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Keith Murray
Enigma
Album US 1996 on Jive label
Hip-Hop/Rap (Boom Bap)
Artist "Jamal" is credited as "Jamal of Illegal" on track Y3 (Yeah). On back cover: Produced by [...] for Funklord Productions [...] Mastered [...] at Masterdisk, NYC Call My Name [...] Produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Recording and Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc. / Mike Hogan Music (ASCAP) Manifique (Original Rules) [...] Produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Recording and Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Zomba Music Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.)/Young Legends Songs/Ecstasoul Music (ASCAP)/Chrysalis Songs/Human Rhythm Music (BMI). Contains a portion of the composition "I Need Love" [...] courtesy of Def Jam Music Inc. (ASCAP) and samples of "Baby" [...] courtesy of Young Legends Songs (ASCAP), Ecstasoul Music (ASCAP), Chrysalis Songs (BMI), Human Rhythm Music (BMI) [...] and under license from Atlantic Recordings Corp. by arrangement with Warner Special Products; "La Di Da Di" [...] courtesy of Danica Music (BMI), Slick Rick (BMI) and under license from Danya Records, and "Rockafella" [...] courtesy of Def Jam Records, under license from PolyGram Special Markets, a Division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. Whut's Happnin' [...] Produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Recording and Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.)/Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Agate Music (BMI). Contains samples of "What's Going On" [...] courtesy of Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Agate Music (BMI), and under license from PolyGram Special Markets, a Division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. and "Round Midnight" [...] courtesy of WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) and Thelonious Music (BMI), and under license from PolyGram Special Markets, a Division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. The Rhyme [...] Produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Recording and Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) (ASCAP) /Amazement Music Co. (BMI). Contains samples from "Before I Let Go" [...] courtesy of Amazement Music Co. (BMI), under license from and courtesy of Capitol Records and "Sucker MC's" [...] courtesy of Protoons Inc. (ASCAP) under license from and courtesy of Profile Records. Dangerous Ground [...] Mix engineered [...] at Quad Studios / Assistant engineer: Mike Rew. Recording engineered [...] at Battery Studios / Assistant engineer: Tim Donovan. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc. (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.)/88 Fingers of Death Productions/E.P.H.C.Y. Publishing/PolyGram International Publishing Inc. (ASCAP). 50 Grand appears courtesy of Def Squad Records, Inc. Rhymin' Wit Kel [...] Co-produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Recording and Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) (ASCAP/Kel-Vicious Music/Norfolk Music/ Embassy Music (BMI). Contains a sample from "Gimmie What You Got" [...] courtesy of Norfolk Music/Embassy Music (BMI) as administered by Music Sales Corp., and under license from AVI Entertainment Group, Inc. What A Feelin' [...] Produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Recording and Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) (ASCAP). Contains samples of "Public Enemy #1" [...] courtesy of Def American Songs (BMI), Bring The Noise Music (ASCAP), and Def Jam Records, under license from PolyGram Special Markets, a Division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. and "Can't You See" [...] courtesy of EMI-April Music on behalf of itself and Justin Publishing Co. and Bad Boy Music (ASCAP), Evelle Music/WB Music Corp. (ASCAP), Big Herb Music/WB Music Corp. (ASCAP), Dynatone Music Co. as administered by UniChappel Music Corp. (BMI), PolyGram International Publishing Inc. on behalf of itself and 12 AM Music/South Of Soul Music/Late Hours Music (ASCAP)/Roger Ryan Music (BMI) and under license from Arista