Thugged Out: The Albulation
Thugged Out: The Albulation is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Yukmouth. It was released as double album on November 3, 1998, via Rap-A-Lot Records. The recording sessions took place at Enterprise Studio in Burbank and at the Hippie House in Houston. The production was handled by Mike Dean, Mr. Lee, Don Juan, Tone Capone and Keith "88-Keys" Kinlow, with J. Prince serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from his Regime groupmates Phats Bossilini, Tech N9ne, Madd Maxx and Poppa LQ; Luniz partner Numskull; West Coast hip hop acts MC Ren, Outlawz and Tha Dogg Pound; and several labelmates from Rap-A-Lot roster, such as the 5th Ward Boyz, DMG, Do or Die, Scarface and Willie D, as well as Fa Sho, Big Lurch, Tela and Val Young among others. The album peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200 and at number 8 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.
Along with a 2Pac-dedicated promotional single, a music video was released for the song "Still Ballin'". The video, featuring cameo appearances by the Outlawz, Tech N9ne and Shock G, was produced by Fifth Gear Ent. and directed by Eeinna Brighton-Akers, the first female director out of Hype Williams' Big Dog Films. The track "It's In My Blood Part II" is a sequel song to "In My Blood" performed by DMG, Yukmouth and Big Mike off of Scarface's My Homies, which was released seven months before this album.
Personnel
- Jerold "Yukmouth" Ellis – main artist
- Mutah Napoleon" Beale – featured artist
- Rufus "Young Noble" Cooper III – featured artist
- Malcolm "E.D.I." Greenridge – featured artist
- Aaron "Tech N9ne" Yates – featured artist
- Keith "Madd Maxx" Walker – featured artist
- Late "Phats Bossi" Bankoudagba – featured artist
- Kenneth "Poppa LQ" Green – featured artist
- Harold "DMG" Armstrong – featured artist
- Gary Paul "G Mone" Talley – featured artist
- Lorenzo "MC Ren" Patterson – featured artist
- Andre "007" Barnes – featured artist
- Eric "E-Rock" Taylor – featured artist
- Richard "Lo Life" Nash – featured artist
- C. Phillips – featured artist
- B. Phillips – featured artist
- Antron "Big Lurch" Singleton – featured artist
- Garrick "Numskull" Husbands – featured artist
- Katari "Kastro" Cox – featured artist
- Delmar "Daz Dillinger" Arnaud – featured artist
- Ricardo "Kurupt" Brown – featured artist
- Winston "Tela" Rogers III – featured artist
- Kira – featured artist
- Anthony "N.A.R.D" Round – featured artist
- Darnell "Belo Zero" Smith – featured artist
- Dennis "AK47" Round – featured artist
- Val Young – featured artist
- James "J. Prince" Smith – featured artist, executive producer
- Brad "Scarface" Jordan – featured artist
- William "Willie D" Dennis – featured artist
- T. Jupiter – featured artist
- T. Edwards – featured artist
- Jean Dorcy – featured artist
- Dante Miller – featured artist
- Iren "2-4" Moore – featured artist
- Charles "Chilla" Paxton – featured artist
- Kuirshan – featured artist
- Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – producer
- Leroy "Mr. Lee" Williams – producer, engineering
- Michael "Mike" Dean – producer, engineering, mixing, mastering
- D. "Don Juan" Cayson – producer
- Keith "88-Keys" Kinlow – producer
- Micah Harrison – engineering
- Anzel "Red Boy" Jennings – production coordinator
- Mario "Rico" Allen – production coordinator
- Tony "Big Chief" Randle – production supervisor
- Artwerkz – layout design
- Pen & Pixel – photography design