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.), Khaled Khaled (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
  1. "Hood Dreamer"
    Released: March 27, 2009
  2. "Body Marked Up"
    Released: April 28, 2009
  3. "#1 Side Chick"
    Released: July 1, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.

Track listing

# Title Producer Featured guest(s) Time
1 "Intro" Ski Beatz, Kevin "Khao" Cates 2:56
2 "Hood Shit" M. Rell, WrighTrax Ludacris & Akon 3:07
3 "The Story" Reefa 3:28
4 "Skit (How Hard)" 1:46
5 "Body Marked Up" Wonka 4:01
6 "Hood Dreamer" Nard & B B.o.B 4:38
7 "Feeling Alright" Tha Bizness, Mos Def 3:12
8 "Skit (Ghetto Tour Guide)" AraabMuzik 0:23
9 "Ghetto Tour Guide" Bangladesh 4:02
10 "#1 Side Chick" Khao Bobby V 4:31
11 "Vegas Lights" L.T. Moe 4:08
12 "The Life" Blac Elvis Ne-Yo 3:47
13 "Dear Lord" Reefa 2:39
14 "Skit (At Salt's Grave)" 1:30
15 "Heaven" Jelly Roll, Battlecat 4:49
16 Get Up, Get Down (iTunes Bonus Track) Bangladesh, Christian Rich 3:10

Music videos

Samples

Chart positions

Chart (2009) Peak positions
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[5] 47
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums[6]

References

  1. ↑ Review: Tha Connect. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-2-22.
  2. ↑ HipHopDX review
  3. ↑ The Smoking Section review
  4. ↑ DJBooth.net Review
  5. ↑ Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Tha Connect Archived August 11, 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Top Rap Albums - Tha Connect
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