2012 studio album by Vinnie Paz
God of the Serengeti Released October 22, 2012 (2012-10-22 ) Recorded 2011–2012 Genre Length 1 :09 :55 Label Producer
God of the Serengeti Vinnie Paz . It was released on October 22, 2012, by Enemy Soil Entertainment and The Orchard . Production was handled by C-Lance, JBL the Titan, Arcitype, Beatnick Dee, DJ Lethal , DJ Premier , Havoc , Illinformed, Jack of All Trades, Marco Polo , Mr. Green , MTK, Psycho Les , Stu Bangas and Tony Kenyatta. It features guest appearances from Army of the Pharaohs , Blaq Poet , Block McCloud, Baby Pun , F.T., Immortal Technique , Kool G Rap , La Coka Nostra , Mobb Deep , Poison Pen, Q-Unique , R.A. the Rugged Man , Scarface , Smoke, Tragedy Khadafi and Whispers.
Music videos were released for the songs "Cheesesteaks"[ 1] [ 2]
Critical reception
God of the Serengeti was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics . At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on seven reviews.[ 3]
AllMusic 's David Jeffries praised the work with words: "plenty of hot air pushes it forward, while cold steel keeps it on the ground, just like the kinetic, magnetic Paz".[ 4] HipHopDX God of the Serengeti , sticks to the script, and that's not a bad thing".[ 6] [ 7] Exclaim! Psycho-Social days".[ 5]
In his mixed review for XXL [ 8]
DJ Premier ranked the album at No. 12 of his year-end list of top 20 favourite albums of 2012.[ 9]
In the United States, the album sold 4,300 units during its first week,[ 10] Billboard 200Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums . In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number 34 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart and number 19 on the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart.
Track listing
Bonus track Title Producer(s) 19. "Kingdom Crusher" (featuring Block McCloud) Paul Nice 3:06
Personnel
Vincenzo "Vinnie Paz " Luvineri – vocals
Anthony "Q-Unique " Quiles – vocals (track 1)
Felipe "Immortal Technique " Coronel – vocals (track 4)
Lékan "Poison Pen" Herron – vocals (track 4)
Christopher Lee "Baby Pun " Rios Jr. – vocals (track 5)
Whispers – vocals (track 5)
Wilbur "Blaq Poet " Bass – vocals (track 6)
Kejuan "Havoc " Muchita – vocals (track 8) , producer (track 11)
Albert "Prodigy " Johnson – vocals (track 8)
Brad "Scarface " Jordan – vocals (track 9)
Chad "Apathy " Bromley – vocals (track 10)
Daniel "King Syze " Albaladejo – vocals (track 10)
Marcus "Crypt the Warchild " Albaladejo – vocals (track 10)
James "Jus Allah " Bostick – vocals (track 10)
Seamus "Esoteric " Ryan – vocals (track 10)
Ira "Blacastan" Osu – vocals (track 10)
Vic "Celph Titled " Mercer – vocals (track 10)
Mario "Planetary " Collazo – vocals (track 10)
George "Slaine " Carroll – vocals (track 11)
William "Ill Bill " Braunstein – vocals (track 11)
Percy "Tragedy Khadafi " Chapman – vocals (track 13)
Winston "F.T." Morris – vocals (track 15)
Smoke – vocals (track 15)
Richard "R.A. the Rugged Man " Thorburn – vocals (track 16)
Nathaniel "Kool G Rap " Wilson – vocals (track 17)
Ismael "Block McCloud" Diaz, Jr. – vocals (track 17)
Jay "Shylow" Khan – scratches (track 6)
Dave "DJ Kwestion" Klein – scratches (tracks: 13, 16)
Mireya Ramos – strings (track 14)
Eric "DJ Eclipse" Winn – scratches (track 14)
Leor "DJ Lethal " Dimant – producer (track 1)
Craig "C-Lance" Lanciani – producer (tracks: 2, 5, 17, 18)
Chris "DJ Premier " Martin – producer (track 3)
Tony Kenyatta – producer (track 4)
Marco "Marco Polo " Bruno – producer (track 6)
J. "JBL The Titan" Ibarra – producer (tracks: 7, 18)
Stuart "Stu Bangas" Hudgins – producer (track 8)
Janos "Arcitype" Fulop – producer (track 9)
Aaron "Mr. Green " Green – producer (track 10)
William "Illinformed" Leigh – producer (track 12)
Nick "Beatnick Dee" Doherty – producer (track 13)
Lester "Psycho Les " Fernandez – producer (track 14)
Jim "Jack Of All Trades" Heffernan – producer (track 15)
Matthew "MTK" Crabtree – producer (track 16)
Scott "Supe" Stallone – engineering, mixing
Mike 13 – engineering (track 3)
Toure "Southpaw" Harris – additional vocal recording (track 4)
Joe Nardone – mixing (track 6)
Daniel "Spent D'Nero" Mawyin – mixing (track 14)
Peter Humphreys – mastering
Dan Bradley – design, layout
Aaron Marsh – illustration
Charts
References
^ "Vinnie Paz "Cheesesteaks" - Official Video" . YouTube . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .^ "Vinnie Paz "The Oracle" - Official Video" . YouTube . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .^ a b "Critic Reviews for God of the Serengeti - Metacritic" . Metacritic . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .^ a b Jeffries, David. "God of the Serengeti - Vinnie Paz | Album | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved March 4, 2024 . ^ a b Quinlan, Thomas (October 23, 2012). "Vinnie Paz | God of the Serengeti" . Exclaim! . Retrieved March 4, 2024 . ^ a b Ketchum III, William (November 7, 2012). "Vinnie Paz - God Of the Serengeti" . HipHopDX . Retrieved March 4, 2024 . ^ a b Juon, Steve 'Flash' (December 4, 2012). "Vinnie Paz :: God of the Serengeti – RapReviews" . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved March 4, 2024 . ^ a b De Molina, Nick (October 24, 2012). "Vinnie Paz, God of the Serengeti - XXL" . XXL . Retrieved March 4, 2024 . ^ Horowitz, Steven (January 8, 2013). "DJ Premier Names His Top 20 Albums Of 2012" . HipHopDX . Retrieved March 4, 2024 . ^ Paine, Jake (October 31, 2012). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 10/28/2012" . HipHopDX . Retrieved March 4, 2024 . ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved March 4, 2024.^ "The Billboard 200" . Billboard Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 10, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" . Billboard Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 10, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved March 4, 2024 .
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