Records. Hot To Def [...] Produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Recording and Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) (ASCAP) /Bridgeport Music Inc. (BMI). Contains a portion of the composition "Pride And Vanity" [...] courtesy of Bridgeport Music Inc. (BMI) and samples of "Flava In Your Ear" [...] courtesy of EMI-April Music Inc. on behalf of itself and Bee Mo Easy Music, Justin Publishing Co. and Alvin Toney Music (ASCAP) and under license from Arista Records and "Rockafella" [...] courtesy of Funky Noble Productions (ASCAP), Copyright Control (BMI), Rubberband Music as administered by Songs of PolyGram International Publishing Inc. (BMI) and courtesy of Def Jam Records, under license from PolyGram Special Markets, a Division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. Yeah [...] Co-Produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Recording and Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc./ Funky Noble Productions Inc. (all adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) /Illedelphiatic Music Inc. (adm. by Beane Tribe Music) (ASCAP)/T´Ziah´s Music (BMI). Erick Sermon and Redman appear courtesy of Rush Associated Labels Recordings. Jamal of Illegal appears courtesy of Rowdy/Arista Records. Busta Rhymes appears courtesy Elektra Entertainment Group. Love L.O.D. [...] Co-produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Recording and Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc./Rod Kirkpatrick Music (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) /88 Fingers Of Death Productions/Kel Vicious Music (ASCAP). 50 Grand appears courtesy of Def Squad Records, Inc. To My Mans [...] Produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Recording engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. [...] Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) /Oh-God Music (ASCAP). Dave Hollister appears courtesy of Def Squad Records, Inc./EMI Records Group, N.A. Contains a portion of the composition "Holding Back The Years" [...] courtesy of EMI. World Be Free [...] Produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Recording and Mix engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. (adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) (ASCAP). Contains a sample of "Rockafella" [...] courtesy of Def Jam Records, under license from PolyGram Special Markets, a Division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. The Rhyme (Remix) [...] Produced [...] for Funklord Productions. Engineered [...] at Mirror Image Recordings. [...] Remix engineered [...] at Quad Studios. Zomba Enterprises Inc./Illiotic Music, Inc./Erick Sermon Enterprises, Inc. (both adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) (ASCAP) /Amazement Music Co. (BMI). Contains samples from "Before I Let Go" [...] courtesy of Amazement Music Co. (BMI), under license from and courtesy of Capitol Records and "Sucker MC's" [...] courtesy of Protoons Inc. (ASCAP) under license from and courtesy of Profile Records. "Yeah" contains an excerpt from a Cannonball Adderly monologue, used courtesy of Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Records. [...] ℗& © 1996 Zomba Recording Corporation. [...] Printed in the United States. On labels: ℗ &© 1996 Zomba Recording Corporation
Musicians
 | Keith Murray voc, *1974 US album by, written by |
 | Tony Dawsey , US lacquer cut by, mastered by |
 | Jeff Kempler , legal, representation |
 | Katz, Smith And Cohen , legal, representation |
 | DJ EV , US scratches, scratches by |
 | Tanisha Jones set designer, styling |
 | Brandy voc, bvoc, US performer, samples of "baby" performed by |
 | Doug E. Fresh , US performer, samples of "la di da di" performed by |
 | Slick Rick voc, *1965 GB performer, samples of "la di da di" performed by |
 | Redman voc, *1970 US performer, samples of "rockafella" performed by, featuring, performer, sample of "rockafella" performed by |
 | Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin , written by, portion of the composition "i need love" written by |
 | Darryl Pierce dr, written by, portion of the composition "i need love" written by |
