Revenge of the Barracuda

Revenge of the Barracuda
Studio album by WC
Released March 8, 2011
Recorded 2009-2011
Genre West coast hip hop
Label Lench Mob, Big Swang, E1 Entertainment
Producer Crazy Toones, Jah Zilla, Hallway Productionz, Fred Wreck, Jiggolo, EQ & Flip, THX, Trick Trick
WC chronology
Guilty by Affiliation
(2008)		 Revenge of the Barracuda
(2011)
Singles from Revenge of the Barracuda
  1. "That's What I'm Talking About"
    Released: July 27, 2010
  2. "You Know Me"
    Released: February 1, 2011

Revenge of the Barracuda is the fourth studio album by American rapper WC, released March 8, 2011, on Lench Mob Records, Big Swang Recordings, and E1 Entertainment.[1] The album has featured guests like Ice Cube, Young Maylay, Daz Dillinger, Kokane among others, and was produced by many names like the duo Hallway Productionz, with THX, who worked on Snoop Dogg's 11th album, Doggumentary and the production team Djay Cas & Yung Fokus who also worked on WC's label mate Ice Cube's Raw Footage.

Contents

Singles

The first single from the album is "That's What I'm Talking About", which is also included in an EP with the same name,[2] released on July 27, 2010,[3] the track was produced by the duo Hallway Productionz, and written by them and WC.

The second single is "You Know Me", which features Ice Cube and Young Maylay, was released on iTunes in February 1, 2011.[4] This song has also produced by Hallway Productionz, and was written by the duo, WC, Cube and Maylay, alongside Jaret Griffin-Black.

Reception

The Album receveid mixed to good reviews from many hip-hop critics.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
HipHopDX [5]
Rap Reviews 7.5/10[6]
The Smoking Section [7]

Track listing

Writers per Allmusic.[8] Tracks per iTunes.[9]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Revenge of the Barracuda"   William Calhoun Jr., Tracy Nelson, Dee Underdue, Teak Underdue Hallway Productionz 2:39
2. "You Know Me" (featuring Ice Cube and Young Maylay) Calhoun, Christopher Bellard, Jaret Griffin-Black, Charles Hamilton, O'Shea Jackson, Underdue, Underdue Hallway Productionz 3:55
3. "Reality Show"   Calhoun, Underdue, Underdue Hallway Productionz 3:46
4. "What's Good" (featuring Kokane) Calhoun, Pernell Suber, Jerry Long Jah Zilla 5:03
5. "Walkin' in My Taylors"   Calhoun, Edward Ogbonna EQ & Flip 4:04
6. "That's What I'm Talking About"   Calhoun, Underdue, Underdue Hallway Productionz 4:04
7. "Stickin' to the Script" (featuring Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Bad Lucc and Soopafly) Calhoun, Delmar Arnaud, Priest Brooks, Ricardo Brown, Christopher Goodman, Terrence Hardin, David Williams THX 3:43
8. "100% Legit"   Calhoun, Hardin, Jackson, Pernell Suber Jah Zilla 3:46
9. "D Boy"   Calhoun, Adam Perry Jiggolo 4:39
10. "Hustla" (featuring Juvenile and Dion Primo) Calhoun, Farid Nassar, Marcel Primous, Terius Gray Djay Cas, Yung Fokus 4:53
11. "The Spot" (featuring Young Maylay) Calhoun, Farid Nassar, Bellard, Hardin Fredwreck 3:29
12. "Dub C"   Calhoun, Christian Mathis Trick Trick 4:14

Personnel

By Allmusic.[10]

  • Dawan Arnaud: Composer
  • Christopher Bellard: Composer
  • Priest Brooks: Composer
  • William Calhoun: Composer
  • William Calhoun Jr.: Composer
  • Erik "Baby Jesus" Coomes: Bass, Guitar
  • Shawnte Crespo: Product Manager
  • DJ Crazy Toones: Arranger, Scratching
  • Marleny Dominguez: Label Manager
  • Christopher Goodman: Composer
  • Jaret Griffin-Black: Composer
  • Charles Hamilton: Composer
  • Terrence Hardin: Composer
  • Chris Herche: Marketing
  • Ice Cube: Composer
  • O'Shea Jackson: Composer
  • Jahzilla: Composer, Producer
  • Jerry Long: Composer
  • Dave Lopez: Mixing
  • David Lopez: Vocal Engineer
  • Courtney Lowery: Publicity
  • Chris Mathis: Composer
  • Fingaz McGee: Vocal Arrangement
  • Giovanna Melchiorre: Publicity
  • "Fredwreck" Farid Nassar: Guitar, Keyboards, Producer
  • F. Nassar: Composer
  • Tracy Nelson: Composer
  • Edward Ogbonna: Composer
  • A. Perry: Composer
  • Bob Perry: A&R
  • Pernell Suber: Composer
  • Thx: Producer
  • Trick Trick: Mixing, Producer
  • Dee Underdue: Composer, Producer
  • Teak "Da Beatsmith" Underdue: Composer, Producer
  • David Williams: Composer
  • Fred Wreck: Producer

References

  1. ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.13765/title.ice-cube-juvenile-featured-on-wcs-revenge-of-the-barracuda
  2. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thats-what-im-talking-about-ep/id410816507
  3. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thats-what-im-talking-about/id383912552
  4. ^ July http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/you-know-me-feat-ice-cube/id417987627
  5. ^ "HipHopDX Review". http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.1637/title.wc-revenge-of-the-barracuda. 
  6. ^ "Rap Reviews Review". http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2011_03_revengebarracuda.html. 
  7. ^ "The Smoking Section Review". http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2011/03/review-of-wcs-revenge-of-the-barracuda. 
  8. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/revenge-of-the-barracuda-r2128149
  9. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/revenge-barracuda-bonus-track/id421116247
  10. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/revenge-of-the-barracuda-r2128149/credits
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