Tha Connect

Tha Connect
Studio album by Willy Northpole
Released	June 23, 2009
Recorded	2007–2009
Genre	Hip hop
Length	48:57
Label	Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam
Producer	Christopher Bridges (exec.), Chaka Zulu (exec.), Jeff Dixon (exec.), Nard & B, Wonka, Jelly Roll, Khao, Black Elvis, Tha Bizness, Reefa, Bangladesh, L.T. Moe
Willy Northpole chronology
Mixtape (2007) Tha Connect (2009)
Singles from Tha Connect
"Body Marked Up" Released: June 2, 2008 "Hood Dreamer" Released: April 28, 2009 "#1 Side Chick" Released: July 1, 2009

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
HipHopDX	[2]
The Smoking Section	[3]
DJBooth.net	[4]

Tha Connect is the debut studio album by American rapper Willy Northpole. It was released on June 23, 2009. The album's first single was "Body Marked Up" and second "#1 Side Chick" featuring Bobby Valentino. The album features guest appearances from Ne-Yo, B.o.B, and Bobby Valentino. The album's first week sales were 8,000. As of October 18, 2009 the album has 20,000 record sales.

Background

The album concept is the connecting hip hop listeners to a new state, Arizona. The album was in the works for several years and was originally slated for a release of Winter 2008, but a conflict with fellow member of DTP Ludacris set the album back to June 2, 2009. Later the album was pushed to June 23, 2009. The album had 50 songs that were slimmed down to 12 songs, taking nearly 6 months. The album had several big hits that were "Too Big" for his first album.

Promotion

The album promotion was set up to be big with commercials during the BET Awards and billboards of the album but once the death of Michael Jackson all the promotion was dropped and the buzz for the album was gone.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

Music videos

• Body Marked Up - (March 11, 2008)
• Hood Dreamer - (April 22, 2009)
• Ghetto Tour Guide - (May 11, 2009)
• 1 Side Chick - (July 1, 2009)

Samples

• "Soldier" by Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne

Chart positions

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