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E. Play Smooth
Basements II Billboard
Album US 1993 on 4 Sight Records label
Hip-Hop/Rap
Samples used: Intro: "PaPa Was Too" written by Joe Tex. Gangsta Story (Album Version): "Get On The Good Foot" performed and written by James Brown, Fred Wesley, Joseph Mims. Buddha: "Babies Makin Babies" performed by Beats Int'l, written by Cook, Stone and Smith. Klutch Tha Nutz: "Substitution" performed and written by Herb Rooney. "God Made Me Funky" written by B. Maupin, B. Sumner, B. McKnight, P. Jackson, M. Clark. No Future Ring, No Future Wife: "Substitution" performed and written by Herb Rooney. "More Bounce To The Ounce" performed by Zapp, written by R. Troutman and L. Troutman. "Strawberry Letter #22" performed by Brothers Johnson. Hard Core Flava: "Substitution" performed and written by Herb Rooney. Back-N-Da Daze: "PaPa Was Too" written and performed by Joe Tex. "Young Gifted And Black" performed and written by Shirley Caesar. Studio Gangsta: "Sing A Simple Song" written by Sly Stone. Gangsta Story (Video Version): "More Bounce To The Ounce" performed by Zapp, written by R. Troutman and L. Troutman. "Get On The Good Foot" written by James Brown, Fred Wesley, Joseph Mims. Cat.# on spine: F.S. 5534-2 Cat.# on disc: F-S 5534-1 All CD releases on 4-Sight Records have "2" as last number. Therefore Cat.# with "1" on disc is wrong here and usually used for vinyl releases.
Musicians
 | E. Play Smooth , album by |
 | D.J. Zap key, keyboards |
 | Wolf-D key, keyboards |
 | Joe Tex voc, 1935-1982 US written by, sample |
 | Fred Wesley tb, *1943 US written by, sample |
 | James Brown voc, 1933-2006 US written by, sample |
 | Joseph Mims , written by, sample |
 | Kevin Smith , written by, sample |
 | Norman Cook voc, b, *1963 GB written by, sample |
 | Rodney Stone , written by, sample |
 | Bennie Maupin ts, *1940 US written by, sample |
 | Bill Summers perc, *1948 US written by, sample |
 | Dewayne McKnight g, *1954 US written by, sample |
 | Herb Rooney bvoc, *1941 written by, sample |
 | Mike Clark dr, *1946 US written by, sample |
 | Paul Jackson eb, b, *1947 US written by, sample |
 | Brothers Johnson , *1975 US written by, sample |
 | Larry Troutman perc, cng, 1944-1999 US written by, sample |
 | Roger Troutman , 1951-1999 US written by, sample |
 | Shirley Caesar voc, *1938 US written by, sample |
 | Sly Stone voc, key, *1943 US written by, sample |
Producers
| Tom Martinez engineer |
| Madison L. Darrough executive-producer |
| Tony Dawsey mastered by |
| A-Z Attic Brothers Productions producer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | E. Play Smooth | Joe Tex | 0:36 |
| 2 | Basements II Billboard | E. Play Smooth | 3:30 | |
| 3 | Gangsta Story | E. Play Smooth | Fred Wesley, James Brown, Joe Tex, Joseph Mims | 4:36 |
| 4 | Testing 1, 2 | E. Play Smooth | 4:03 | |
| 5 | Many Styles | E. Play Smooth | 3:45 | |
| 6 | Buddha (Pass It) | E. Play Smooth | Kevin Smith, Norman Cook, Rodney Stone | 3:52 |
| 7 | Klutch Da Nutz | E. Play Smooth | Bennie Maupin, Bill Summers, Dewayne McKnight, Herb Rooney, Mike Clark, Paul Jackson | 3:29 |
| 8 | Jak Muv | E. Play Smooth | 3:56 | |
| 9 | No Future Ring, No Future Wife | E. Play Smooth | Brothers Johnson, Herb Rooney, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman | 4:08 |
| 10 | Hard Core Flava | E. Play Smooth | Herb Rooney | 4:26 |
| 11 | P.M.D. | E. Play Smooth | 4:28 | |
| 12 | Back-N-Da Daze | E. Play Smooth | Joe Tex, Shirley Caesar | 4:24 |
| 13 | Studio Gangsta | E. Play Smooth | Sly Stone | 3:46 |
| 14 | Ruffneck Bizness | E. Play Smooth | 2:14 | |
| 15 | Gangsta Story (Video Version) | E. Play Smooth | Fred Wesley, James Brown, Joseph Mims, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman | 4:31 |
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