N.O.R.E. (album)

N.O.R.E.
Studio album by Noreaga
Released	July 14, 1998
Recorded	1997-1998
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	68:58
Label	Def Jam
Producer	Dame Grease Duro Ez Elpee Kurt Gowdy L.E.S Marley Marl Nasheim Myrick Poke SPK Swizz Beatz The Neptunes
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Noreaga chronology
N.O.R.E. (1998) Melvin Flynt – Da Hustler (1999)

N.O.R.E. is the solo debut album by rapper Noreaga. It was released on July 14, 1998. N.O.R.E. opened up with sales of 163,000 in its first week of release and eventually went platinum. The album contained the hit single "Superthug" which peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached #1 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.

The track 'The Change' has found new fame after then underground rapper 50 Cent was filmed doing a freestyle over its instrumental. The song "N.O.R.E." was also featured in the soundtrack of popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

Track listing

1. "The Jump Off" 0:46
2. "Banned From T.V." (featuring Big Pun, Nature, Cam'ron, Jadakiss & Styles P)4:41 (Produced by Swizz Beatz)
3. "I Love My Life" (featuring Carl Thomas) (Produced by EZ Elpee) 4:50
4. "N.O.R.E." 2:55 (Produced by Trackmasters)
5. "Hed Interlude" 0:58
6. "Hed" (featuring Nature) 4:48 (Produced by Trackmasters)
7. "It's Not a Game" (featuring Maze & Musalini) 4:17 (Produced by SPK) / (featuring sample of "Cuando Vayas Conmigo" (1983) by José José)
8. "Fiesta" (featuring Kid Capri) 3:38 (Produced by Trackmasters)
9. "40 Island" (featuring Kool G Rap & Musalini) 4:36 (Produced by Marley Marl)
10. "The Way We Live" (featuring Chico DeBarge) 4:18 (Produced by L.E.S.)
11. "Animal Thug Interlude" 1:22
12. "The Change" 3:32 (Produced by Kurt Gowdy)
13. "Superthug" 5:00 (Produced by The Neptunes)
14. "Da Story" (featuring Maze) 4:31 (Produced by L.E.S.)
15. "Mathematics (Esta Loca)" 3:26 (Produced by Clue & Duro)
16. "The Assignment" (featuring Busta Rhymes, Spliff Star, and Maze ) (Produced by Nashiem Myrick) 4:26
17. "Body in the Trunk" (featuring Nas) 3:49 (Produced by Dame Grease)
18. "One Love" 5:13
19. "Outro" 1:01 (featuring Eve Brenner)

Singles

• "N.O.R.E." (1998)
• "Superthug" (1998, #36 US)
• "Banned From T.V." (1998)

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1998 (U.S.)