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mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Firm_-_The_Album.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/31/The_Firm_-_The_Album.png/220px-The_Firm_-_The_Album.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/The_Firm_-_The_Album.png 1.5x" data-file-width="318" data-file-height="314" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/The_Firm_(hip_hop_group)" title="The Firm (hip hop group)">The Firm</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">October 21, 1997<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1997-10-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">November 1996 – August 1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Criteria_Studios" title="Criteria Studios">Criteria</a>, Miami</li> <li>Crescent Moon, Miami</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Record_One" title="Record One">Record One</a>, Los Angeles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doppler_Studios" title="Doppler Studios">Doppler</a>, Atlanta</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">Hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mafioso_rap" class="mw-redirect" title="Mafioso rap">mafioso rap</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">52</span>:<span class="s">54</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_Entertainment" title="Aftermath Entertainment">Aftermath</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Violator_(company)" title="Violator (company)">Violator</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Dre" title="Dr. Dre">Dr. Dre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Trackmasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_%22The_Glove%22_Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris "The Glove" Taylor">Chris "The Glove" Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L.E.S._(record_producer)" title="L.E.S. (record producer)">L.E.S.</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color: inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/It_Was_Written" title="It Was Written">It Was Written</a></i><br />(1996) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>The Album</b></i><br />(1997) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/I_Am..._(Nas_album)" title="I Am... (Nas album)">I Am...</a></i><br />(1999) </td></tr> </tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(rapper)" title="Foxy Brown (rapper)">Foxy Brown</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color: inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Ill_Na_Na" title="Ill Na Na">Ill Na Na</a></i><br />(1996) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>The Album</b></i><br />(1997) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Chyna_Doll_(album)" title="Chyna Doll (album)">Chyna Doll</a></i><br />(1999) </td></tr> </tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/AZ_(rapper)" title="AZ (rapper)">AZ</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color: inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Doe_or_Die" title="Doe or Die">Doe or Die</a></i><br />(1995) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>The Album</b></i><br />(1997) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Pieces_of_a_Man_(AZ_album)" title="Pieces of a Man (AZ album)">Pieces of a Man</a></i><br />(1998) </td></tr> </tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Nature_(rapper)" title="Nature (rapper)">Nature</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color: inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"> </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>The Album</b></i><br />(1997) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/For_All_Seasons" title="For All Seasons">For All Seasons</a></i><br />(2000) </td></tr> </tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> The Album </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Firm_Biz" title="Firm Biz">Firm Biz</a>"</span><br />Released: September 24, 1997</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"Phone Tap"</span><br />Released: November 11, 1997</span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" 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style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">5.0/10<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Source" title="The Source">The Source</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">B−<sup id="cite_ref-VV_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VV-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Album</b></i> is the only studio album by American hip hop <a href="/wiki/Supergroup_(music)" title="Supergroup (music)">supergroup</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Firm_(hip_hop_group)" title="The Firm (hip hop group)">The Firm</a>. It was released on October 21, 1997, by <a href="/wiki/Aftermath_Entertainment" title="Aftermath Entertainment">Aftermath Entertainment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope Records</a>. The project was created by rapper <a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a>, his manager <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stoute" title="Steve Stoute">Steve Stoute</a> and producers <a href="/wiki/Dr._Dre" title="Dr. Dre">Dr. Dre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Trackmasters</a>, who came up with the idea of forming a hip hop <a href="/wiki/Supergroup_(music)" title="Supergroup (music)">supergroup</a>. The original line-up included Nas, <a href="/wiki/AZ_(rapper)" title="AZ (rapper)">AZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(rapper)" title="Foxy Brown (rapper)">Foxy Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cormega" title="Cormega">Cormega</a> who were all featured on the song "Affirmative Action" from Nas' album <i><a href="/wiki/It_Was_Written" title="It Was Written">It Was Written</a></i> (1996). However, Cormega later left the group due to artistic differences between him and Nas, as well as contract disagreements with Stoute. He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Nature_(rapper)" title="Nature (rapper)">Nature</a> prior to recording of the album. <i>The Album</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Concept_album" title="Concept album">concept album</a> that revolves around the themes of <a href="/wiki/American_Mafia" title="American Mafia">mafia</a> and "<a href="/wiki/Gangsta_rap" title="Gangsta rap">gangsta</a>" lifestyle. The