More Than Music Vol. 2
| Industry | Music |
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| Headquarters | United States |
| Products | Music albums, mixtapes |
| Parent | Duke Productions, Koch Records |
More Than Music Vol. 2 represents a mixtape project by the American hip-hop group The Diplomats. It was officially released on May 8, 2007, through Diplomat Records, Duke Productions, and Koch Records. The production roster features contributions from I.N.F.O., NOVA, DukeDaGod, AraabMuzik, Bear One, Doe Boy, Drama Setterz, Fizzy Womack, Heck & Will, Jonathan Dugger, Knoxville, Mardah Beatz, Rek Beats, Spectacular, and Swiff D, with Q-Butta credited as a co-producer.
Serving as the follow-up to the 2005 release More Than Music Vol. 1, this mixtape attained a peak position of number 26 on the Billboard 200 chart. Additionally, it climbed to number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and secured the number 2 spot on both the Top Rap Albums and Independent Albums rankings.
Personnel
- George "DukeDaGod" Moore – vocals on tracks 1 and 3; producer of track 15; co-producer on tracks 1 through 7, 9 through 14, and track 16; executive producer; A&R responsibilities
- Calvin "40 Cal." Byrd – vocal performances on tracks 1, 2, 5, 9 to 11, and 14
- Durell "Hell Rell" Mohammed – vocals featured on tracks 2 to 5, 9, and tracks 13 to 15
- Rusty "J.R. Writer" Brito – vocal contributions on tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, and from tracks 12 to 14
- LaRon "Juelz Santana" James – vocals on tracks 2, 3, and 5; associate executive producer
- Preston "Jay Bezel" Corley – vocals on track 2
- Abdul "A-Mafia" Holmes – vocal parts on tracks 4, 13, and 16
- Joseph "Jim Jones" Jones II – vocals on tracks 5 and 7; associate executive producer
- Cameron "Cam'Ron" Giles – vocal appearance on track 6; executive producer
- Charles "Max B." Wingate – vocals on track 7
- Jamel "Mel Matrix" Jones – vocals featured on track 7
- Karen Civil – vocal contribution on track 9; A&R administration
- Natoya "Jha-Jha" Handy – vocals on track 10
- Bonita Canady – vocal performance on track 11
- Micah "Katt" Williams – vocals on track 12
- Ezekiel "Freekey Zekey" Jiles – vocals on track 15
- Tom Gist – vocals featured on track 16
Producers include Abraham "araabMUZIK" Orellana (track 1), John "I.N.F.O." Christopher alongside Scott "N.O.V.A." Novelli (tracks 2 and 4), Steve "Swiff D" Thornton (track 3), Rek Beats (track 5), Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage (track 6), Bear One (track 7), Heck & Will (track 9), Mardah Beatz (track10), B. "Doe Boy" Antoine (track11), David "Knoxville" Stokes (track12), E. "Spectacular" Brito (track13), Lasean Wiggins and T. Jackson (track14), Jonathan Dugger (track16); Steven "Q-Butta" Sanchez served as co-producer for track9.
Engineering and mixing duties were handled by Arnold Mischkulnig for tracks 1 through3, plus tracks5,6,14 and15; he also managed mastering. Saga Legin worked on tracks4,11,12 and16; Eric "Ibo" Butler oversaw mixing for tracks7,9,10 and13.
The creative team comprised Andrew Kelley responsible for art direction and design; Earl Randolph and Matt Roady provided cover photography; Paul Grosso acted as creative director; Alyson Abbagnaro along with Adrian Williams served as A&R administrators.
Charts
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