Novakane
| Company type | Record label |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Products | Music albums |
| Owner | Outlawz |
Novakane represents the third full-length album released by the American hip-hop collective known as the Outlawz. It became available on October 23, 2001, under the Outlaw Recordz label, with distribution managed by Koch Entertainment.
The production roster features contributions from Reefologist Da Street Criminologist, L.T. Hutton, Floss P, Joey Glasses, Mack 4, Mike Dean, Muhammad "Madball" Bell, Poli Paul, Quimmy Quim, and Shorty B. Notable guest artists include Ed Bone, Hellraza, Kamikaze, Seal, and T-Low.
Upon release, the album entered the Billboard 200 chart at position 100. It also secured the 24th spot on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and climbed to number 3 on the Independent Albums ranking within the United States.
Track listing
- Sample credits
- The seventeenth track incorporates reinterpreted elements from "The Message," originally composed by Edward Fletcher, Sylvia Robinson, Melvin Glover, and Clifton Chase.
Personnel
- Malcolm "E.D.I. Mean" Greenidge – vocals; mixing on tracks 4, 6, and 8
- Rufus "Young Noble" Cooper III – vocals
- Mutah "Napoleon" Beale – vocals
- Katari "Kastro" Cox – vocals
- Tyruss "Big Syke" Himes – vocals on track 2
- Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel – vocals featured on track 12
- Kamil "Hellraza" Beale – vocals appearing on track 13
- Tupac "2Pac" Shakur – vocals on track 14; executive producer
- Terrance "T-Low" Brown – vocals on track 14
- Crysis – additional backing vocals on track 14
- Bosko Kante – talkbox and additional production on track 14
- Kamikaze – vocals featured on track 17
- Ed Bone – vocals present on track 17
- Mac Robinson – guitar performance on track 5
- Hans Johansson – guitar parts on track 12
- James "D.C." Wilson, III – keyboards on track 12
- Valarie King – flute instrumentation on track 12
- Vonette Yama Quinuma – electric harp contributions on track 12
- Sebastian Aymanns – drums played on track 12
- Jimmy Jean-Louis – djembe percussion on track 12
- Dave "D-Wiz" Evelingham – guitar and mixing duties on track 14
- Reefologist Da Street Criminologist – production for tracks 2 and 12
- Muhammad "Madball" Bell – producer and mixing engineer for track 3
- William "Bill Blast" Irving – co-production and mixing for track 3
- Stuart "Shorty B." Jordan – production work on track 4
- Paul Poli – producer of track 5
- Lenton "LT" Hutton – production across tracks 6 and 8
- Joey Glasses – producer responsible for track 9
- Muntaquim "Quimmy Quim" Farid – production duties for track 11
- Mikal Kamil – additional production input for track 12
- Flossy P – producer and engineer for track 13
- James "DJ Felli Fel" Reigart – remix production and mixing handled for track 14
- Mike Dean – producer of track 15
- Mack 4 – production work completed for track 17
- Lance Pierre – mixing engineer across multiple tracks: 2,4,6,8,9,11,13,15,17
- William Lucas – engineering responsibilities for tracks: 2-6,8,9,11,15,17
- Ryan Freeland – mixing engineer for track 5
- Marc Friedlander – engineering for track 14
- Eddy Schreyer – mastering engineer
- Yafeu Akiyele Fula – executive producer
- Dexter Browne – photography
Charts
Template:Album chartTemplate:Album chart| Chart (2001) | Highest rank |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 100 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 24 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) | 3 |