The Master Plan is the third studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Canadian hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 group Dream Warriors

Dream Warriors

Dream Warriors were a Canadian hip hop duo from Toronto, Ontario, comprising King Lou and Capital Q. Described as "a pair of deft, intelligent rappers" by Allmusic, they were major contributors to the jazz rap movement of the early 1990s. Their 1991 debut album, And Now the Legacy Begins, is...

, released October 25, 1996 on EMI Records

EMI

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 in the United Kingdom and Canada. It spawned the singles "Float On", "What Do You Want "Ladies"", and "Sound Clash".

Compared to their previous albums, The Master Plan is more Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

-influenced, featuring collaborations with artists such as Beenie Man

Beenie Man

Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:...

 and General Degree. It was nominated for Best Rap Recording

Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year has been awarded since 1991, and is awarded for the best rap album in Canada. It was awarded under the title Best Rap Recording from 1993 to 2002....

 at the 1997 Juno Awards

Juno Awards of 1997

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. Later that year, Spek

Spek

Hussain Yoosuf, better known by his stage name Spek, is a Canadian hip-hop artist, best known for his singles "Smell the Coffee" and "I'm a Hippie", and as a member of Canadian hip hop group, Dream Warriors.-Early career:...

 and DJ Luv left the group.

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Featured guest(s)	Length
1.	"Fear None (Interlude)"	DJ Luv Dream Warriors Dream Warriors were a Canadian hip hop duo from Toronto, Ontario, comprising King Lou and Capital Q. Described as "a pair of deft, intelligent rappers" by Allmusic, they were major contributors to the jazz rap movement of the early 1990s. Their 1991 debut album, And Now the Legacy Begins, is...	Madd Anju	1:36
2.	"The Era of "Stay Real""	DJ Luv		3:56
3.	"Here Today Gone Tomorrow"	DJ Luv		3:46
4.	"Sound Clash"	David Williams and DJ Luv	Beenie Man Beenie Man Anthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:...	4:22
5.	"The Master Plan"	DJ Luv	Kandu	3:38
6.	"Float On"	DJ Luv	Kuya	4:30
7.	"What Do You Want "Ladies""	DJ Luv	Saskia Saskia Garel Saskia Garel is a Jamaican actress. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Garel later immigrated to Toronto, Canada, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from York University. She is known for her role as Danielle on One on One and was also one half of the two time Juno Award-winning Canadian...	4:27
8.	"From the Beginning"	DJ Luv		2:38
9.	"Test of Purity"	DJ Luv		3:58
10.	"Luvz History Lesson (Interlude)"	David Williams and DJ Luv		2:15
11.	"Dem No Ready"	DJ Luv	General Degree	3:59
12.	"Who's the Crook"	DJ Luv		3:44
13.	"First Ya Live"	DJ Luv	Riddler	3:50
14.	"Times Are Changing"	DJ Luv	Wriggz	4:37
15.	"Sound Clash (FattaSly Extended Mix)"	Fatta Marshall	Beenie Man	6:54

Samples

• "Float On" – Contains a sample of "Float On
  Float On (The Floaters song)
  "Float On" is a 1977 hit song by the R&B/soul group The Floaters.The spoken verses combine two popular memes from the time, star signs and video and phone dating, in lines like Aquarius and my name is Ralph / Now I like a woman who loves her freedom...
  
  " by The Floaters
  The Floaters
  The Floaters were an African American, R&B vocal group, from the Sojourner Truth housing projects in Detroit, Michigan, that formed in 1976.-Career:...