Retroactive (album)
Retroactive is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper and record producer Grand Puba. It was released on June 9, 2009, via Babygrande Records. Production was handled by DJ PhD, Billy Brick, Big Throwback, Elements, Grant Parks, Large Professor, Q-Tip, and Grand Puba himself. It features guest appearances from his fellow Brand Nubian groupmates Lord Jamar and Sadat X, Kid Capri, Big Phill, Khadijah Mohammed, Large Professor, Q-Tip, Rell, Sarah Martinez, Talee and Tiffani Davis. The album did not reach the Billboard 200, however, it peaked at number 97 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.
Personnel
- Maxwell "Grand Puba" Dixon – vocals, producer
- Tiffani Davis – vocals
- Khadijah Islah Mohammed – vocals
- Kid Capri – vocals
- Lord Jamar – vocals
- Brand Nubian – vocals
- Q-Tip – vocals, producer
- Large Professor – vocals, producer
- DJ PhD – producer
- Big Throwback – producer
- Randy Gonzales of West Village Studios, Sabastien "9BOY" Plassais and Wayne "Heethen" Adams @ KMA Studios, NYC – recorded, mixed, engineered
- Mark Christensen @ Engine Room Audio, NYC - mastering
- Charles "Chuck" Wilson Jr. – executive producer
- Domingo Neris - associate producer
- Willy Friedman - product manager
- Scott Buckets – artwork & design