songs on the album were mainly produced by Dr. Dre, <a href="/wiki/Chris_%22The_Glove%22_Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris "The Glove" Taylor">Chris "The Glove" Taylor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Trackmasters</a> (as Poke and Tone), and feature guest vocals from Pretty Boy, Wizard, <a href="/wiki/Canibus" title="Canibus">Canibus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Robinson" title="Dawn Robinson">Dawn Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/N.O.R.E." title="N.O.R.E.">Noreaga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Half_a_Mill" title="Half a Mill">Half-a-Mill</a>. </p><p><i>The Album</i> received mixed reviews from <a href="/wiki/Music_journalism" title="Music journalism">music critics</a>, who criticized its mainstream pop-oriented sound rather than the members' previous styles. In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> and also topped the <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</a> chart. It also charted in other countries, such as Canada, France and the United Kingdom. <i>The Album</i> sold 147,000 copies in the debut week and has sold over 925,000 copies in the United States and was certified <a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">gold</a> in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two singles were released from the album, with "<a href="/wiki/Firm_Biz" title="Firm Biz">Firm Biz</a>" peaking at number twelve on the <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Airplay" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay">Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay</a> and number eighteen on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>. Although the album's second single "Phone Tap" failed to chart, it remained the group signature song.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Album_(The_Firm_album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the formation of <a href="/wiki/The_Firm_(hip_hop_group)" title="The Firm (hip hop group)">The Firm</a>, future members and affiliates of the group were at transitional stages of their careers. Following the acclaim of his landmark debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Illmatic" title="Illmatic">Illmatic</a></i> (1994), <a href="/wiki/Queensbridge_Houses" title="Queensbridge Houses">Queensbridge</a>-based emcee <a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a> decided to concentrate his efforts in a mainstream direction.<sup id="cite_ref-Cowie_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowie-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite its significant impact on hip hop at the time, <i>Illmatic</i> did not experience the larger sales of most major releases of the day, due in part to Nas' shy personality and withdrawal from promoting the record.<sup id="cite_ref-Cowie_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowie-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nas began to make appearances on other artists' work, including "Fast Life" on <a href="/wiki/Kool_G_Rap" title="Kool G Rap">Kool G Rap</a>'s "4,5,6" and "Verbal Intercourse" on Raekwon's <i><a href="/wiki/Only_Built_4_Cuban_Linx..." title="Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...">Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...</a></i> (1995). Nas began to dub himself as Nas Escobar on these guest appearances.<sup id="cite_ref-Cowie_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowie-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, his excessive spending habits had left him with little money, as Nas had to ask for a loan to purchase clothes to wear to the 1995 <a href="/wiki/The_Source_Hip-Hop_Music_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards">Source Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cowie_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowie-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The success of fellow <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_hip_hop" title="East Coast hip hop">East Coast</a> act <a href="/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G.">The Notorious B.I.G.</a> at the awards show sent a message to Nas to change his commercial approach, resulting in his hiring of <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stoute" title="Steve Stoute">Steve "The Commissioner" Stoute</a> as manager.<sup id="cite_ref-Cowie_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowie-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While <i>Illmatic</i> attained <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">gold status</a>, Stoute convinced Nas to aim his efforts in a more commercial direction for his second album, after which Nas enlisted production team the <a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Trackmasters</a>, who were known for their mainstream success at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-Cowie_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cowie-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a>-based female rapper <a href="/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(rapper)" title="Foxy Brown (rapper)">Foxy Brown</a> was brought to the attention of the Trackmasters, who were working on <a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Smith_(album)" title="Mr. Smith (album)">Mr. Smith</a></i> (1995).<sup id="cite_ref-Foxy_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foxy-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After impressing the production team with an on-stage <a href="/wiki/Freestyle_rap" title="Freestyle rap">freestyle rap</a>, she earned a guest appearance on <i>Mr. Smith</i>, contributing a verse to the <a href="/wiki/Remix" title="Remix">remix</a> of "<a href="/wiki/I_Shot_Ya" title="I Shot Ya">I Shot Ya</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Foxy_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foxy-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout 1995 and 1996, Brown appeared on several platinum and gold singles, including Jay-Z's "<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Nigga" title="Ain't No Nigga">Ain't No Nigga</a>" and the remix of Toni Braxton's "<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Makin%27_Me_High" title="You're Makin' Me High">You're Makin' Me High</a>". Her appearances sparked a recording company bidding war in early 1996, leading to her signing to <a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam Recordings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Foxy_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Foxy-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The success of "I Shot Ya" prompted her inclusion,<sup id="cite_ref-Bush_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bush-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with rappers <a href="/wiki/AZ_(rapper)" title="AZ (rapper)">AZ</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cormega" title="Cormega">Cormega</a>, in collaborating with Nas on the song "Affirmative Action" for his second studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/It_Was_Written" title="It Was Written">It Was Written</a></i> (1996).