MTV My Block: Chicago [Clean]

Overview

You want history? You gotta go watch the show because the audio companion to the MTV2 My Block: Chicago episode includes no liner notes past the song credits. Instead you get a good representation of the flavor of the Chicago scene, which finds room for everyone from the hard-ballin' Do or Die to the soulful Common. Plus there's Twista, Kanye West, and Lupe Fiasco -- all exploring different territories and making the Chicago sound all that more difficult to define. MTV2 My Block: Chicago the CD doesn't offer a definition, doesn't even come close to trying, but as a mixtape, it's pretty darn good. "Go" and "Overnight Celebrity" still sound fresh even after urban radio overexposed them, and Lupe Fiasco's two tracks represent the very 2006 heat he's brining. "Po Pimp" from Do or Die kicks it hard and old-school while Shawnna's "In tha Chi" is a slick and wicked Windy City anthem. While a Kanye West vocal track wouldn't have hurt, more up-and-comers would have made things more interesting, and a history lesson would have filled a void, the under-ambitious MTV2 My Block: Chicago still does the Second City proud thanks to plenty of high-profile highlights. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	10/10/2006
Label:	Asylum
UPC:	0075596879521

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Do-Or-Die   Primary Artist
Gemini   Primary Artist
Citizen Cope   Primary Artist
Common   Primary Artist
Trey Songz   Primary Artist
Big Geminii   Primary Artist
Twista   Primary Artist
Lupe Fiasco   Primary Artist
Kanye West   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Rhymefest   Primary Artist
Speedknot Mobstaz   Primary Artist
Crucial Conflict   Primary Artist
Do or Die   Primary Artist
GLC   Primary Artist
C. Shawna   Primary Artist
Shawnna   Primary Artist
Syleena Johnson   Featured Artist
Johnny P.   Featured Artist
Num H.S. Amuntehu   Percussion
John Mayer   Vocals (Background)
Jon Brion   Multi Instruments
Miri Ben-Ari   Violin
A-Trak   Scratching
John Legend   Keyboards
DJ A Track   Scratching

Technical Credits

Anthony Annandono   Design
Taylor Dow   Assistant Engineer
Jonn Hanes   Digital Editing
Leonard Harris   Composer
Keezo Kane   Producer
Rich Kleinman   Executive Producer
C.C. Mitchell   Composer
Todd Moscowitz   Executive Producer,Soundtrack Executive Producer
Keith More   Composer
C. Thomas   Composer
Peter Edge   Executive Producer
Andrew Coleman   Engineer
Brian Gartner   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
David Cohn   General Manager
Ralph Leverstone "Wildstyle"   Composer,Producer
Emile   Producer
Grayson Taylor   Assistant
Francis Forde   Assistant Engineer
Jon Spurgeon   Engineer,Assistant,Vocal Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Greg Magers   Engineer,Producer
Nick Cucci   Product Manager,Production Coordination
Prolyfic   Composer
Rick McRae   Assistant Engineer
Emile Haynie   Composer
No I.D.   Associate Executive Producer
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Patrick Viala   Mixing
Toxic   Producer
Paul DeGooyer   Executive Producer,Soundtrack Executive Producer
Big D   Producer
Chill   Executive Producer
Common   Executive Producer
Clarence Greenwood   Composer
Jean-Marie Horvat   Mixing
Fredrick "Toxic" Taylor   Engineer
Chaka Zulu   Executive Producer
Jay-Z   Executive Producer
Jeff Dixon   Executive Producer
John Hanes   Digital Editing
Lonnie Lynn   Composer
Jeff Lane   Engineer
Mark Ronson   Producer,Executive Producer
Lupe Fiasco   Composer,Executive Producer
Leonard Williams   Performer
Jon Brion   Producer,Instrumentation
Pharrell Williams   Composer
Rich Nice   Vocal Arrangement
Linda Lewis   Composer
Brian Gardner   Mixing
Sarah James   Project Manager
Kanye West   Composer,Producer,Mixing Assistant,Executive Producer
The Neptunes   Producer
Ready for the World   Performer
Darrale Jones   Executive Producer
Jared Robbins   Mixing Assistant
Jun Ishizeki   Engineer
Soundtrakk   Composer
Willie Hutch   Composer
Tim Roberts   Assistant
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner   Mastering
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Derek Dudley   Executive Producer
D.K. Baker   Composer
Jim Jonsin   Producer
Mike Caren   Executive Producer
Andrew Dawson   Engineer
James Scheffer   Composer
Che Smith   Composer
Wondosas Martin   Composer
Tatsuya Sato   Engineer
Rich Browd   Design,Art Direction
Aren Hekimian "Hecktik"   Mixing,Mastering
Rawle Stewart   Executive Producer