Here to Save You All este albumul de debut al lui Chino XL și a fost lansat în data de 9 aprilie 1996, prin American Recordings. Înregistrările au avut loc în studiourile Platinum Island Studios și Firehouse Studio în New York, la Canyon Post Digital și Kitchen Sync Studios în Los Angeles și Secret Six Studios, de producție s-au ocupat B-Wiz, Bird, DJ Homicide, Eric Romero, KutMasta Kurt și Dan Charnas, iar ca invitați îi găsim pe Gravitation, Kool Keith și Ras Kass.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | "Here to Save You All" (featuring Rosalin Harris) |
| B-Wiz | 0:59 |
2. | "Deliver" |
| KutMasta Kurt | 3:29 |
3. | "No Complex" (featuring Jut Boogie) |
| B-Wiz | 4:40 |
4. | "Partner to Swing" |
| B-Wiz | 4:15 |
5. | "It's All Bad" |
| B-Wiz | 5:00 |
6. | "Freestyle Rhymes" |
| Bird | 4:13 |
7. | "Riiiot!" (featuring Ras Kass) |
| Bird | 4:44 |
8. | "Waiting to Exhale" (featuring Gravitation) |
| B-Wiz | 3:26 |
9. | "What Am I?" |
| B-Wiz | 4:59 |
10. | "Feelin' Evil Again" (featuring Jamie Stewart) |
| B-Wiz | 3:32 |
11. | "Thousands" |
| DJ Homicide | 4:11 |
12. | "Kreep" |
| Erik Romero | 5:18 |
13. | "Many Different Ways" |
| B-Wiz | 5:07 |
14. | "The Shabba-Doo Conspiracy" (featuring Kool Keith) |
| B-Wiz | 4:39 |
15. | "Ghetto Vampire" |
| B-Wiz | 4:47 |
16. | "Rise" |
| Dan Charnas | 5:21 |
60. | Untitled | 1:33 | ||
Total length: | 1:08:40 |
- Notes
- Tracks 17 to 59 are 4 to 5 seconds of silence and track 61 is 28 seconds of silence.
- Sample credits
- Track 4 contains a sample from "Five/Four" by Gene Harris and a sample from "To the Break of Dawn" by LL Cool J.
- Track 5 contains a sample of "After the Dance (Instrumental Version)" by Marvin Gaye.
- Track 11 contains elements from "Success" by Fat Joe.
- Track 12 embodies portions of the composition "Creep" by Radiohead, contains samples of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly and samples of "Levitate" by the Brecker Brothers.
- Track 13 contains a sample of "Phony As You Wanna Be" by GZA, a sample from "Time's Up" by O.C. and a sample from "Worker Man" by Patra.
- Track 15 contains a sample of "The Sick Rose" by David Axelrod.
- Track 16 contains a sample from "Been Such a Long Time Gone" by Hugh Masekela and a sample from "Make Me Say It Again Girl" by the Isley Brothers.
Personnel
- Derek "Chino XL" Barbosa – vocals
- Rosalin "Drama Child" Harris – vocals (track 1)
- Jamie Stewart – additional vocals (track 2)
- Jut Boogie – additional vocals (track 3)
- Dionna Brooks-Jackson – additional vocals (track 6), vocals (track 10)
- John "Ras Kass" Austin – vocals (track 7)
- Ab-Style – vocals (track 8)
- Duganz – vocals (track 8)
- Raggedy Man – vocals (track 8)
- Christine Palma – additional vocals (track 9)
- "Kool Keith" Thornton – vocals (track 14)
- Sheena Lester – additional vocals (track 15)
- Jay Vietnam – scratches (tracks: 4, 10)
- Craig "DJ Homicide" Bullock – scratches (track 9), producer (track 11)
- DJ Mark Luv – scratches (track 13)
- R. "B-Wiz" Stevens – producer (tracks: 1, 3-5, 8-10, 13-15)
- "KutMasta Kurt" Matlin – producer (track 2)
- Lamont "Bird" Holbdy – producer (tracks: 6, 7)
- Erik Romero – producer (track 12)
- Dan Charnas – producer (track 16), recording (tracks: 9, 14, 15), executive producer
- Chip Mullaney – recording (track 2)
- Carlos Bess – recording (tracks: 3-5, 8, 12, 13), mixing (tracks: 8, 12)
- Sean Freehill – recording (tracks: 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, 16), mixing (tracks: 3-7, 9, 10, 13-16)
- Rod "King Tech" Sepand – mixing (track 3)
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Stephen Stickler – photography