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The Emcee's Properganda

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Jin Presents: The Emcee's Properganda
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 25, 2005
GenreHip hop
Length48:12
LabelDraft Records/Crafty Plugz
ProducerKamel Pratt(Exec.)
Howie McDuffie (Exec.)
Graham Oliver(Exec.)
Golden Child
Demo
Jin chronology
The Rest Is History
(2004)
Jin Presents: The Emcee's Properganda
(2005)
100 Grand Jin
(2006)
Singles from The Emcee's Properganda
  1. "Top 5 (Dead or Alive)"
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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

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All tracks produced by Golden Child, with the exception of track 6 "Properganda" produced by Demo.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Emcee" (skit)Jin Au-Yeung, Sean MannanGolden Child0:21
2."Perspectives"J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child4:02
3."Top 5 (Dead or Alive)"J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child4:55
4."Mr. Popular"J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child4:43
5."My First Time"J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child2:07
6."Properganda"J. Au-Yeung, Juanita, JefforeyDemo4:12
7."No More Fans"J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child4:00
8."G.O.L.D.E.N."J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child3:29
9."Foolish Little Girls"J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child3:52
10."The Craftiest" (skit)J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child2:56
11."100 Thousand Sold Pt. 2"J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child3:16
12."No Concept" (featuring Yung Mac & LS)J. Au-Yeung, S. Mannan, Christopher Lui, Michel LuuGolden Child2:51
13."Carpe Diem"J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child3:36
14."It's All Over"J. Au-Yeung, S. MannanGolden Child3:48

Samples

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The Emcee

  • Samples speech said by KRS-One in the DVD "The MC: Why We Do It"

Perspectives

  • Contains additional sampled speech from KRS-One
  • Contains lyrics from "I Can" by Nas

Top 5 (Dead or Alive)

Mr. Popular

Properganda

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

The Craftiest

  • Voice clips of fans

No Concept

References

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