He Got Game is the sixth studio album

Studio album

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 by American hip hop

Hip hop music

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 group Public Enemy, released April 21, 1998 on Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings

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 in the United States. It also serves as the soundtrack companion album to Spike Lee

Spike Lee

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's 1998 film of the same name

He Got Game

He Got Game is a 1998 American sports-drama film written and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Denzel Washington as Jake Shuttlesworth, a prison inmate convicted for killing his wife...

 and is the group's last album for the Def Jam label. The album debuted at number 26 on the U.S. Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 chart, selling 46,282 copies in its first week. Upon its release, He Got Game received generally positive reviews from most music critics.

Track listing

1. "Resurrection" – 4:20
   • Featuring Masta Killa
     Masta Killa
     Jamel Arief , better known as Masta Killa, is an American rapper and member of the Wu-Tang Clan...
     
     
2. "He Got Game" – 4:46
   • Featuring Stephen Stills
     Stephen Stills
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3. "Unstoppable" – 3:14
   • Featuring KRS-One
     KRS-One
     Lawrence Krisna Parker , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha, is an American rapper...
     
     
4. "Shake Your Booty" – 3:45
5. "Is Your God a Dog" – 5:08
6. "House of the Rising Son" – 3:16
7. "Revelation 33 1/3 Revolutions" – 4:11
8. "Game Face" – 3:17
   • Featuring Smoothe da Hustler
     Smoothe da Hustler
     Damon Smith, better known as Smoothe da Hustler is an American rapper who was signed to Profile Records in the mid-90s.Smoothe came to prominence in 1995 with his debut single "Broken Language", a duet with his little brother Trigger tha Gambler...
     
     
9. "Politics of the Sneaker Pimps" – 3:16
10. "What You Need Is Jesus" – 3:29
11. "Super Agent" – 3:35
12. "Go Cat Go" – 3:48
13. "Sudden Death (Interlude)" – 2:04

Chart history

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	26
U.S. Top R&B Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	10

Personnel

Credits for He Got Game adapted from Allmusic.

• 4Kast – backing vocals
• Leonard Bernstein – conductor
• Corey Brewer – associate producer
• Alice Butts – design
• Chris Champion – engineer
• Aaron Copland – conductor
• Jack Dangers – scratching, programming, producer, emax
• Dolo – engineer
• Abnes Dubose – producer
• (Ex) Cat Heads – executive producer
• Paul Falcone – engineer
• Gary G-Wiz – producer
• Reeves Gabrels – guitar
• Ben Garrison – engineer
• Gerard Gashkin – photography
• Rawle Gittens – engineer
• Rasheed Goodlowe – engineer
• Bill Green – executive in charge of music
• Charles Harbutt – engineer
• Chris Haynes – engineer
• David Lee – photography
• Spike Lee – liner notes, executive producer
• Ken Lewis – mixing

• Paul Logus – guitar, engineer, mixing
• London Symphony Orchestra – performer
• Ricco Lumpkins – engineer
• Jonathan Mannion – photography
• Kathy Nelson – executive producer, executive in charge of music
• New York Philharmonic – performer
• Joseph M. Palmaccio – mastering
• Gordon Parks – photography
• John Penn II – engineer
• David Phelps – guitar
• Philharmonia Orchestra – performer
• Tony Prendatt – engineer, mixing
• Mario Rodriguez – mixing
• Johnny Juice Rosado – scratching
• Danny Saber – programming, producer
• Eric "Vietnam" Sadler – production consultant
• Gary Schultz – producer
• Shabach Community Choir – choir, chorus
• Hank Shocklee – producer, executive producer
• Keith Shocklee – producer
• Alex Steyermark – music supervisor
• Ted Wohlsen – engineer
• Kerwin Young – bass, keyboards, producer

External links

• He Got Game at Discogs
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• Album Review — By The Red and Black
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