Novakane


Novakane is the third studio album by American hip-hop group the Outlawz. It was released on October 23, 2001, through Outlaw Recordz with distribution via Koch Entertainment.
Production was handled by Reefologist Da Street Criminologist, L.T. Hutton, Floss P, Joey Glasses, Mack 4, Mike Dean, Muhammad "Madball" Bell, Poli Paul, Quimmy Quim and Shorty B. It features guest appearances from Ed Bone, Hellraza, Kamikaze, Seal and T-Low.
The album debuted at number 100 on the Billboard 200, number 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 3 on the Independent Albums charts in the United States.

Track listing

;Sample credits
  • Track 17 contains resung elements from "The Message" written by Edward Fletcher, Sylvia Robinson, Melvin Glover and Clifton Chase.

    Personnel

  • Malcolm "E.D.I. Mean" Greenidge – vocals, mixing
  • Rufus "Young Noble" Cooper III – vocals
  • Mutah "Napoleon" Beale – vocals
  • Katari "Kastro" Cox – vocals
  • Tyruss "Big Syke" Himes – vocals
  • Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel – vocals
  • Kamil "Hellraza" Beale – vocals
  • Tupac "2Pac" Shakur – vocals, executive producer
  • Terrance "T-Low" Brown – vocals
  • Crysis – additional backing vocals
  • Bosko Kante – talkbox & additional producer
  • Kamikaze – vocals
  • Ed Bone – vocals
  • Mac Robinson – guitar
  • Hans Johansson – guitar
  • James "D.C." Wilson, III – keyboards
  • Valarie King – flute
  • Vonette Yama Quinuma – electric harp
  • Sebastian Aymanns – drums
  • Jimmy Jean-Louis – djembe
  • Dave "D-Wiz" Evelingham – guitar & mixing
  • Reefologist Da Street Criminologist – producer
  • Muhammad "Madball" Bell – producer & mixing
  • William "Bill Blast" Irving – co-producer & mixing
  • Stuart "Shorty B." Jordan – producer
  • Paul Poli – producer
  • Lenton "LT" Hutton – producer
  • Joey Glasses – producer
  • Muntaquim "Quimmy Quim" Farid – producer
  • Mikal Kamil – additional producer
  • Flossy P – producer & engineering
  • James "DJ Felli Fel" Reigart – remix producer & mixing
  • Mike Dean – producer
  • Mack 4 – producer
  • Lance Pierre – mixing
  • William Lucas – engineering
  • Ryan Freeland – mixing
  • Marc Friedlander – engineering
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering
  • Yafeu Akiyele Fula – executive producer
  • Dexter Browne – photography

    Charts