The Hit List (Saafir album) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Hit List is the third album by Saafir

Saafir

Reggie Gibson, better known as Saafir is an emcee, producer and actor from Oakland, California. After moving from Fresno, California to Oakland, he lived with Tupac Shakur and became a dancer for Digital Underground...

, an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

hip hop

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...

emcee. The Album has been praised by the hip-hop underground for Saafir's Intense Lyricism.

Track listing

"The Hit List" (R. Gibson
Saafir
Reggie Gibson, better known as Saafir is an emcee, producer and actor from Oakland, California. After moving from Fresno, California to Oakland, he lived with Tupac Shakur and became a dancer for Digital Underground...

/C. Taylor) - 3:40
- Featuring Sonny Black
  Bushido (rapper)
  Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, , better known as Bushido, is a German rapper. The word Bushido is Japanese and means "Way of the Warrior". He also uses the pseudonym Sonny Black, based on Dominic Napolitano. As of 2009, he sold more than 1,5 million albums in Germany alone...
"A Dog's Master" (R. Gibson/C. Kent) - 3:48
- Produced by DJ Clark Kent
"Crawl Before You Ball" (R. Gibson/E. Del-Barrio/G. Jacobs/M. White/V. White) - 3:54
- Produced by Shock-G
- Contains a sample from "Fantasy" performed by Earth, Wind & Fire
  Earth, Wind & Fire
  Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...
"Watch How Daddy Ball" (R. Gibson/T. Turpin/S. Jordan/C. Miller) - 4:11
- Featuring Kam
  Kam (rapper)
  Kam is an American political emcee known primarily among hip hop fans and music critics during the 1990s. Born in Los Angeles, he is considered an esteemed West Coast underground rapper. He is known for his Nation of Islam-influenced lyrics and membership, and affiliation with his cousin, fellow...
  
  , Stevie J., Chameleon
- Produced by Stevie J.
"Slip Into My Eyes" (R. Gibson/J. Fortson/T. Pizarro) - 4:18
- Produced by Tony Pizarro
"6 Digits" (R. Gibson/C. Broady/J. Bryant/D. Jordan/C. Parker/D. Price/T. Price) - 3:58
- Featuring Cuttthroat, Mr. Doe
- Produced by Carlos "6 July" Broady
"Not Fa' Nuthin'" (R. Gibson/D. Barbosa
Chino XL
Derek Keith Barbosa , better known by his stage name Chino XL, is an American hip hop lyricist, battle rapper, and actor of Puerto Rican and African American descent...

/N. Louzides/R. Mounsey) - 4:17
- Featuring Chino XL
  Chino XL
  Derek Keith Barbosa , better known by his stage name Chino XL, is an American hip hop lyricist, battle rapper, and actor of Puerto Rican and African American descent...
"Pokerface" (R. Gibson/R. Roberts) - 3:42
"25 Ta Life" (R. Gibson/T. Alston/A. Johnson
Prodigy (rapper)
Lance Albert Johnson Banks, better known as Prodigy, is an American rapper and one half of the hip-hop and rap duo Mobb Deep....

/K. Muchita) - 2:59
- Featuring Mobb Deep
  Mobb Deep
  Mobb Deep is an American hip hop duo from Queensbridge, Queens, New York, U.S., that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. The duo is "one of the most critically acclaimed hardcore East Coast hip-hop groups." The group is best known for its dark, hardcore delivery, as exemplified by the single "Shook Ones...
  
  (via vocal sample, not an actual performance)
"Mask-A-Raid" (R. Gibson/C. Broady/J. Savage
Jayo Felony
James Savage, better known by his stage name, Jayo Felony is a rapper from southeast San Diego, California. He is known for being the first San Diego rapper to be signed to a major label...

