The Emcee's Properganda
| Jin Presents: The Emcee's Properganda | ||||
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| Released | October 25, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 48:12 | |||
| Label | Draft Records/Crafty Plugz | |||
| Producer | Kamel Pratt(Exec.) Howie McDuffie (Exec.) Graham Oliver(Exec.) Golden Child Demo | |||
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| Singles from The Emcee's Properganda | ||||
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| allhiphop.com |    link |
| Allmusic | link |
| cordweekly.com | link |
| FFWD | link |
| HipHopDX | link |
| hoodstars.net | link |
| Okayplayer | link |
| RapReviews.com |   link |
| AsiaXpress.com | (favorable) link |
The Emcee's Properganda is Jin's second studio album. It was released on October 25, 2005. The whole album was produced by Golden Child with the exception of "Properganda", which was produced by Demo. The album was recorded at No Mystery Studios and engineered by Vinny Nicoletti. The album was mixed at Storm Studios by Storm. "Top 5 (Dead or Alive)" was released as a 12" vinyl single with "Perspectives" as the B-side. The music video for "Top 5 (Dead or Alive)" was directed by Todd Angkasuwan. The song "G.O.L.D.E.N." was used on the soundtrack of the video-game Saints Row on the fictional radio station KRHYME 95.4.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks produced by Golden Child, with the exception of track 6 "Properganda" produced by Demo.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Emcee" (skit) | Jin Au-Yeung, Sean Mannan | Golden Child | 0:21 |
| 2. | "Perspectives" | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 4:02 |
| 3. | "Top 5 (Dead or Alive)" | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 4:55 |
| 4. | "Mr. Popular" | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 4:43 |
| 5. | "My First Time" | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 2:07 |
| 6. | "Properganda" | J. Au-Yeung, Juanita, Jefforey | Demo | 4:12 |
| 7. | "No More Fans" | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 4:00 |
| 8. | "G.O.L.D.E.N." | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 3:29 |
| 9. | "Foolish Little Girls" | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 3:52 |
| 10. | "The Craftiest" (skit) | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 2:56 |
| 11. | "100 Thousand Sold Pt. 2" | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 3:16 |
| 12. | "No Concept" (featuring Yung Mac & LS) | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan, Christopher Lui, Michel Luu | Golden Child | 2:51 |
| 13. | "Carpe Diem" | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 3:36 |
| 14. | "It's All Over" | J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan | Golden Child | 3:48 |
Samples
[edit]The Emcee
- Samples speech said by KRS-One in the DVD "The MC: Why We Do It"
Perspectives
Top 5 (Dead or Alive)
- Contains vocal samples from Nas as performed in "Ether"
- Contains vocal samples from Jadakiss as performed in "Made You Look (Remix)" by Nas
Mr. Popular
- Contains vocal samples from Big L as performed in "Put It On"
- Contains vocal samples from James Brown as performed in "Hot Pants"
Properganda
- Contains an interpolation of "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" by Nas
No More Fans
- Contains an interpolation of "Urvashi Urvashi" by Humse hai Muqabala
G.O.L.D.E.N.
- Contains lyrics from "We Gonna Make It" as performed by Jadakiss,
- Contains Just Blaze's phrase
Foolish Little Girls
- Samples "Foolish Little Girl" by The Shirelles
The Craftiest
- Voice clips of fans
No Concept
- Contains an interpolation of "Check the Rhime" by A Tribe Called Quest
