Trapped in the Game


Trapped in the Game is the second studio album by the American hip-hop group the Hard Boyz. It was released on June 25, 1996, through Power/Big Beat Records with distribution via Atlantic Records. The recording sessions took place at Digital Edge, Tree Sounds, Bosstown Recording Studio, Curtom Recording Studio and Kala Studios in Atlanta, and Bosko's House of Chicken and Beats in Los Angeles. The album was produced by POR Productions, Colin Wolfe, Bosko, Organized Noize, Ragged Azz Blast, and the Hard Boyz. It features guest appearances from DFC, Loose Screws, and Spice 1, as well as contributions from Big Frizz, Hank, Joi, Kyko, Rodney Richard, and Wendell Brown among others. The album debuted and peaked at number 67 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.

Personnel

  • Kerry "K.T./Mr. No Love" Taylor – vocals, producer & mixing
  • Charles "Royal C" Hood – vocals, producer & mixing
  • Darrell "Big D" Gilbert – vocals, producer & mixing
  • Rodney Richards – vocals, mixing
  • Al Breed – vocals
  • Bobby "T Double" Thompson – vocals
  • Robert Lee "Spice 1" Greene Jr. – vocals
  • Kyko – background vocals
  • Joi Gilliam – background vocals
  • Wendell Brown – background vocals
  • F. "Big Frizz" Taylor – vocals
  • Hank – background vocals
  • Carl "Cooly C" Dorsey – keyboards, engineering & mixing
  • Spec – keyboards
  • Bony "E" – bass, guitar, mixing
  • Martin Terry – guitar
  • Jody Mayfirel – keyboards
  • Preston Crump – bass
  • P.O.R. Productions – producer, engineering, mixing
  • Colin Wolfe – producer & mixing, engineering
  • Ragged Azz Blast – producer
  • Bosko Kante – producer & engineering
  • Organized Noize – producer & mixing
  • Edd Miller – mixing, engineering
  • Ed Rogers – engineering
  • Rubin "Silver Keys" Randolph – engineering
  • Brian Frye – engineering
  • Bernasky Wall – engineering
  • Neal H Pogue – mixing
  • Andre Tarber – engineering assistant
  • Steven Rhodes – mixing
  • Leroy McMath – mixing, executive producer, A&R direction
  • Rick Essig – mastering
  • Daniel Perry – art direction, design
  • Georgette Willis – A&R assistant
  • Glenn Orenstein – project supervisor