<sup id="cite_ref-firm_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firm-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The collaboration came in the wake of the critical success of AZ's debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Doe_or_Die" title="Doe or Die">Doe or Die</a></i> (1995). He initially garnered attention with his appearance on Nas' "<a href="/wiki/Life%27s_a_Bitch_(song)" title="Life's a Bitch (song)">Life's a Bitch</a>" (1993).<sup id="cite_ref-az_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cormega, whose rapping career had been put on hold due to his incarceration during the early 1990s, was referenced by Nas on "<a href="/wiki/One_Love_(Nas_song)" title="One Love (Nas song)">One Love</a>" (1994), and was released from jail in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-cormega_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cormega-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview, Dr. Dre gave a reason why the album was a failure. "When we were doing that record, it was a lot of problems in the studio. I only spent maybe four days in the studio with the artists and we're supposed to do a record with them for days. The all album. Nas was cool. He came in and did his thing. Foxy missed like 5 airplanes to getting to the studio. She's in here like 1 hour so we got to work with her 1 hour. That's the reason why that record wasn't successful as we planned".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In an interview, The Glove explained the mixed reception of the album:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"Phone Tap" wasn't the first single. Do you know how many people would have ran out to buy that album if the first thing they heard was that song? They chose "Firm Biz" to be the first single and I was like, "You've got to be kidding! That's not Mob music!" There were problems with that project from the beginning. We had to replace Cormega with Nature and there was a bunch of label in-fighting. If you look at the back of that CD, you'll see like 50 logos on there. Every label and company involved wanted a piece of that project. Plus the album was rushed because it was done in Miami. Nobody wanted to come to L.A. because Biggie had been murdered and we didn't want to go out East.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Title">Title</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Album_(The_Firm_album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Title"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to critic Steve "Flash" Juon of RapReviews, the title of the album, as well as the group's name, was inspired by John Grisham's 1991 <a href="/wiki/Legal_thriller" title="Legal thriller">legal thriller</a>-novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Firm_(novel)" title="The Firm (novel)">The Firm</a></i> and the 1993 <a href="/wiki/The_Firm_(1993_film)" title="The Firm (1993 film)">film adaption of the same name</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Juon_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Juon-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While it was issued under the title <i>The Album</i>, writers and music critics have referred to the album with such titles as <i>The Firm</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Diehl_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diehl-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present the Firm: The Album</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lang_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lang-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>The Firm — The Album</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Christgau_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christgau-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <i>The Firm: The Album</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ego_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ego-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Album_(The_Firm_album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist 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0}</style><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Writer(s)</th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Producer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Intro"</td><td> </td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">0:48</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Firm Fiasco"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AZ_(rapper)" title="AZ (rapper)">Anthony Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nasir Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(rapper)" title="Foxy Brown (rapper)">Inga Marchand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_%22The_Glove%22_Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris "The Glove" Taylor">Chris Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Dre" title="Dr. Dre">Andre Young</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Dre" title="Dr. Dre">Dr. Dre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_%22The_Glove%22_Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris "The Glove" Taylor">The Glove</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:27</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Phone Tap Intro"</td><td> </td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">0:34</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Phone Tap" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Dr._Dre" title="Dr. Dre">Dr. Dre</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Cruz</li> <li>Jones</li> <li>Taylor</li> <li>Young</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nature_(rapper)" title="Nature (rapper)">Jermaine Baxter</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Dr. Dre</li> <li>The Glove</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:46</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Executive Decision"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Baxter</li> <li>Cruz</li> <li>Jones</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Barnes_(Trackmasters)" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Barnes (Trackmasters)">Samuel Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Olivier" title="Jean-Claude Olivier">Jean-Claude Olivier</a></li> <li>Richard Pimentel</li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Poke and Tone</a></li> <li>Curt Gowdy</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:43</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Firm Family" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Dr._Dre" title="Dr. Dre">Dr. Dre</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Baxter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Goodman" title="Al Goodman">Al Goodman</a></li> <li>Harry Ray</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Robinson" title="Sylvia Robinson">Sylvia Robinson</a></li> <li>Richard Vick</li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Dr. Dre</li> <li>The Glove</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:59</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Firm All Stars" (featuring Pretty Boy)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Barnes</li> <li>Marchand</li> <li>Olivier</li></ul> </div></td><td>Poke and Tone</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Fuck Somebody Else Intro"</td><td> </td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">1:24</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Fuck Somebody Else"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Marchand</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamble_and_Huff" title="Gamble and Huff">Kenneth Gamble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamble_and_Huff" title="Gamble and Huff">Leon Huff</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Dr. Dre</li> <li>The Glove</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:17</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Hardcore"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Barnes</li> <li>Jones</li> <li>Marchand</li> <li>Olivier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Harris_III" class="mw-redirect" title="James Harris III">James Harris III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Lewis_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terry Lewis (musician)">Terry Lewis</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>Poke and Tone</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:09</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Untouchable" (featuring <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wizard_(hip_hop_artist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wizard (hip hop artist) (page does not exist)">Wizard</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Jones</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_%22Mel-Man%22_Bradford" class="mw-redirect" title="Melvin "Mel-Man" Bradford">Melvin Bradford</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Dr. Dre</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_%22Mel-Man%22_Bradford" class="mw-redirect" title="Melvin "Mel-Man" Bradford">Mel-Man</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">1:10</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Five Minutes to Flush Intro"</td><td> </td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">0:47</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Five Minutes to Flush"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Baxter</li> <li>Young</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whodini" title="Whodini">John Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whodini" title="Whodini">Jalil Hutchins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Smith_(producer)" title="Larry Smith (producer)">Larry Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>The Glove</li> <li>Dr. Dre</li></ul> </div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:42</td></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"Desperados Intro"</td><td> </td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">0:32</td></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"Desperados" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Canibus" title="Canibus">Canibus</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Barnes</li> <li>Baxter</li> <li>Cruz</li> <li>Olivier</li> <li>Pimentel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canibus" title="Canibus">Germaine Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasis_Diop" title="Wasis Diop">Wasis Diop</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>Poke and Tone</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:26</td></tr><tr><th id="track16" scope="row">16.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Firm_Biz" title="Firm Biz">Firm Biz</a>" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Robinson" title="Dawn Robinson">Dawn Robinson</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Cruz</li> <li>Jones</li> <li>Marchand</li> <li>Anthony Brockert</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L.E.S._(record_producer)" title="L.E.S. (record producer)">Leshan Lewis</a></li> <li>Allen McGrier</li></ul> </div></td><td><a href="/wiki/L.E.S._(record_producer)" title="L.E.S. (record producer)">L.E.S.</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:23</td></tr><tr><th id="track17" scope="row">17.</th><td>"I'm Leaving" (featuring <a href="/wiki/N.O.R.E." title="N.O.R.E.">Noreaga</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Barnes</li> <li>Baxter</li> <li>Olivier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N.O.R.E." title="N.O.R.E.">Victor Santiago</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>Poke and Tone</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:30</td></tr><tr><th id="track18" scope="row">18.