Accept Your Own and Be Yourself (The Black Album)

Accept Your Own and Be Yourself (The Black Album)
File:AYOABY (The Black Album).jpg Studio album by No I.D.
Released	September 23, 1997
Recorded	June 1996 - February 1997
Studio	High Tech Studios (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre	Midwest hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Conscious hip hop, Underground hip hop
Length	45:26
Label	Relativity Records
Producer	Peter Kang (exec.), No I.D., Spike Rebel, Dug Infinite

Accept Your Own and Be Yourself (The Black Album) is the debut studio album by American Hip hop artist and producer No I.D.. It was released in September 23, 1997 through Relativity Records. Recording sessions took place at High Tech Studios in Chicago, Illinois from June 1996 to February 1997. Production was handled by No I.D., Spike Rebel and Dug Infinite, with Peter Kang serving as executive producer. It includes guest appearances by Common, Infamous Syndicate (Shawnna and Teefa) and Dug Infinite himself.

The album peaked at #94 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Accept Your Own and Be Yourself (The Black Album) released the singles: "Sky's The Limit", "The Real Weight" and "Jump On It".

Track listing

1. "Heat" - 0:23
2. "We Rock Like So" - 2:29
3. "Fate or Destiny" (feat. Dug Infinite and Infamous Syndicate) - 3:15
4. "State to State" (feat. Common and Dug Infinite) - 4:10
5. "I'm Thinkin'" - 1:04
6. "Mega Live (That's the Joint)" (feat. Dug Infinite and Shawnna) - 3:27
7. "Sky's The Limit (Inf Mix)" (feat. Dug Infinite) - 4:00
8. "Dreams" - 0:58
9. "The Real Weight" (feat. Dug Infinite) - 3:54
10. "Jump On It" - 4:22
11. "Gem" (feat. Infamous Syndicate) - 0:22
12. "Original Man" - 3:54
13. "Pray For the Sinners" - 4:31
14. "Sky's The Limit (Original)" (feat. Dug Infinite) - 3:53
15. "Two Steps Behind" (feat. Dug Infinite & Teefa) - 4:14

Samples

Fate or Destiny

• "Merlin's Prophecy" by David Axelrod

State to State

• "The School Boy" by David Axelrod
• "My Adidas" by Run-D.M.C.

Mega Live (That's the Joint)

• "Watch Dem N*!%as" by Nas
• "One Two Shit" by A Tribe Called Quest

Sky's The Limit (Inf Mix)

• "Anya" by Richard Rodney Bennett
• "Keep On" by D-Train

The Real Weight

• "Woman of the Ghetto (Live)" by Marlena Shaw
• "Bumpin' Bus Stop" by Thunder and Lightning

Gem

• "Aire" by Chicago

Original Man

• "I'll Say It Again" by Sweet Linda Devine
• "DWYCK" by Gang Starr feat. Nice & Smooth
• "We Write the Songs" by Marley Marl

Pray For the Sinners

• "Take a Little Trip" by Minnie Riperton

Two Steps Behind

• "Don't Let Up" by Olympic Runners
• "Moshitup" by Just-Ice feat. KRS-One