5 on the Top Rap Albums and number 2 on the Independent Albums charts.
Its sequel mixtape, More Than Music Vol. 2, would be released on December 5, 2006.
Track listing
;Sample credits- Track 2 contains samples from the recording "Hard to Handle" written by Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones and Otis Redding, performed by Otis Redding.
- Track 19 contains replayed elements of the composition "Miracles" written by Marty Balin.
Personnel
- George "DukeDaGod" Moore – vocals, producer, co-producer, recording, executive producer, A&R
- Durell "Hell Rell" Mohammed – vocals
- Rusty "J.R. Writer" Brito – vocals
- LaRon "Juelz Santana" James – vocals, associate executive producer
- Joseph "Jim Jones" Jones II – vocals, associate executive producer
- Calvin "40 Cal." Byrd – vocals
- Antonio "Un Kasa" Wilder – vocals
- Cameron "Cam'Ron" Giles – vocals, executive producer
- Ezekiel "Freekey Zekey" Jiles – vocals
- Ashley "Ash" Middleton – vocals & co-producer
- John "Fabolous" Jackson – vocals
- Corley "Jay Bezel" Preston – vocals
- Derek "Bloodshed" Armstead – vocals
- Abdul "A-Mafia" Holmes – vocals
- Natoya "Jha-Jha" Handy – vocals
- Martell "Razah" Nelson – vocals
- Calvin "Mister Cee" Laburn – additional vocals
- Damon "Dame Grease" Blackman – producer
- John "J. Armz" Armwood – producer
- Gregory Green – producer
- Sean Thomas – producer
- Bigram "DVLP" Zayas – producer
- Zurc – producer
- Mayor – producer
- John Dolo – producer
- James "DJ Green Lantern" D'Agostino – producer
- Nomadic – producer
- Dario "Skitzo" Rodriguez – producer, co-producer
- Darrell "Digga" Branch – producer
- Marc "Scram Jones" Shemer – producer
- David "Knoxville" Stokes – producer
- Andrew "Pro-V" Thielk – producer
- Marco "Wattz" Nunez – producer
- Wreck – co-producer
- Mike Thomas – recording, mixing
- Vernil Rogers – recording
- Mike Peters – recording
- Ray Rock – recording
- Carlisle Young – recording, mixing
- Eric "Ibo" Butler – mixing
- Andrew Kelley – art direction, design
- Oluwaseye Olusa – photography
- Ted D'Ottavio – photography
- Stephen "Spliff" Hacker – A&R administrator
- Jamel George – A&R administrator
- Adrian Williams – A&R assistant
- Karen Civil – A&R assistant