More Than Music Vol. 1
| Company type | Record label |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Headquarters | New York City , United States |
| Products | Music recordings |
More Than Music, Vol. 1 is a mixtape by the American hip-hop group The Diplomats, issued on June 21, 2005, under Diplomat Records with distribution handled by Koch Records.
The recording sessions were conducted across various studios located in New York City and New Jersey, such as The Honor Room, Dreamsound Studios, Dark Dimension Studios, Sony Music Studios, Santana's World, and Ray House. The production roster includes The Heatmakerz, Doe Boyz, Scram Jones, DukeDaGod, Skitzo, Dame Grease, Darrell "Digga" Branch, DJ Green Lantern, J. Arm, John Dolo, Knoxbonikz, Mayor, Nomadic, Pro-V, Wattz, and Zurc, with Ash and Wreck contributing as co-producers.
In terms of commercial success, the mixtape reached number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart, climbed to number 7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, secured the fifth spot on the Top Rap Albums, and attained number 2 on the Independent Albums rankings within the United States.
Its follow-up installment, More Than Music Vol. 2, was released on December 5, 2006.
Track listing
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- Sample credits
- Track 2 incorporates samples from "Hard to Handle", originally written by Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones, and Otis Redding, as performed by Otis Redding.
- Track 19 features replayed components of "Miracles", composed by Marty Balin.
Personnel
- George "DukeDaGod" Moore – vocals on tracks 1 and 9; producer of track 13; co-producer for tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, and 11; recording engineer for tracks 1, 2, 8, 11, 14, and 15; executive producer; A&R
- Durell "Hell Rell" Mohammed – vocals featured on tracks 1 through 3, as well as tracks 11 and 15
- Rusty "J.R. Writer" Brito – vocal performances on tracks 1, 2, 8, 11, 15, and 19
- LaRon "Juelz Santana" James – vocals on tracks 2, 4, 10, 13, 16, and 18; associate executive producer
- Joseph "Jim Jones" Jones II – vocal contributions on tracks 2 and 5; associate executive producer
- Calvin "40 Cal." Byrd – vocals appearing on tracks 2, 6, 11, 14, and 15
- Antonio "Un Kasa" Wilder – vocal parts on tracks 2 and 17
- Cameron "Cam'Ron" Giles – vocals for tracks 7, 12, and 16; executive producer
- Ezekiel "Freekey Zekey" Jiles – vocal feature on track 7
- Ashley "Ash" Middleton – vocals and co-production on track 9
- John "Fabolous" Jackson – vocal appearance in track 10
- Corley "Jay Bezel" Preston – vocals on track 11
- Derek "Bloodshed" Armstead – vocal performance on track 12
- Abdul "A-Mafia" Holmes – vocals featured in track14
- Natoya "Jha-Jha" Handy – vocal contribution to track17
- Martell "Razah" Nelson – vocals included in track18
- Calvin "Mister Cee" Laburn – additional vocals on track2
Producers and technical personnel:
- Damon "Dame Grease" Blackman – production of track1
- John "J. Armz" Armwood – producer for track2
- Gregory Green & Sean Thomas – producers behind tracks3,8,and18
- Bigram "DVLP" Zayas – production duties for tracks4 and10
- Zurc & Mayor – producers of track5
- John Dolo & Wreck (co-producer) – production team for track6
- James "DJ Green Lantern" D'Agostino – producer of track7
- Nomadic – production of track9
- Dario "Skitzo" Rodriguez – producer for track11; co-producer for track6
- Darrell "Digga" Branch – production of track12
- Marc "Scram Jones" Shemer – produced tracks14 and19
- David "Knoxville" Stokes – producer of track15
- Andrew "Pro-V" Thielk – production work on track16
- Marco "Wattz" Nunez – producer for track17
Recording and mixing engineers:
- Mike Thomas – responsible for recording tracks3,4,6,9,10,13,16,and17; mixing duties on tracks1 through4 ,6 ,8 through10 ,13 through17 ,and19
- Vernil Rogers – recorded track5
- Mike Peters – recording engineer for track7
- Ray Rock – recorded track12
- Carlisle Young – recording engineer for track18; mixing engineer for tracks5 ,11 ,and18
- Eric "Ibo" Butler – mixing engineer for track7
Creative direction and A&R support:
- Andrew Kelley – art direction along with design work
- Oluwaseye Olusa & Ted D'Ottavio – photography contributors
- Stephen "Spliff" Hacker & Jamel George – administrators in A&R operations
- Adrian Williams & Karen Civil – assistants in A&R functions
Charts
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