I'm a Hustla
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| Studio album by Cassidy | |||||
| Released | June 28, 2005 | ||||
| Recorded | 2005 | ||||
| Genre | East Coast gangsta rap | ||||
| Length | 66:00 | ||||
| Label | Full Surface/J | ||||
| Producer | Swizz Beatz (exec.) Shatek Neo Da Matrix Needlz DJ Scratch L.E.S. Nerve & Surreal Chris & Drop Hot Runner |
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I'm a Hustla is Cassidy's second album. It includes the singles I'm a Hustla and B-Boy Stance. The album has been certified Gold.
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] DualDisc Bonus Tracklist
- Entire Album In Surround Sound (Bonus Track "Bellybutton")
- Music Videos - "I'm A Hustla" & "B-Boy Stance"
- Making The Video - "I'm A Hustla"
- Photo Gallery
[edit] Singles
The Pump
- Street Single
- Unreleased
I'm A Hustla
- #34 The Billboard Hot 100
- #5 Hot Rap Tracks
- #8 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
- #14 Hot Ringtones
- #69 Pop 100
- #71 Hot Digital Songs
B-Boy Stance
- #75 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
The Message
- Charity Single
Can't Fade Me
- Unreleased
So Long
- Promotional Single
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Feature guest(s) | Time |
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| 1 | "Problem Vs. The Hustla" | Shatek | DJ On Point | 4:11 |
| 2 | "I'm A Hustla" | Swizz Beatz | Jay-Z (sample) | 4:19 |
| 3 | "On The Grind" | Neo Da Matrix | 4:58 | |
| 4 | "Crack" | Needlz | 4:42 | |
| 5 | "B-Boy Stance" | Swizz Beatz | Swizz Beatz | 4:00 |
| 6 | "A.M. to P.M." | Neo Da Matrix | 3:40 | |
| 7 | "Can't Fade Me" | DJ Scratch | Nas & Quan | 4:13 |
| 8 | "Kick It Wit You" | L.E.S. | Mario | 4:01 |
| 9 | "C-Bonics" | Swizz Beatz | Swizz Beatz | 4:09 |
| 10 | "Bellybutton" | Swizz Beatz | Beyonce | 4:08 |
| 11 | "Get 'Em" | Nerve & Surreal | Swizz Beatz | 2:52 |
| 12 | "So Long" | Chris & Drop | Mashonda & Raekwon | 3:36 |
| 13 | "6 Minutes" | Neo Da Matrix | Lil Wayne & Fabolous | 6:26 |
| 14 | "The Message" | Hot Runner | Dr. Ben | 6:34 |
| 15 | "I'm A Hustla (Remix)" | Swizz Beatz | Mary J. Blige & Jay-Z (sample) | 4:10 |
| 16 | "In Between The Sheets" | Scott Storch | Mario | 4:25 |
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Feature guest(s) | Time |
| 0 | "I'm A Hustla (Exclusive Remix)" | Swizz Beatz with Roots Instrumental | The Roots | 2:00 |
| 0 | "I'm A Hustla (Remix)" | Swizz Beatz | Jay-Z | ?:?? |
| 0 | "I'm A Hustla (Remix)" | Swizz Beatz | Mary J. Blige | 4:10 |
| 0 | "I'm A Hustla (Still A Hustla Remix)" | Swizz Beatz | Joe Budden | 4:46 |
| 0 | "I'm A Hustla (Remix)" | Swizz Beatz | The Notorious B.I.G. and/or 2Pac | ?:?? |
| 0 | "I'm A Hustla (Remix)" | Swizz Beatz | Big Pun | ?:?? |
| 0 | "Ask About Me (Remix)" (over the I Get Money Beat) | Apex originally believed to be Scott Boogie | ?:?? |
[edit] Cut Songs
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Feature guest(s) | Time |
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| 1 | "Cold As Ice" | Swizz Beatz | Jay-Z | 5:22 |
| 2 | "I'm A Hustla (Original Version)" | Swizz Beatz | 3:11 | |
| 3 | "The Pump" | Swizz Beatz | ||
| 4 | "Aim Ya Gunz" | Swizz Beatz | The Game | 3:41 |
| 5 | "Yeah" | Swizz Beatz | Fat Joe |
[edit] Samples
- "I'm a Hustla" contains a sample from "Dirt off Your Shoulder" by Jay-Z
- "Can't Fade Me" contains a sample from "Brown Baby" by Diana Ross
- "So Long" Contains a sample from "Ain't It Good Feeling Good" performed by Eloise Laws
- "Get 'Em" Contains a sample from "Getaway" written by Peter Cor & Beloyd Taylor
- "The Message" Contains a sample from "Is It Because I'm Black" performed by Sly Johnson and from Tupac Resurrection by Tupac Shakur
- "On The Grind" Contains a sample from "Wildflower" performed by New Birth
[edit] Trivia
- The original title for the album was "Personality Change". This can be heard in the beginning and at the end of the first single I'm A Hustla.
- In the title track for the album (which was also the first single) I'm A Hustla, Cassidy says "Yeah, I used dude's voice, props to the boy Shawn/he made it a hot line, I made it a hot song." Jay-Z, whose voice was sampled for the song's chorus, says something similar in the song "Takeover" from Jay-Z's Blueprint album. He says, about Nas, "Yeah, I sampled your voice, you was using it wrong/you made it a hot line, I made it a hot song." Also in the song, Cassidy says "I could sell Raid to a bug/ I'm a hustla, I could sell salt to a slug." Jay-Z says something similar on the song "U Don't Know", also from Blueprint, in which he says "I'll sell ice in the winter, fire in Hell/I'm a hustla, baby, I could sell water to a well."
- "C-Bonics" also appears on the soundtrack for the movie What We Do as "Bionics".
