City Under Siege (album)
2000 studio album by E.S.G.
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City Under Siege is the fifth studio album by American rapper E.S.G., from Houston, Texas. It was released on April 25, 2000, via Wreckshop Records. The album peaked at #65 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, #22 on the Independent Albums and #30 on the Heatseekers Albums in the US Billboard charts.
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| Released | April 25, 2000 | |||
| Studio | Wreckshop Studios (Houston, TX) | |||
| Genre | Southern rap | |||
| Length | 1:17:00 | |||
| Label | Wreckshop Records | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" | Blue | 1:58 |
| 2. | "Ride Out" (featuring Big Pokey & Tyte Eyes) | Noke D | 3:34 |
| 3. | "Luv It How You Get It" (featuring Too $hort) | Sean "Solo" Jemison | 4:18 |
| 4. | "Drop Yo Top" (featuring Big Moe) | Blue | 4:56 |
| 5. | "Boss Hawggin'" (featuring D Gotti) | Lil' James | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Grippin' Grain" (featuring Slim Thug & DeShawn Hill) | Blue | 4:19 |
| 7. | "Money & Power" (featuring Ronnie Spencer, Lil' O & Will-Lean) | Noke D | 5:05 |
| 8. | "First Brick" | Lil' James | 4:14 |
| 9. | "City Under Siege" (featuring Nutty Black) | Blue | 5:00 |
| 10. | "Good Life" (featuring Ronnie Spencer) | Lil' James | 3:46 |
| 11. | "Billion Dollar Deal" (featuring Jainea) | Double D | 3:44 |
| 12. | "Ballin Outta Control" (featuring Yung Redd, Kano & D Gotti) | Noke D | 4:35 |
| 13. | "Keep on Grindin'" (featuring Ronnie Spencer) | Double D | 4:24 |
| 14. | "Trickin' off Doe" (featuring Tyte Eyes, Mista Madd, J-Mac & Dirty $) | Blue | 5:12 |
| 15. | "Superstar" (featuring Double D & Devin The Dude) | Blue | 4:42 |
| 16. | "What's in Yo Cup?" (featuring Big Moe, Lil' Shay, D-Reck & Dirty $) | Noke D | 4:34 |
| 17. | "Fix Yo Face" (featuring D-Reck) | Double D | 3:49 |
| 18. | "Thugs in Heaven" (featuring D-Reck, D Gotti & Noke D) | Noke D | 5:06 |
| Total length: | 1:12:36 | ||
Personnel
- Cedric Dormaine Hill – main artist, vocals
- Darrell "D Gotti" Monroe – featured artist (tracks: 5, 12, 18)
- Ronnie Spencer – featured artist (tracks: 7, 10, 13)
- Derrick "D-Reck" Dixon – featured artist (tracks: 16–18), executive producer
- Tyson "Tyte Eyes" Duplechain – featured artist (tracks: 2, 14)
- Kenneth "Big Moe" Moore – featured artist (tracks: 4, 16)
- Dirty $ – featured artist (tracks: 14, 16)
- Milton "Big Pokey" Powell – featured artist (track 2)
- Todd Anthony Shaw – featured artist (track 3)
- DeShawn Hill – featured artist (track 6)
- Stayve Jerome Thomas – featured artist (track 6)
- William "Will-Lean" Gibbs – featured artist (track 7)
- Ore Magnus Lawson – featured artist (track 7)
- Nutty Black – featured artist (track 9)
- Jainea – featured artist (track 11)
- Kano – featured artist (track 12)
- Christopher Dejwan Gallien – featured artist (track 12)
- Ben "Mista Madd" Thompson – featured artist (track 14)
- J-Mac – featured artist (track 14)
- Devin C. Copeland – featured artist (track 15)
- André "Double D" Sargent – featured artist (track 15), producer (tracks: 11, 13, 17), co-producer, engineering
- Lil' Shay – featured artist (track 16)
- Derrick "Noke D" Haynes – featured artist (track 18), producer (tracks: 2, 7, 12, 16, 18), production coordinator, co-producer, engineering & mixing
- Blue – producer (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 9, 14–15)
- Lil' James – producer (tracks: 5, 8, 10)
- Sean "Solo" Jemison – producer (track 3)
- Skip Holman – engineering & mixing
- Deon – engineering
- Donavin "Kid Styles" Murray – art direction, design, photography
Charts
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[2] | 65 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[3] | 22 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[4] | 30 |
