The Professional 3
2006 studio album by DJ Clue?
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating HipHopDX 3/5[ 1] RapReviews 6.5/10[ 2]
The Professional 3 is the third studio album by American record producer DJ Clue . It was released on December 19, 2006 via Roc-A-Fella Records , serving as a sequel to his 2001 The Professional 2 .
Production was handled by Ken "Duro" Ifill , DVLP , Baby Paul , CHOPS , Filthy, Kanye West , L.T. Hutton , Shatek King, Swizz Beatz . The Heatmakerz and Clue himself.
It features guest appearances by Fabolous , Juelz Santana , Mario Winans , The Game , Beanie Sigel , Bun B , Cam'ron , Cassidy , Consequence , Fat Joe , Freeway , Jadakiss , Jagged Edge , Kanye West , Lil Wayne , Mike Jones , Mobb Deep , M.O.P. , Nas , Paul Wall , Ransom, Remy Ma , Rick Ross , Snoop Dogg , Styles P and Young Jeezy .
The album peaked at number seventy-three on the Billboard 200 chart, and number eighteen on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Track listing
Notes
^[a] signifies additional vocal production
^[b] signifies a co-producer
Sample credits
"Clear Da Scene" contains elements from "Stick Em", written by Mark Morales , Darren Robinson , and Damon Wimbley .
"Fuck Off" contains samples from "A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe", written by Donald French and Millie Jackson , and performed by Millie Jackson.
"The Gold" contains a sample of "The Golden Lady ", written by Sheila Ferguson and [[Georges Garvarentz|Diran Garvarentz], as performed by The Three Degrees .
"I Really Wanna Know You"
"Almost Fucked" contains elements from "It Takes Two ", written by James Brown and Rob Base .
"Liberty Bell" contains a sample from "That Won't Stop Me (From Loving You)", as performed and written by Jimmy Lewis .
"Da Boss" contains elements from "Please Don't Leave Me Lonely", performed and written by King Floyd .
Giantz of NYC" contains a sample of "Go Out and Get Some (Get It Out Cha System)", as performed by Millie Jackson, written by Millie Jackson and Randy Klein .
"You Don't Really Wanna" contains excerpts from "Brown Baby", performed by Billy Paul , and written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff .
Personnel
DJ Clue – executive producer, keyboards (6, 10, 12)
Jovonn "The Last Don" Alexander – keyboards (13)
Chris Athens – mastering
Darryl Beaton – keyboards (7)
Dinky Bingham – keyboards (5, 6)
Chops – engineer (9)
Miss Connie – background vocals (7)
Develop – engineer (2)
Skane Dolla – executive producer
Shaun Don – mixing (8)
Supa Engineer DURO – executive producer, engineer (11), mixing (2-7, 9-17)
Khalil "BDK" Edwards – mixing assistant (3-7, 10-15, 17)
Paul Gregory – engineer (4-6, 10, 12-15, 17)
LT Hutton – hook and vocals (8)
Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton – engineer (7)
Claude Kelly – additional background vocals (6)
Sam Lebeau – engineer (8)
Poobs – engineer (16)
Eric "ERK" Vargas – engineer (16)
Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young – mixing assistant (3-7, 10-15, 17)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
^ Fleury, Serge (December 27, 2006). "DJ Clue - The Professional Part III" . HipHopDX . Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
^ Chandler, Justin (January 16, 2007). "DJ Clue :: The Professional 3 :: Roc-A-Fella Records" . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
^ "DJ Clue 2 Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 3, 2020.
^ "DJ Clue 2 Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 3, 2020.
^ "DJ Clue 2 Chart History (Top Rap Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved May 3, 2020.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2007" . Billboard . Retrieved October 3, 2020 .
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