Ultraviolet is the debut album by Chicago rapper and singer Kid Sister

Kid Sister

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, it was released on November 17, 2009. It was initially to be titled Dream Date but was changed during the recording process, along with the removal of three tracks and addition of five new ones. DJ A-Trak

A-Trak

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 serves as the executive producer

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 and the album includes production by A-Trak

A-Trak

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, XXXChange

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, Sinden

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, DJ Gant-Man

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, Hervé

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, Yuksek

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, Rusko

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 and others.

Critical reception

Ultraviolet received generally favorable reviews from most music critics. The album holds a score of 68 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic

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.

Track listing

Re-Release Bonus Tracks

Personnel

• Executive producer - A-Trak
• A&R - Fool's Gold, Josh Deutsch, Josh Young, Melissa Young
• A&R coordination - Julia Wilde
• A&R administration - Jayne Grodd Bronstein
• Design and illustration - Dust La Rock
• Photography
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   - Don Flood
• Management - Peter Katsis
• Legal Counsel - Richard Grabel
• Publicity - Kathryn Frazier, Dana Meyerson
• Sample Clearance - Debrorah Mannis-Gardner
• Mastering - Mandy Parnell, Chris Potter

Album charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	11
U.S. Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks Rap and hip-hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart began publication for the week of November 13, 2004....	20