 | Dwayne Simon , written by, portion of the composition "i need love" written by |
 | James Todd Smith , *1968 written by, portion of the composition "i need love" written by |
 | S. Ellinger , written by, portion of the composition "i need love" written by |
 | Keith Crouch voc, US written by, samples of "baby" written by |
 | Kipper Jones voc, bvoc, US written by, samples of "baby" written by |
 | Rahsaan Patterson voc, bvoc, *1974 US written by, samples of "baby" written by |
 | Douglas E. Davis , written by, samples of "la di da di" written by |
 | Ricky Walters g, written by, samples of "la di da di" written by |
 | Wes Montgomery g, 1923-1968 US performer, samples of "round midnight" performed by |
 | Marvin Gaye p, 1939-1984 US performer, samples of "what's going on" performed by, written by, written by, samples of "what's going on" written by |
 | Bernie Hanighen , 1908-1976 US written by, samples of "round midnight" written by |
 | Cootie Williams tr, 1911-1985 US written by, samples of "round midnight" written by |
 | Thelonious Monk p, 1917-1982 US written by, samples of "round midnight" written by |
 | Renaldo Benson voc, 1937-2005 US written by, samples of "what's going on" written by |
 | Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly , performer, samples of "before i let go" performed by, performer, samples from "before i let go" performed by |
 | Run-DMC , 1981-2002 performer, samples of "sucker mc's performed by, performer, samples from "sucker mc's" performed by |
 | Frankie Beverly voc, *1946 US written by, samples of "before i let go" written by, written by, samples from "before i let go" written by |
 | Darryl McDaniels , *1964 written by, samples of "sucker mc's written by, written by, samples from "sucker mc's" written by |
 | Joseph Simmons voc, written by, samples of "sucker mc's written by, written by, samples from "sucker mc's" written by |
 | Larry Smith voc, 1952-2014 US written by, samples of "sucker mc's written by, written by, samples from "sucker mc's" written by |
 | 50 Grand , US featuring |
| Kel-Vicious , featuring |
 | Le Pamplemousse , performer, sample of "gimmie what you got" performed by |
| Gil Karson , written by, sample of "gimmie what you got" written by |
 | Total , performer, samples of "can't you see" performed by |
 | Public Enemy , *1982 US performer, samples of "public enemy #1" performed by |
 | Fred Wesley tb, *1943 US written by, samples of "can't you see" written by |
 | Herb Middleton , written by, samples of "can't you see" written by |
 | James Brown voc, 1933-2006 US written by, samples of "can't you see" written by |
 | Joe Howell , written by, samples of "can't you see" written by |
 | John Jabo Starks dr, *1938 US written by, samples of "can't you see" written by |
| Mark South , written by, samples of "can't you see" written by |
 | Roger Ryan p, key, written by, samples of "can't you see" written by |
 | Sean Combs , written by, samples of "can't you see" written by |
 | Terri Robinson bvoc, voc, written by, samples of "can't you see" written by |
 | Carlton Ridenhour voc, written by, samples of "public enemy #1" written by |
 | Hank Shocklee , US written by, samples of "public enemy #1" written by |
 | Craig Mack voc, *1971 US performer, samples of "flava in your ear" performed by, written by, samples of "flava in your ear" written by |
| Andrew Noland , written by, portion of the composition "pride and vanity" written by |
 | Gregory Allen Webster dr, written by, portion of the composition "pride and vanity" written by |
 | Junie Morrison voc, written by, portion of the composition "pride and vanity" written by |
 | Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner voc, g, 1943-2013 US written by, portion of the composition "pride and vanity" written by |
 | Marshall Jones b, eb, 1941-2016 US written by, portion of the composition "pride and vanity" written by |
 | Marvin "Merv" Pierce tr, fh, tb, US written by, portion of the composition "pride and vanity" written by |
 | Norman Napier tr, written by, portion of the composition "pride and vanity" written by |
 | Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks tr, 1939-1997 US written by, portion of the composition "pride and vanity" written by |
