Tru 2 da Game
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Tru 2 da Game is the fourth 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...

 released by rap group, TRU. It was released February 18, 1997 for No Limit Records
No Limit Records
No Limit Records was an American hip-hop record label that was founded in 1990 by hip-hop artist, Percy "Master P" Miller. It was distributed by Priority Records.-No Limit Early years:...

 and was produced by Beats By the Pound . The album found a large amount of success, peaking at #8 on the Billboard 200
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 and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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. A single from the album enititled "I Always Feel Like
I Always Feel Like
" I Always Feel Like" was the lead single released from TRU's fourth studio album, Tru 2 da Game.-Background:The song incorporated the melody and contained re-sung elements of Rockwell's 1984 hit, "Somebody's Watching Me", with Mo B. Dick singing the hook from the original song. Mo B. Dick also...

" also found some success, peaking at #71 on the Billboard Hot 100
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, #11 on the Hot Rap Singles and #42 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The same year the album was rereleased with the song "Smoking Green" removed. The rereleased version included three new songs, a remixed version of "FEDz", a C-Murder solo song "Eyes Of A Killa" and a Silkk The Shocker solo song "Pimp Shit." FEDz samples Aaliyah
Aaliyah
Aaliyah Dana Haughton , who performed under the mononym Aaliyah , was an American R&B recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 10, she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside...

's hit single "If Your Girl Only Knew
If Your Girl Only Knew
"If Your Girl Only Knew" is a R&B/dance-pop song written by Missy Elliott and Timbaland for Aaliyah's second studio album, One in a Million . It also was produced by Timbaland, and released as the album's lead single during the third quarter of 1996 . The song was re-released in 1998 as a limited...

". The album was certified 2x Platinum
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 by the RIAA
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, on October 2, 1997, and remains the group's most successful album.

Track listing

Disc 1.
  1. "Intro"- 2:47
  2. "No Limit Soldiers"- 7:04 (feat. Mia X)
  3. "I Always Feel Like
    I Always Feel Like
    " I Always Feel Like" was the lead single released from TRU's fourth studio album, Tru 2 da Game.-Background:The song incorporated the melody and contained re-sung elements of Rockwell's 1984 hit, "Somebody's Watching Me", with Mo B. Dick singing the hook from the original song. Mo B. Dick also...

    "- 5:06 (feat. Mia X & Mo B. Dick)
  4. "There Dey Go"- 4:37
  5. "I Got Candy"- 4:23 (feat. Mo B. Dick)
  6. "Ghetto Thang"- 3:53 (feat. Big Ed)
  7. "FEDz"- 5:41 (feat. Mia X)
  8. "What They Call Us?"- 5:51
  9. "Smoking Green"- 5:51 (feat. Mo B. Dick)
  10. "Gangstas Make the World"- 4:56 (feat. Mr. Serv-On)
  11. "Swamp Nigga"- 5:14
  12. "Ghetto Cheeze"- 4:25
  13. "Heaven 4 a Gangsta" (Tru Remix)- 4:40


Disc 2.
  1. "TRU 2 da Game"- 4:53 (feat. Big Ed & Mr. Serv-On)
  2. "Freak Hoes"- 3:49 (feat. Mia X)
  3. "TRU ?'s"- 4:10 (C-Murder Solo)
  4. "1nce Upon a Time"- 2:14 (feat. C-Loc)
  5. "Pop Goes My 9"- 4:46 (feat. Kane & Abel & Mo B. Dick)
  6. "It's My Time"- 2:51 (MIA X SOLO)
  7. "Torcher Chamber"- 3:30 (C-Murder Solo)
  8. "They Can't Stop Us!"- 4:56
  9. "The Lord Is Testin Me"- 5:42
  10. "Final Ride"- 6:02
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