Hip-Hop for Sale is the seventh studio album by rapper Canibus

Canibus

Germaine Williams , better known by his stage name Canibus, is a Jamaican-born American rapper. He is a part of supergroup The HRSMN. Canibus rose to fame in the mid-nineties...

, released on November 1, 2005 through his own label Mic Club Music in conjunction with Babygrande Records

Babygrande Records

Babygrande Records is an independent record label based in New York City founded by Chuck Wilson. Babygrande is distributed by the The Orchard, and represented by the Creative Artists Agency in Hollywood.-Discography:...

 and Koch Entertainment

Koch Entertainment

Koch Entertainment was a music, film and television distribution company. It was purchased by E1 Entertainment in 2005 and now operates under the name E1 Entertainment.-History:The company began in 1975 as Koch International...

. The album was originally produced entirely by Nottz

Nottz

Dominick Lamb better known by his stage name, Nottz is a music producer, writer and rapper from Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. He sometimes extends his executive name to Nottz Raw.-History:...

, but other up-and-coming producers were included on the project as well, such as Jeff Wheeler, Jay Swift, and Black Milk

Black Milk

Curtis Cross, better known as Black Milk, is a hip hop producer and MC from Detroit, Michigan.-Biography:In 2004, he formed B.R. Gunna, with Young RJ, and Fat Ray, and together they released Dirty District: Vol. 2, a follow up to a compilation released in 2001 by Slum Village, which he had...

. The reason other producers were included was because in December 2004, over half of the completed material was leaked in the mixtape, The Vitruvian Man, causing tension between Canibus and Nottz. In an interview with SOHH, Nottz revealed he would no longer be working with him, saying Canibus leaked the material, blaming it on his manager Louis Lombard III. The record, which was originally slated to be released on May 10, 2005, was pushed back so Canibus could work on new material for the album. Because Nottz had cut ties with him, Canibus had to reach out to other producers.

Track listing

1. "It's No Other Than" – 4:05
   • Produced by Nottz
     Nottz
     Dominick Lamb better known by his stage name, Nottz is a music producer, writer and rapper from Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. He sometimes extends his executive name to Nottz Raw.-History:...
     
     
2. "Back wit' Heat" – 3:55
   • Produced by Nottz
3. "Benny Riley" – 3:54
   • Produced by Jeff Wheeler
4. "Show 'Em How" – 3:48
   • Produced by Nottz
5. "Dear Academy" – 3:07
   • Produced by Nottz
6. "I Gotcha" (featuring DMP) – 3:47
   • Produced by Nottz
7. "So into You" (featuring Juli Ecaro) – 4:11
   • Produced by J-Hen and J-Starr & Tick
8. "Da' Facelift" – 3:57
   • Produced by Black Milk
     Black Milk
     Curtis Cross, better known as Black Milk, is a hip hop producer and MC from Detroit, Michigan.-Biography:In 2004, he formed B.R. Gunna, with Young RJ, and Fat Ray, and together they released Dirty District: Vol. 2, a follow up to a compilation released in 2001 by Slum Village, which he had...
     
     
9. "Hip Hop Body Rock" – 2:52
   • Produced by Jeff Wheeler
10. "Take 'Dat" (featuring Star Awon and Ike Infa Diamond) – 3:34
    • Produced by Jay Swift
11. "Punch Lines" (featuring Hamza)– 4:02
    • Produced by Jeff Wheeler