Statement is the debut album released by the four-piece alternative metal

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 music group, Nonpoint

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. This was their first album released through a major label in MCA Records

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 (now Geffen Records

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). It is unknown when the album was recorded.

The album debuted #166 on the Billboard 200

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 charts.

Track listing

1. "Mindtrip" – 4:04
2. "Victim" – 3:20
3. "Endure" – 2:58
4. "Back Up" – 3:16
5. "What a Day" – 3:18
6. "Misled" – 3:26
7. "DoubleStakked" – 7:43
8. "Orgullo" – 4:23
9. "Years" – 3:20
10. "Hive" – 3:45
11. "Levels" – 3:43
12. "Tribute" – 4:29

The song "Orgullo" translates to "Pride"; it is about Soriano and Rivera's Puerto Rican Heritage.

The song "Tribute" is a cover of sorts, it mashes up Children's Story

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by Slick Rick

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, Woo-Hah by Busta Rhymes

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 and Method Man

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by the Wu-Tang Clan

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. Guest vocals provided by Grimm of Darwin's Waiting Room

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