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1996 studio album by the Hard Boyz
Trapped in the Game Digital cover
Released June 25, 1996 (1996-06-25 ) Studio Digital Edge (Atlanta , GA ) Tree Sounds (Atlanta, GA) Bosko's House of Chicken and Beats (Los Angeles , CA ) Bosstown Recording Studio (Atlanta, GA) Curtom Recording Studio Kala (Atlanta, GA) Genre Hardcore hip-hop Label Producer Bosko Colin Wolfe Organized Noize P.O.R. Productions Ragged Azz Blast The Hard Boyz
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Trapped in the Game Hard Boyz . It was released on June 25, 1996 through Power/Big Beat Records with distribution via Atlantic Records . Recording sessions took place at Digital Edge, Tree Sounds, Bosstown Recording Studio, Curtom Recording Studio and Kala Studios in Atlanta , and Bosko's House of Chicken and Beats in Los Angeles . Production was handled by POR Productions, Colin Wolfe, Bosko, Organized Noize , Ragged Azz Blast, and the Hard Boyz themselves. It features guest appearances from DFC , Loose Screws and Spice 1 , as well as contributions from Big Frizz, Hank, Joi , Kyko, Rodney Richard and Wendell Brown among others. The album debuted at number 67 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Armed Robbery" (Intro) Kerry Taylor Rodney Richard Carl Dorsey P.O.R. Productions 2. "Sawed Off Pump" Darrell Gilbert Charles Hood P.O.R. P.O.R. Productions 3. "(How Ya Gonna) Jacka Jacka" Colin Wolfe 4. "4 Niggas in 1" (featuring Loose Screws and D.F.C. ) Taylor Hood Al Breed Bobby Thompson Richard 5. "Trapped in the Game" (featuring Spice 1 ) Bosko 6. "Root of All Evil" Colin Wolfe 7. "Thin Ice" Taylor Hood Gilbert Organized Noize Organized Noize 8. "Sick Psychotic Thoughts" P.O.R. Productions 9. "Ghetto World" P.O.R. Productions 10. "Niggas in the Street" P.O.R. Productions 11. "G'State Soldier" P.O.R. Productions 12. "Superfly" P.O.R. Productions 13. "Time to Pray" P.O.R. Productions 14. "Outro Groove" P.O.R. Productions
Kerry "K.T./Mr. No Love" Taylor – vocals (tracks: 2–13) , producer & mixing (track 4)
Charles "Royal C" Hood – vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4–8) , producer & mixing (track 4)
Darrell "Big D" Gilbert – vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 5–7, 9) , producer & mixing (track 4)
Rodney Richards – vocals (track 1) , mixing (track 4)
Al Breed – vocals (track 4)
Bobby "T Double" Thompson – vocals (track 4)
Robert Lee "Spice 1 " Greene Jr. – vocals (track 5)
Kyko – background vocals (track 5)
Joi Gilliam – background vocals (track 6) Wendell Brown – background vocals (track 9)
F. "Big Frizz" Taylor – vocals (track 11)
Hank – background vocals (track 13)
Carl "Cooly C" Dorsey – keyboards (track 1) , engineering & mixing (tracks: 1, 14)
Spec – keyboards (track 4)
Bony "E" – bass (track 4) , guitar (track 6) , mixing (track 9)
Martin Terry – guitar (track 7)
Jody Mayfirel – keyboards (track 7)
Preston Crump – bass (track 7)
P.O.R. Productions – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 8–14) , engineering (tracks: 2, 8, 13) , mixing (tracks: 8, 10, 12)
Colin Wolfe – producer & mixing (tracks: 3, 6) , engineering (track 3)
Ragged Azz Blast – producer (track 4)
Bosko Kante – producer & engineering (track 5)
Organized Noize – producer & mixing (track 7)
Edd Miller – mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 9, 11) , engineering (tracks: 3, 6, 9–12)
Ed Rogers – engineering (track 4)
Rubin "Silver Keys" Randolph – engineering (track 4)
Brian Frye – engineering (track 7)
Bernasky Wall – engineering (track 7)
Neal H Pogue – mixing (track 7) Andre Tarber – engineering assistant (track 7)
Steven Rhodes – mixing (tracks: 8, 10, 12)
Leroy McMath – mixing (track 9) , executive producer, A&R direction
Rick Essig – mastering
Daniel Perry – art direction, design
Georgette Willis – A&R assistant
Glenn Orenstein – project supervisor
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