Generation EFX
1998 studio album by Das EFX
Generation EFX is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Das EFX. It was released on March 24, 1998 via EastWest Records America. Production was handled by Agallah, Solid Scheme, Rashad Smith, Mike Lowe, Tony L, and PMD, who also served as executive producer. Unlike the first three Das EFX albums, it features a number of guest appearances from Redman, Agallah, EPMD, Miss Jones, M.O.P., Nocturnal and Teflon. The album debuted and peaked at number 48 on the Billboard 200, selling 22,000 copies in its first week. In its second week of release, the album dropped to number 89 on the Billboard 200, selling 14,000 copies bringing the two week total to 36,000 copies.
01Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| RapReviews | 6/10 |
| The Source | |
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "a hard-hitting return to form" for the group, noting their trademark sound being "harder and hipper than before", concluding that: "Like all their albums, Generation EFX relies more on style than substance -- not all of the hooks hold, some of the grooves just lie there -- but on the whole, it's their best album since Straight Up Sewaside." In a 2020 retrospective review, Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews wrote that: "The bottom line on "Generation EFX" is that it's not a terrible album, but it's not an important one either, and it continues a sad trend of Das EFX albums becoming less meaningful with each release."
02Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | 0:31 | ||
| 2. | "Raw Breed" |
|
| 3:02 |
| 3. | "Shine" |
| Tony L. | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Somebody Told Me" (featuring 8-Off and Nocturnal) |
| 8-Off | 3:38 |
| 5. | "Set It Off" |
|
| 4:17 |
| 6. | "No Doubt" (featuring M.O.P. and Teflon) |
| Solid Scheme | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Rap Scholar" (featuring Redman) |
|
| 3:21 |
| 8. | "Generation EFX" (featuring EPMD) |
|
| 3:46 |
| 9. | "Rite Now" |
| Mike Lowe | 2:58 |
| 10. | "Whut Goes Around" (featuring Miss Jones) |
| PMD | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Make Noize" |
| Solid Scheme | 3:10 |
| 12. | "New Stuff" |
|
| 3:28 |
| 13. | "Take It Back" (featuring PMD) |
| PMD | 2:18 |
| 14. | "Change" |
| 8-Off | 4:35 |
| 15. | "Rap Scholar (Original Version)" (featuring Redman) |
| PMD | 3:59 |
| Total length: | 50:22 | |||
03Personnel
- Andre "Krazy Drayz" Weston, main artist
- Willie "Skoob" Hines, main artist
- Angel "8-Off Agallah" Aguilar, featured artist (track 4), producer (tracks: 2, 4, 14), co-producer (tracks: 8, 12)
- Yasin "Nocturnal" Muhammedi, featured artist (track 4)
- Eric "Billy Danze" Murray, featured artist (track 6)
- Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage, featured artist (track 6)
- Linwood "Teflon" Starling, featured artist (track 6)
- Reginald "Redman" Noble, featured artist (tracks: 7, 15)
- Parrish "PMD" Smith, featured artist (track 8), producer (tracks: 8, 10, 12, 13, 15), co-producer (track 7), executive producer
- Erick Sermon, featured artist (track 8)
- Tarsha "Miss" Jones, featured artist (track 10)
- Chris Charity, producer (tracks: 2, 6, 11)
- Derek Lynch, producer (tracks: 2, 6, 11)
- Tony L. Williams, producer (track 3)
- Rashad Smith, producer (tracks: 5, 7)
- Michael "Mike Loe" Lowe, producer (track 9)
- Armando Colon, co-producer (tracks: 5, 7)
- Charlie Marotta, co-producer (track 12), engineering, mixing
- Eliud "Lou" Ortiz, engineering, mixing
- Tom Ciante, engineering
- John Decatur, engineering
- Bob Fudjinski, engineering
- Dave Greenberg, engineering
- Paul Gregory, engineering
- Ivan "Doc" Rodriguez, mixing
- Greg Burke, art direction, design
- Danny Clinch, photography
- Agnes Cammock, styling
04Charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | 48 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 10 |
Sources and credits
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