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Though the album was well received by music critics, it debuted at number five on the 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...

, selling 214,000 copies in its first week, making it his sixth top 5 album. It was his first album since 2000's Back for the First Time
Back for the First Time
Back for the First Time is the first studio album by Ludacris. Most of the tracks are taken from his other album, the independently released Incognegro. The album was released on October 17, 2000. Since its release, it debuted at four on the U.S. Billboard 200, and it has been certified 3x platinum...

and 2001's Word of Mouf
Word of Mouf
- Chart Awards :-Samples and interpolations:"Coming 2 America"*"Requiem", 3rd movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart *Symphony No...

to not reach number one status, and his lowest charting album in his career. As of March 2010, the album has sold about 671,000 copies, achieving a gold certification.

Track listing

  • "Press the Start Button" its only released for the iTunes Dutch
    Netherlands
    The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

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Sample credits
  • "Undisputed" contains samples of "We'll Find a Way", performed by Edwin Starr
    Edwin Starr
    Edwin Starr was an American soul music singer. Starr is most famous for his Norman Whitfield produced singles of the 1970s, most notably the number one hit "War".-Biography:...

  • "One More Drink", contains samples of "Take That To The Bank", performed by Shalamar
    Shalamar
    Shalamar was an American music group, primarily of the 1970s and 1980s, that was originally a disco-driven vehicle created by Soul Train booking agent Dick Griffey and show creator Don Cornelius. They went on to be an influential dance trio, masterminded by Soul Train producer Don Cornelius...

  • "Everybody Hates Chris", contains samples of "It Takes a Whole Lotta Man for a Woman Like Me", performed by Gladys Knight & the Pips
    Gladys Knight & the Pips
    Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight...

  • "Last of a Dying Breed", contains samples of "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
    You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
    "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" is the title of a 1966 hit recorded by British singer Dusty Springfield which proved to be her career record reaching #1 UK and #4 US: the song subsequently charted in the UK via remakes by Elvis Presley , Guys 'n' Dolls and Denise Welch with Presley's version...

    ", performed by Dusty Springfield
    Dusty Springfield
    Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...

    , and "Eric B. Is President", performed by Eric B. & Rakim
    Eric B. & Rakim
    Eric B. & Rakim were a hip-hop duo composed of DJ Eric Barrier and MC Rakim .Hailing from Long Island, New York, the pair are generally considered by hip hop enthusiasts to be one of the most influential and innovative groups in the genre...

  • "MVP", contains samples of Virgo, performed by Nas
    Nas
    Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...

    , "DTP for Life" performed by Disturbing tha Peace
    Disturbing Tha Peace
    Disturbing tha Peace is a record label founded by Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges, his manager Chaka Zulu and Zulu's brother Jeff Dixon...

    , and "All Night Long", performed by Mary Jane Girls
    Mary Jane Girls
    The Mary Jane Girls were an American R&B, soul, funk and disco group in the 1980s. They were protégées of singer Rick James. They are known for their hit songs "All Night Long", "Candyman" and "In My House".-Formation:...

  • "I Do It for Hip Hop", contains samples of Long Red, performed by Mountain
  • "Do the Right Thang", contains samples of Na Boca Do Sol, performed by Arthur Verocai
  • "Let's Stay Together", contains samples of Everybody's Breakin' Up, performed by Billy Paul
    Billy Paul
    Billy Paul is a Grammy Award winning American soul singer, most known for his 1972 number-one single, "Me and Mrs. Jones" as well as the 1973 album and single "War of the Gods" which blends his more conventional pop, soul and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences...


Personnel

  • Joseph Alexander – keyboards
  • Wayne Allison – engineer
  • Chris Atlas – marketing
  • Ken Bailey – A&R
  • Christian Baker – engineer
  • Dru Betts – vocals
  • Leslie Brathwaite – mixing
  • Don Cannon – engineer, score
  • Andrew Coleman – engineer
  • Jeff Dixon – executive producer
  • DJ Premier – score
  • Mike Donaldson – editing
  • 8TRIX – score
  • Jose "Zeek" Fendrick – A&R
  • Zach Fisher – engineer
  • Morgan Garcia – engineer
  • Sean Garrett – score
  • Kamau Georges – background vocals, mixing, score
  • Jason Goldstein – mixing
  • Don Goodrick – assistant

  • Inaam Haq – engineer
  • Artemus Jenkins – video director
  • Eric Jensen – engineer
  • Rodney Jerkins – score
  • E. Jones – keyboards, keyboard arrangements
  • Terese Joseph – A&R
  • Doug Joswick – package production
  • Gimel "Young Guru" Katon – mixing
  • Erik Madrid – assistant
  • Brandon Pena – mixing
  • Mike Miller – assistant
  • Aiyisha Obafemi Mitchell – marketing
  • Nick Nastasi – assistant
  • Rich Nice – A&R
  • 9th Wonder – keyboard arrangements
  • Erica Novich – A&R
  • Dave Pensado – mixing
  • Christian Plata – assistant
  • Poke & Tone – drums
  • Will Ragland – art direction, design
  • Orlando Rashid – engineer
  • Charles Roane – mixing
  • J. Peter Robinson – art direction, design

  • The Runners – score
  • Glenn Schick – mastering
  • Derrick Selby – engineer
  • Clinton Sparks – score
  • Chris Stanford – photography
  • Scott Storch – score
  • Crystal Streets – stylist
  • Swizz Beatz – score
  • Neo Tanusakdi – engineer
  • Sean Taylor – A&R
  • Justin Trawick – assistant
  • Javier Valverde – engineer
  • Miles Walker – engineer
  • Brian Warwick – engineer
  • Finis "KY" White – engineer
  • Mike "Hitman" Wilson – engineer
  • Wyldfyre – score
  • Keke and Amy — production coordination
  • Mayne Zane – background vocals
  • Chaka Zulu – executive producer


Release dates

Country Date
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

December 4, 2008
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

November 24, 2009
United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

November 24, 2008
Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

December 9, 2008
Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

December 11, 2008
South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

January 18, 2009
Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

October 2, 2008
Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

February 15, 2009
Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

February 9, 2009
India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

November 16, 2008
New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

March 5, 2009
Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

January 16, 2009

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart
Canadian Albums Chart
The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...

22
Swiss Albums Chart
Swiss Music Charts
The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...

46
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...

5
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop 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...

2
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums 1
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