Free City is the debut studio album

Studio album

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 by hip-hop group

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 St. Lunatics

St. Lunatics

The St. Lunatics are a hip hop group from St. Louis, Missouri formed in 1995. The group consists of Nelly, Ali, Murphy Lee, Kyjuan and City Spud. Former member Slo'Down left the group after a dispute.- Career :...

. It was released on June 5, 2001, almost a full year after the release of group member Nelly

Nelly

Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nelly, is an Grammy Award winning American rapper and actor. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album...

's debut, Country Grammar

Country Grammar

Country Grammar is the debut studio album by American rapper Nelly, released on June 27, 2000.- Reception :- Commercial performance :...

. The album was a commercial success as it debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 with 196,000 copies sold in its first week. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA a month later.

Background

The title Free City came from their sixth member City Spud

City Spud

Lavell Webb known by his stage name City Spud, is a member of the rap music group St. Lunatics.-Life:He's featured on Nelly's hit single "Ride Wit Me." He is Nelly's half-brother, and in 1999 was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for first-degree assault. Nelly and the St. Lunatics campaigned...

 who was incarcerated at the time of release.

Track listing

1. "Just for You (The Introductory Poem)" (feat. Amber Tabares) (1:26)
2. "S.T.L." (5:21)
3. "Okay" (3:50)
4. "Summer in the City" (4:37)
5. "Mad Baby Daddy (Skit), Part 1" (1:40)
6. "Boom D Boom" (3:27)
7. "Midwest Swing" (4:40)
8. "Show 'Em What They Won" (4:31)
9. "Let Me in Now" (4:42)
10. "Diz Iz Da Life" (4:31)
11. "Mad Baby Daddy (Skit), Part 2" (1:06)
12. "Scandalous" (3:29)
13. "Groovin' Tonight" (feat. Brian McKnight
    Brian McKnight
    Brian McKnight is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, and R&B/Pop musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays nine instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussions, trombone, tuba, flugelhorn and trumpet....
    
    ) (5:21)
14. "Jang a Lang" (feat. Penelope) (4:24)
15. "Mad Baby Daddy (Skit), Part 3" (1:44)
16. "Real Niggaz" (4:26)
17. "Here We Come" (4:12)
18. "Love You So" (feat. Cardan) (4:03)
19. "Mad Baby Daddy (Skit), Part 4" (3:32)
20. "Batter Up
    Batter Up
    "Batter Up" is a single by the rapper Nelly and the St. Lunatics, and it was released on September 11, 2001. It was produced by Steve "Blast" Wills, taken from Nelly's 2000 album Country Grammar. "Batter Up" was also included as a Bonus Track on the Free City Album and remixed on Da Derrty...
    
    " (Bonus track
    Bonus track
    In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...
    
    ) (5:27)

Personnel

Credits for Free City adapted from CD Universe.

• St. Lunatics - lead vocals
• Jason "Jay E" Epperson - producer
• Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam - producer
• Steve Eigner - engineer
• Lavell "City Spud" Webb - producer
• Penelope - backing vocals
• Amber Tabares - backing vocals
• Little Rock - backing vocals
• Donneash Ferguson - backing vocals
• Duro Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton - engineer
• Steve Eigner - guitar
• Bashiri Johnson - percussion
• Cardan - additional vocals
• Brian McKnight - additional vocals
• John Adler - mixing
• Steve Eigner - guitar
• Bashiri Johnson - percussion
• Richard Travali- mixing
• Jonathan Mannion - photographer

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
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...	3
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...	1
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...	18