The Professional 3
The Professional 3 is the third studio album by American record producer DJ Clue. It was released on December 19, 2006 via Def Jam Recordings, Roc-A-Fella Records, and Desert Storm Records, serving as a sequel to his 2001 The Professional 2.
Production was handled by Ken "Duro" Ifill, DVLP, Baby Paul, CHOPS, Filthy, Kanye West, L.T. Hutton, Shatek King, Swizz Beatz. The Heatmakerz and Clue himself.
It features guest appearances by Fabolous, Juelz Santana, Mario Winans, The Game, Beanie Sigel, Bun B, Cam'ron, Cassidy, Consequence, Fat Joe, Freeway, Jadakiss, Jagged Edge, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Mike Jones, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Nas, Paul Wall, Ransom, Remy Ma, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, Styles P and Young Jeezy.
The album peaked at number seventy-three on the Billboard 200 chart, and number eighteen on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Track listing
Notes- signifies additional vocal production
- signifies a co-producer
- "Clear Da Scene" contains elements from "Stick Em", written by Mark Morales, Darren Robinson, and Damon Wimbley.
- "Fuck Off" contains samples from "A Child of God ", as performed and written by Jimmy Lewis.
- "Da Boss" contains elements from "Please Don't Leave Me Lonely", performed and written by King Floyd.
- Giantz of NYC" contains a sample of "Go Out and Get Some ", as performed by Millie Jackson, written by Millie Jackson and Randy Klein.
- "You Don't Really Wanna" contains excerpts from "Brown Baby", performed by Billy Paul, and written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
Personnel
- DJ Clue – executive producer, keyboards
- Jovonn "The Last Don" Alexander – keyboards
- Chris Athens – mastering
- Darryl Beaton – keyboards
- Dinky Bingham – keyboards
- Chops – engineer
- Miss Connie – background vocals
- Develop – engineer
- Skane Dolla – executive producer
- Shaun Don – mixing
- Supa Engineer DURO – executive producer, engineer, mixing
- Khalil "BDK" Edwards – mixing assistant
- Paul Gregory – engineer
- LT Hutton – hook and vocals
- Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton – engineer
- Claude Kelly – additional background vocals
- Sam Lebeau – engineer
- Poobs – engineer
- Eric "ERK" Vargas – engineer
- Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young – mixing assistant