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20/20
File:Twentytwenty.jpg
Studio album by Dilated Peoples

Released

January 24, 2006

Recorded

August 2004 - June 2005

Studio

Soundproof East
(Los Angeles, California)
Daddy's Room
(Corona, California)
Al Gibbs Mobile Studio
(Capleton's Room in Jamaica)
Ameraycan Studios
(North Hollywood, California)

Genre

West Coast hip hop, Underground hip hop, Conscious hip hop, Boom bap

Length

55:19

Label

Capitol Records

Producer

Dilated Peoples (exec.), The Alchemist, Beni B. (exec.), Prose, DJ Babu, Sid Roams (Joey Chavez & Bravo), Evidence

20/20 is the fourth studio album by American Hip hop group Dilated Peoples. It was released on January 24, 2006 via Capitol Records. It is the follow up from their 2004 effort Neighborhood Watch. Recording sessions took place at Al Gibbs Mobile Studio in Capleton's Room in Jamaica and at Soundproof East, Ameraycan Studios and Daddy's Room in Los Angeles, California through August 2004 to June 2005. Production was handled by The Alchemist, Sid Roams (consists of Joey Chavez and Bravo), Evidence, Prose and DJ Babu. It includes guest appearances by Talib Kweli, Krondon (of Strong Arm Steady), Defari, Capleton and B-Real (under the alias Dr. Greenthumb).

The album peaked at #97 on the Billboard 200 and #35 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. 20/20 released the two singles: "Back Again" and "You Can't Hide, You Can't Run".



Track listing[]

  1. "Green Trees (Intro)" (feat. B-Real (as Dr. Greenthumb) - 0:43
  2. "Back Again" - 4:02
  3. "You Can't Hide, You Can't Run" - 4:20
  4. "Alarm Clock Music" - 5:23
  5. "Olde English" (feat. Defari) - 4:15
  6. "Kindness for Weakness" (feat. Talib Kweli) - 4:09
  7. "Another Sound Mission" - 3:18
  8. "Rapid Transit" (feat. Krondon) - 6:22
  9. "The Eyes Have It" - 4:20
  10. "Satellite Radio" - 4:18
  11. "Firepower (The Tables Have to Turn)" (feat. Capleton) - 5:11
  12. "The One and Only" - 4:46
  13. "20/20" - 4:42



Samples[]

Green Trees (Intro)

  • "Play Children Play" by Three Dog Night

Back Again

You Can't Hide, You Can't Run

  • "Send Me" by Roslyn and Charles
  • "Hai!" by DJ Honda feat. Keith Murray and 50 Grand
  • "Bring It to Ya Hot" by Nucleus, Phil Tha Agony and Krondon

Alarm Clock Music

  • "Sluchaj Rytmu" by Breakout
  • "Goodbye Suprise" by Brian Protheroe

Olde English

  • "Stan Gotowosci" by Lombard

Kindness for Weakness

  • "Don't Take My Kindness for Weakness" by The Soul Children

Another Sound Mission

  • "You" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
  • "The New Style" by Beastie Boys

Rapid Transit

  • "Strange Happenings" by Showcase Production Music
  • "King of Rock" by Run-D.M.C.

Satellite Radio

  • "Street Scene" by Showcase Production Music
  • "Radioactive" by Large Professor

20/20

  • "Eye of the Needle" by Ten Wheel Drive