1999 studio album by The High & Mighty
Home Field Advantage Released August 24, 1999 Recorded 1997—99 Studio The Muthafuckin' Spot On Lexington Genre Hip hop Length 62 :15 Label Rawkus Producer "Open Mic Night/The Meaning" "B-Boy Document 1999" "Dirty Decibels" "The Dick Starbuck"
Home Field Advantage The High & Mighty . It was released on August 24, 1999 via Rawkus Records . Recording sessions took place at the Muthafuckin' Spot on Lexington. Production was produced mostly by member DJ Mighty Mi , but also featured production from Alchemist and Reef. It features guest appearances from Bobbito García , Cage , Defari, Eminem , Evidence , Kool Keith , Mad Skillz , Mos Def , Pharoahe Monch , Thirstin Howl III , What? What? and Wordsworth . The album peaked at number 193 on the Billboard 200Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums , and number 11 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States. The single "B-Boy Document '99" reached number 63 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs , number 7 on the Hot Rap Songs , and later appeared on the soundtrack of 2000 video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Track listing [ edit ] Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Tip Off Time" (Intro) DJ Mighty Mi 1:30 2. "Dirty Decibels" (featuring Pharoahe Monch ) DJ Mighty Mi 3:53 3. "Top Prospects" (featuring Evidence and Defari) The Alchemist 3:45 4. "Dick Starbuck "Porno Detective"" DJ Mighty Mi 3:44 5. "B-Boy Document '99" (featuring Mos Def and Mad Skillz ) DJ Mighty Mi 3:54 6. "The Last Hit" (featuring Eminem ) DJ Mighty Mi 4:19 7. "Ay Yo (skit)" (featuring Lord Sear and Paul Rosenberg ) 0:26 8. "Hot Spittable" DJ Mighty Mi 4:05 9. "The Meaning" DJ Mighty Mi 4:07 10. "In-Outs" (featuring Cage ) DJ Mighty Mi 3:41 11. "Papers Please (skit)" (skit) 0:45 12. "Shaquan & Eon" (featuring Mad Skillz) DJ Mighty Mi 3:58 13. "The Half" Reef 3:56 14. "Hands On Experience, Pt. II" (featuring Kool Keith , What? What? and Bobbito García ) DJ Mighty Mi 5:01 15. "Weed" Meltzer Tewlow Andrew Marks London McDaniels Reef 3:30 16. "Newman (skit)" 1:12 17. "Open Mic Night (Remix)" (featuring Wordsworth and Thirstin Howl III ) The Alchemist 3:41 18. "Mind, Soul & Body" DJ Mighty Mi 3:40 19. "Friendly Game of Football" DJ Mighty Mi 3:08 Total length: 1:02:15
Notes Track 4 contains a sample of "Get This Thing Down" written by Michael Vernon , DeLisle Harper, Glen LeFleur, Joe Jammer and Pete Wingfield and performed by Olympic Runners , and a sample of "No Delayin'" written by Gregory Mays and Darryl Barnes and performed by Nice & Smooth . Track 5 contains a sample of "Polarizer" written by Brad Baker, Lance Quinn and Joe Thomas and performed by Joe Thomas. Track 15 contains a sample of "Chanting" written by Andrew Marks and London McDaniels and performed by Rasa. Track 17 contains a sample of "Been A Long Time" written by Eric Barrier , William Griffin , Charles Bobbit, James Brown and Bobby Byrd and performed by Rakim . Personnel [ edit ] Credits adapted from liner notes,[5] AllMusic , ASCAP and Discogs .
Eric "Mr. Eon " Meltzer — vocals, executive producer, sleeve notes Milo "DJ Mighty Mi " Berger — scratches (track 18) , producer (tracks: 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 12, 14, 18, 19) , recording, mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8-10, 12, 14, 18, 19) , executive producer, sleeve notes Troy "Pharoahe Monch " Jamerson — vocals (track 2) Michael "Evidence " Perretta — vocals (track 3) Duane "Defari" Johnson — vocals (track 3) Rashida Jones — additional vocals (track 4) She Speaks — additional vocals (tracks: 4, 8) Dante "Mos Def " Smith — vocals (track 5) Donnie "Mad Skillz " Lewis — vocals (tracks: 5, 12) Marshall "Eminem " Mathers — vocals (track 6) Steve "Lord Sear" Watson — vocals (track 7) , beatboxing (track 19) Paul Rosenberg — vocals (track 7) Chris "Cage " Palko — vocals (track 10) Keith Matthew "Kool Keith " Thornton — vocals (track 14) Tsidi "Jean Grae " Ibrahim — vocals (track 14) Bobbito Garcia — vocals (track 14) Vinson "Wordsworth " Johnson — vocals (track 17) Victor "Thirstin Howl III " DeJesus — vocals (track 17) Jonathan Miles "Shecky Green" Shecter — voice (track 19) Evan "DJ EV" Hitch — scratches (track 4) Rob "Reef" Tewlow — additional programming (track 4) , drum programming (track 14) , producer & mixing (tracks: 13, 15) Mark Ronson — additional programming (track 4) Vere Isaacs — bass (tracks: 5, 6) Sébastien "DJ Sebb" Vuignier — scratches (track 5) DJ Daze — scratches (tracks: 6, 9, 12, 13, 18) Daniel Alan "The Alchemist " Maman — producer & mixing (tracks: 3, 17) Kieran Walsh — engineering (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10) Miles "DJ Nastee" Balochian — engineering (tracks: 4, 14) Ken "Duro" Ifill — mixing (track 5) Bob Brown — engineering (track 8) Elliott Thomas — engineering (tracks: 9, 13, 17-19) Chris Theis — engineering (track 15) Tim Ronan — art direction, graphic design Arnold Steiner — graphic design Franck Khalfoun — photography References [ edit ] ^ Gizzi, Dan. "Home Field Advantage - The High & Mighty" . AllMusic . Retrieved December 14, 2017 . ^ Noixe (July 12, 2001). "The High & Mighty :: Home Field Advantage :: Eastern Conference/Rawkus" . RapReviews . Retrieved December 14, 2017 . ^ Christgau, Robert . "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 1449" . www.robertchristgau.com . Retrieved April 10, 2023 .^ Caramanica, Jon (October 1999). "Reviews" . SPIN SPIN Media LLC . ISSN 0886-3032 . Retrieved April 10, 2023 .^ The High & Mighty - Home Field Advantage (CD liner notes). Rawkus Records. P2-50121 ^ "Billboard 200" . Billboard ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved April 10, 2023 .^ "Top R&B Albums" . Billboard ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved April 10, 2023 .^ "Heatseekers Albums" . Billboard ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved April 10, 2023 . External links [ edit ]
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