The Sound of Revenge

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The Sound of Revenge
The Sound of Revenge cover
Studio album by Chamillionaire
Released November 22, 2005
Recorded 2004–2005
Genre Southern hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Pop
Length 67:30
Label Chamillitary/Universal
Producer Chamillionaire, Scott Storch, Cool and Dre, Play-N-Skillz, Mannie Fresh, Twinzbeatz, Thundertrax, The Beat Bullies, So Messiah, AJ Skratch, Sean Blaze, Hardley Davidson
Professional reviews
Chamillionaire chronology
The Sound of Revenge
(2005)
Ultimate Victory
(2007)
Chopped & Screwed cover
Chopped & Screwed cover
Singles from The Sound of Revenge
  1. "Turn It Up"
    Released: November 22, 2005
  2. "Ridin"
    Released: March 26, 2006
  3. "Grown and Sexy"
    Released: June 31, 2006

The Sound of Revenge is the debut solo album from American rapper Chamillionaire, although it is not Chamillionaire's debut album as he had released several albums and many mixtapes previously. It was produced by Scott Storch, Mannie Fresh, Play-N-Skillz, Cool and Dre and other producers. It was released in 2005 and includes contributions from Lil' Flip, Lil Wayne, younger brother Rasaq, Natalie Alvarado, Krayzie Bone, Bun B, Scarface and Pastor Troy. This album was also released in a “screwed and chopped” version by OG Ron C. Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone won the Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group Grammy for the song “Ridin’ ”.

The album was certified platinum in the US, and it sold 130,000 in its first week, total sales are at 1.5 million. A non-single, "Picture Perfect", peaked #28 on Hot Ringtones[1].

Contents

[edit] Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Feature guest(s) Time
1 "The Sound of Revenge (Intro)" The Beat Bullies 3:18
2 "In the Trunk" Hardley Division 4:38
3 "Turn It Up" Scott Storch Lil' Flip 4:34
4 "Ridin'" Play-N-Skillz Krayzie Bone 5:03
5 "No Snitchin’ " Cool and Dre Bun B 4:32
6 "Southern Takeover" The Beat Bullies Killer Mike & Pastor Troy 5:17
7 "Radio Interruption" The Beat Bullies 3:27
8 "Frontin'" Happy Perez 4:10
9 "Grown and Sexy" The Beat Bullies 4:03
10 "Think I’m Crazy" The Beat Bullies Natalie 5:03
11 "Rain" Sol Messiah Scarface & Billy Cook 5:11
12 "Picture Perfect" Sol Messiah Bun B 4:48
13 "Fly as the Sky" Mannie Fresh Lil' Wayne & Rasaq 4:58
14 "Peepin' Me" The Beat Bullies 4:21
15 "Void in My Life" Twinzbeatz 4:40
16 "Outro" Sean Blaze 3:09

[edit] Bonus Tracks

  1. "Turn It Up (Remix)" (Produced by Scott Storch)" (featuring E.S.G., Lil' O, & H.A.W.K) – 5:08
  2. "Grind Time" (Produced by Da Riffs) – 3:24
  3. "Rider" (Produced by Happy Perez) – 4:01
  4. "Hate in Ya Eyes" (Produced by Cool & Dre) – 3:40
  5. "Bad Guy" (Produced by Twinzbeatz and Thundertrax) – 3:55

'Picture Perfect' samples the UGK song 'One Day' from their album 'Ridin' Dirty'.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Producers

  • Sean Blaze – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Twinzbeatz / Thundertrax – Producer
  • Mannie Fresh – Producer
  • Scott Storch – Producer
  • Happy Perez – Keyboards, Producer
  • Gary Fly – Assistant
  • Rick DeVarona – Assistant
  • Tony Cavasin – Assistant

[edit] Technical Production

  • Wayne Allison – Engineer
  • Gregg Rominiecki – Engineer
  • Conrad Golding – Engineer
  • Matt Still – Engineer
  • Rodney Maspoch – Engineer
  • Taylor Dow – Assistant Engineer
  • James Hoover – Engineer, Mixing
  • Jason Goldstein – Mixing
  • Oscar Ramirez – Mixing
  • Wassim Zreik – Mixing
  • Bram Tobey – Mixing Assistant
  • Eric Jensen – Mixing Assistant
  • Kathryn Diehl – Mixing Assistant
  • Raj Makhija – Mixing Assistant
  • Chris Gehringer – Mastering
  • Eddy Schreyer – Mastering

[edit] Instrumentals/Vocals

  • Jennifer Rose – Vocals
  • Tami Latrell – Vocals (Background)
  • Steve Lake – Guitar
  • Avery Jones – Bass
  • Debra Killings – Bass
  • Fitzgerald Lingard – Bass
  • Preston Crump – Bass
  • Terrence Brown – Keyboards

[edit] Art

  • Jonathan Mannion – Photography
  • Mikee Aguilar – A&R
  • Nina Freeman – A&R
  • Sal Guastella – A&R
  • Mike Frost – Art Direction