The Formula is a collaborative album by Buckshot

Buckshot (rapper)

Buckshot is an underground rapper, famous as the leader of Hip Hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik, and the group Black Moon. He has released one solo album, two with producer 9th Wonder, four albums with Black Moon and four albums with the Boot Camp Clik.- Biography :Born and raised in Brooklyn...

 (of the Boot Camp Clik

Boot Camp Clik

Boot Camp Clik is an American hip hop supergroup from Brooklyn, New York, which is composed of Buckshot , Smif-N-Wessun, also known as Cocoa Brovaz , Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C....

) and 9th Wonder

9th Wonder

Patrick Douthit , better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop record producer, record executive, DJ, professor, and lyricist from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. He began his career as the main producer for the hip hop group Little Brother, and has also worked with Mary J...

 (formerly of Little Brother), released on April 29, 2008 through Duck Down Records

Duck Down Records

Duck Down Music Inc is a New York City based record label, talent management, music-marketing, and consulting company founded by Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman and Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake in 1995. In Duck Down's 16 year existence, the Company has released over 40 Albums and sold more than 3 million...

 http://www.duckdown.com/website/news.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=59. The album is the second full-length collaboration between the two, the first being 2005's Chemistry

Chemistry (Buckshot album)

Chemistry is a 2005 collaboration album by Buckshot of the Boot Camp Clik and 9th Wonder of Little Brother. 9th provides all the production on the release, leaving the rapping to Buckshot, with guest appearances from members of the Boot Camp Clik and the Justus League...

. The album's first single was "Go All Out". The tracks' music video features an appearance from comedian Charlie Murphy

Charlie Murphy

Charles Quinton "Charlie" Murphy is an American actor, comedian, and writer notable as being a cast member and writer on the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series Chappelle's Show...

 http://www.duckdown.com/website/news.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=58. Videos were also shot for the tracks "Hold It Down" and "The Formula".

The Formula debuted at #137 on the 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...

 album chart, opening with 5,874 units sold http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6891/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-5-4-08.

Track listing

1. "Intro - The Formula" (feat. The Formula Crew)
2. "Ready (Brand New Day)"
3. "Be Cool!" (feat. Swan)
4. "Go All Out (No Doubt!!!)" (feat. Carlitta Durand)
5. "No Future"
6. "Hold It Down" (feat. Talib Kweli
   Talib Kweli
   Talib Kweli Greene , better known as Talib Kweli, is an American hip-hop artist and poet from Brooklyn, New York. His first name in Arabic means "student" or "seeker" ; his in Swahili means "true"...
   
    & Tyler Woods)
7. "Whassup With U?" (feat. Keisha Shontelle)
8. "One For You (Big Lou)"
9. "Just Display"
10. "Here We Go"
11. "Throwin' Shade"
12. "Shinin' Y'all" (feat. Arafat Yates & Big Chops of The M1 Platoon)
13. "Man Listen" (Cause Ummm) (feat. Carlitta Durand)

Samples

• "Intro - The Formula"
  • "It May Be Winter Outside(But in My Heart It's Spring)" by Love Unlimited
    Love Unlimited
    Love Unlimited was a female vocal trio that provided backing vocals for American R&B/soul singer Barry White on his albums and concert tours. They also found success with their own recordings. Formed in 1969, the group included Barry White’s future wife, Glodean James, her sister, Linda James, and...
    
    
• "Ready(Brand New Day)"
  • "Freedom For The Stallion" by Hues Corporation
    Hues Corporation
    The Hues Corporation was a pop and soul trio formed in Santa Monica, California in 1969. They are best known for their 1974 hit, "Rock the Boat" which sold over two million copies.-Career:...
    
    
• "Be Cool"
  • "Bad News" by Five Stairsteps & Cubie
• "Go All Out"
  • "Lifetime Thing" by Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
    
    
• "No Future"
  • "Even This Shall Pass Away" by The Sylvers
    The Sylvers
    The Sylvers were a popular R&B/soul and disco family group during the 1970s. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, the family would later relocate to Watts, California.- Beginnings :...
    
    
• "Hold It Down"
  • "Let Me Down Easy" by Inez Foxx
• "Whassup With U"
  • "Give Me Your Love(Love Song)" by Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
    
    
• "Only For You(Lou)"
  • "I Plead Guilty" by The Stylistics
    The Stylistics
    The Stylistics are a soul music vocal group, and were one of the best-known Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. They formed in 1968, and were composed of lead Russell Thompkins, Jr., Herbie Murrell, Airrion Love, James Smith, and James Dunn. All of their US hits were ballads, graced by the...
    
    
• "Just Display"
  • "You Send Me" by Mavis Staples
    Mavis Staples
    Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family's band.-Biography:...
    
    
• "Throwin' Shade"
  • "I'm So Proud" by Issac Hayes
• "Here We Go"
  • "That Let's Me Now I'm In Love" by McFadden & Whitehead
    McFadden & Whitehead
    McFadden and Whitehead were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"...
    
    
• "Shinin' Y'all"
  • "Sunlight Shining" by Galt MacDermot
    Galt MacDermot
    Galt MacDermot is a Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre. He won a Grammy Award for the song African Waltz in 1960. His most successful musicals have been Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona...
    
    
• "Man Listen"
  • "It's Yours To Have" by Freda Payne
    Freda Payne
    Freda Charcilia Payne Some sources give a birth year of 1945, but this appears to be an error as all sources agree that she is older than her sister Scherrie, born 1944. is an American singer and actress best known for her million selling, 1970 hit single, "Band of Gold". She was also an actress in...
    
    

Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		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...	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	Top Independent Albums
2008	The Formula	137	47	17