Carte Blanche (Phat Kat album)

Carte Blanche
Carte Blanche
Studio album by Phat Kat
Released	April 3, 2007
Recorded	2005–06
Genre	Midwest hip hop
Length	45:44
Label	Look Records
Producer	Phat Kat (exec.); Black Milk; J Dilla; Nick Speed; Young RJ;
Phat Kat chronology

Carte Blanche is the second studio album by American Detroit-based rapper Phat Kat. It was released on April 3, 2007 via Look Records. Production was handled by J Dilla, Black Milk, Young RJ and Nick Speed. It features guest appearances from Black Milk, Elzhi, Fat Ray, Guilty Simpson, House Shoes, Lo Louis, Melanie Rutherford, T3 and Truth Hurts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Nasty Ain't It?"	J Dilla	2:39
2.	"Get It Started"	Young RJ	2:05
3.	"My Old Label"	J Dilla	2:29
4.	"Cold Steel" (featuring Elzhi)	J Dilla	3:46
5.	"Danger" (featuring Black Milk and T3)	Black Milk	3:35
6.	"Vessels" (featuring Truth Hurts)	Nick Speed	4:36
7.	"Lovely" (featuring Melanie Rutherford)	Young RJ	3:14
8.	"Cash Em Out" (featuring Loe Louis)	Black Milk	2:20
9.	"Game Time"	J Dilla	3:38
10.	"Survival Kit"	Black Milk	2:31
11.	"Nightmare" (featuring Guilty Simpson)	Nick Speed	3:08
12.	"Hard Enuff" (featuring Fat Ray)	Black Milk	3:13
13.	"True Story Pt. 2" (featuring House Shoes)	Young RJ	4:04
14.	"Don't Nobody Care About Us"	J Dilla	4:27
Total length:			45:44

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"World Premier"	J Dilla	2:47
16.	"It Don't Get No Liver Than This" (featuring La Peace)	J Dilla	4:07
Total length:			52:38

Ron "Phat Kat" Watts – main artist, mixing (track 14), executive producer
Jason "Elzhi" Powers – featured artist (track 4)
R.L. "T3" Altman III – featured artist (track 5)
Curtis "Black Milk" Cross – featured artist (track 5), producer (tracks: 5, 8, 10, 12)
Shari "Truth Hurts" Watson – featured artist (track 6)
Melanie Rutherford – featured artist (track 7)
Lionel "Lo Louis" Houie – featured artist (tracks: 8, 13)
Byron Simpson – featured artist (track 11)
"Fat Ray" Boggues II – featured artist (track 12)
Michael "House Shoes" Buchanan – featured artist (track 13)
DJ Dez – scratches
James "J Dilla" Yancey – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 9, 14)
Ralph "Young RJ" Rice – producer (tracks: 2, 7, 13)
Nicholas Speed – producer (tracks: 6, 11)
Dave Cooley – mixing (tracks: 1-13), mastering
Jeff Jank – design
Charles "Ques" Munka – design
Peter Jones – photography

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