 | Osten Harvey , written by, samples of "flava in your ear" written by |
 | Bernie Worrell key, syn, *1944 US written by, samples of "rockafella" written by |
 | George Clinton voc, *1941 US written by, samples of "rockafella" written by |
 | Reggie Noble , written by, samples of "rockafella" written by |
 | William Earl Collins b, *1951 US written by, samples of "rockafella" written by |
 | Busta Rhymes voc, *1972 US featuring |
 | Erick Sermon voc, *1968 US featuring, written by |
 | Jamal , *1978 US featuring |
 | Mick Hucknall voc, bvoc, *1960 GB written by, portion of the composition "holding back the years" written by |
Producers
| Daniel Hastings art direction, design, photography by |
| Jackie Murphy art direction, design |
| Russell Ward cover, keith front cover image |
| Erick Sermon executive-producer, producer, produced by, co-producer, co-produced by, backing vocals, background vocals by, backing vocals, background vocals by, producer, produced by |
| Bandit Management management, direction |
| Bernard Alexander management, direction |
| Chris Tricarico management, direction |
| Cartel photography by |
| Troy Hightower engineer, recording and mix engineered by, engineer, mix engineered by, engineer, engineered by |
| Mike Rew engineer, assistant engineer |
| Tim Donovan engineer, assistant engineer |
| Rick St. Hilaire engineer, recording and mix engineered by, engineer, remix engineered by |
| The Ummah producer, produced by, remix, remixed by |
| Sugarless producer, produced by |
| Rod 'KP' Kirkpatrick producer, produced by |
| Mike Hogan engineer, recording engineered by |
Composers
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Intro | Keith Murray | 1:36 | |
| 2 | | Call My Name | Keith Murray | Erick Sermon, Keith Murray, Mike Hogan | 3:42 |
| 3 | | Manifique (Original Rules) | Keith Murray | Erick Sermon, Keith Crouch, Keith Murray, Kipper Jones, Rahsaan Patterson, Bobby "Bobcat" Ervin, Darryl Pierce, Dwayne Simon, James Todd Smith, S. Ellinger, Keith Crouch, Kipper Jones, Rahsaan Patterson, Douglas E. Davis, Ricky Walters | 3:52 |
| 4 | | Whut's Happnin' | Keith Murray | Erick Sermon, Keith Murray, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson | 3:54 |
| 5 | | The Rhyme | Keith Murray | Erick Sermon, Frankie Beverly, Keith Murray, Frankie Beverly, Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Simmons, Larry Smith | 3:37 |
| 6 | | Dangerous Ground | Keith Murray | Gerald Berlin, James Yancey, Keith Murray | 3:40 |
| 7 | | Rhymin' Wit Kel | Keith Murray | Erick Sermon, Gil Karson, K. Brister, Keith Murray, Tyrone Fyffe, Gil Karson | 2:36 |
| 8 | | What A Feelin' | Keith Murray | Erick Sermon, Keith Murray, Tyrone Fyffe, Fred Wesley, Herb Middleton, James Brown, Joe Howell, John Jabo Starks, Mark South, Roger Ryan, Sean Combs, Terri Robinson, Carlton Ridenhour, Hank Shocklee | 3:48 |
| 9 | | Hot To Def | Keith Murray | Andrew Noland, Erick Sermon, Gregory Allen Webster, Junie Morrison, Keith Murray, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Marshall Jones, Marvin "Merv" Pierce, Norman Napier, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Tyrone Fyffe, Andrew Noland, Gregory Allen Webster, Junie Morrison, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Marshall Jones, Marvin "Merv" Pierce, Norman Napier, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Craig Mack, Osten Harvey, Bernie Worrell, George Clinton, Reggie Noble, William Earl Collins | 3:35 |
| 10 | | Yeah | Keith Murray | Erick Sermon, Jamal Phillips, Keith Murray, Reggie Noble, Trevor Smith, Tyrone Fyffe | 4:52 |
| 11 | | Love L.O.D. | Keith Murray | Erick Sermon, Gerald Berlin, K. Brister, Keith Murray, Rod 'KP' Kirkpatrick | 3:11 |
| 12 | | To My Mans | Keith Murray | Dave Hollister, Erick Sermon, Keith Murray, Mick Hucknall | 3:37 |
| 13 | World Be Free | Keith Murray | Erick Sermon, Keith Murray | 3:41 | |
| 14 | The Rhyme (Remix) | Keith Murray | Erick Sermon, Frankie Beverly, Keith Murray, Frankie Beverly, Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Simmons, Larry Smith | 4:01 |
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