) - 4:35
- Featuring Jayo Felony
  Jayo Felony
  James Savage, better known by his stage name, Jayo Felony is a rapper from southeast San Diego, California. He is known for being the first San Diego rapper to be signed to a major label...
- Produced by Carlos "6 July" Broady
"Liquid Ho Magnet" (R. Gibson/G. Jacobs) - 4:52
- Produced by Shock-G
"Smart Bomb" (R. Gibson/R. Roberts) - 2:49
"Bedroom Bully" (R. Gibson/J. Carson) - 3:32
"Runnin' Man" (R. Gibson/G. Jacobs) - 4:36
- Produced by Shock-G
"Final Thrill" (R. Gibson/T. Alston) - 4:14
- Features a dialogue sample from the Chris Cunningham
  Chris Cunningham
  Chris Cunningham is an English music video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk....
  
  -directed video of Aphex Twin
  Aphex Twin
  Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
  
  's "Windowlicker
  Windowlicker
  "Windowlicker" is a song by British electronic music artist Richard D. James , released as a single in 1999 on Warp Records. The single peaked at #16 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his highest-charting song on the chart...
  
  ."

Personnel

Producers
Contributors
Producers	DJ Clark Kent, Stevie J., Shakeem Bocaj (a.k.a. Shock-G), Tony Pizarro, Carlos "6 July" Broady, Chris "The Glove" Taylor, Corey "R.I.P." Barker, Big Nose, J Groove, Protest, Omonte Ward, Nick Wiz
Executive producers	Saafir Saafir Reggie Gibson, better known as Saafir is an emcee, producer and actor from Oakland, California. After moving from Fresno, California to Oakland, he lived with Tupac Shakur and became a dancer for Digital Underground... , Kairi Brown, Tarif Supreme
Performers
Lead vocals and rhyming	Saafir Saafir Reggie Gibson, better known as Saafir is an emcee, producer and actor from Oakland, California. After moving from Fresno, California to Oakland, he lived with Tupac Shakur and became a dancer for Digital Underground... , Sonny Black Bushido (rapper) Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, , better known as Bushido, is a German rapper. The word Bushido is Japanese and means "Way of the Warrior". He also uses the pseudonym Sonny Black, based on Dominic Napolitano. As of 2009, he sold more than 1,5 million albums in Germany alone... , Stevie J., Chino XL Chino XL Derek Keith Barbosa , better known by his stage name Chino XL, is an American hip hop lyricist, battle rapper, and actor of Puerto Rican and African American descent... , Mobb Deep Mobb Deep Mobb Deep is an American hip hop duo from Queensbridge, Queens, New York, U.S., that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. The duo is "one of the most critically acclaimed hardcore East Coast hip-hop groups." The group is best known for its dark, hardcore delivery, as exemplified by the single "Shook Ones... , Jayo Felony Jayo Felony James Savage, better known by his stage name, Jayo Felony is a rapper from southeast San Diego, California. He is known for being the first San Diego rapper to be signed to a major label...
Background vocals	Shakeem Bocaj
Technicians
Engineers	Tony Pizarro
Mastering	Chris Bellman
Mixing	Big Nous, Shaeekm Bocaj (a.k.a. Shock-G), Carlos "6 July" Broady, David Michael Dill, Andy Grassi, Caveman Haywood, Ken Ifill, J Groove, Stevie J., Kevin Kim, Tony Pizarro, Protest, Saafir Saafir Reggie Gibson, better known as Saafir is an emcee, producer and actor from Oakland, California. After moving from Fresno, California to Oakland, he lived with Tupac Shakur and became a dancer for Digital Underground... , Rashaan "Cus" Stephens, Chris "The Glove" Taylor
Creative directors	Eliane Henri
Art Direction, Design	Gregory Rosebud Gilmer
Photography	B+

Chart positions

Year	Chart Name	Peak Position
Billboard Music Charts (North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas... ) - The Hit List
1999	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	No. 91

Year	Chart Name	Peak Position
Billboard Music Charts (North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas... ) - "Crawl Before You Ball"
1998	Hot Rap Singles	No. 47

External links

Saafir on MySpace

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