</th><td>"Throw Your Guns" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Half_a_Mill" title="Half a Mill">Half-A-Mil</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Barnes</li> <li>Cruz</li> <li>Olivier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half_a_Mill" title="Half a Mill">Jasun Wardlaw</a></li></ul> </div></td><td>Poke and Tone</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:57</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="4" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td><span class="duration"><span class="min">52</span>:<span class="s">54</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Sample credits</b> </p> <ul><li>"Phone Tap", samples "Petite Fleur" by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Barber" title="Chris Barber">Chris Barber's Jazz Band</a></li> <li>"Fuck Somebody Else", samples "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else" by <a href="/wiki/The_Jones_Girls" title="The Jones Girls">The Jones Girls</a></li> <li>"Hardcore", samples "Your Love (Encore)" by <a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Lynn" title="Cheryl Lynn">Cheryl Lynn</a></li> <li>"Five Minutes to Flush (Intro)", samples "Hard to Handle" by <a href="/wiki/Etta_James" title="Etta James">Etta James</a></li> <li>"Five Minutes to Flush", samples "Five Minutes Of Funk" by <a href="/wiki/Whodini" title="Whodini">Whodini</a></li> <li>"Firm Biz", samples "Square Biz" by <a href="/wiki/Teena_Marie" title="Teena Marie">Teena Marie</a></li> <li>"Firm All Stars", samples "Turn Off the Lights" by Young Larry</li> <li>"Firm Fiasco", samples "A Ma Fille" by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Aznavour" title="Charles Aznavour">Charles Aznavour</a></li> <li>"Firm Family" samples "Come On Sexy Mama" by <a href="/wiki/Ray,_Goodman_%26_Brown" title="Ray, Goodman & Brown">The Moments</a></li> <li>"Untouchable", samples "Mother Nature" by <a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a></li> <li>"I'm Leaving", samples "I'm Leaving On a Jet Plane" by <a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a></li> <li>"Desparados", samples "Dune" by <a href="/wiki/Wasis_Diop" title="Wasis Diop">Wasis Diop</a></li> <li>"Executive Decision", samples "Ô Corse île d'amour" by <a href="/wiki/Tino_Rossi" title="Tino Rossi">Tino Rossi</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Album_(The_Firm_album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Album_(The_Firm_album)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1997) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Albums_Chart" title="Canadian Albums Chart">Canadian Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-can_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-can-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Dutch Albums (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Album_Top_100" title="Dutch Album Top 100">Album Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-dut_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dut-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">51 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">French Albums (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-fra_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fra-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">54 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-bb200_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bb200-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_The_Firm_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_The_Firm-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Album_(The_Firm_album)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="column">Chart (1997) </th> <th scope="column">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> 200<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>197 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (<i>Billboard</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>59 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Album_(The_Firm_album)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-mc_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mc-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>50,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Album_(The_Firm_album)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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Retrieved on 2009-02-22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Diehl-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Diehl_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Diehl, Matt. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ew.com/article/1997/11/14/music-review-firm/">Music Review: The Firm</a> . <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i>. 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Amber Books Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9767735-5-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-9767735-5-4"><bdi>0-9767735-5-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dr.+Dre+in+the+Studio&rft.pub=Amber+Books+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-9767735-5-4&rft.au=Jake+Brown&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Album+%28The+Firm+album%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSacha_JenkinsElliott_WilsonGabe_AlvarezBrent_Rollins1999" class="citation book cs1">Sacha Jenkins; Elliott Wilson; Gabe Alvarez; Brent Rollins (1999). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/egotripsbookofra00jenk"><i>Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists: Book of Rap Lists</i></a></span>. Edition: illustrated. Macmillan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-24298-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-24298-0"><bdi>0-312-24298-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ego+Trip%27s+Book+of+Rap+Lists%3A+Book+of+Rap+Lists&rft.pub=Macmillan&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-312-24298-0&rft.au=Sacha+Jenkins&rft.au=Elliott+Wilson&rft.au=Gabe+Alvarez&rft.au=Brent+Rollins&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fegotripsbookofra00jenk&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Album+%28The+Firm+album%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMickey_Hess2007" class="citation book cs1">Mickey Hess (2007). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/iconsofhiphopenc0000unse"><i>Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture</i></a></span>. Edition: illustrated. Greenwood Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-33904-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-33904-2"><bdi>978-0-313-33904-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Icons+of+Hip+Hop%3A+An+Encyclopedia+of+the+Movement%2C+Music%2C+and+Culture&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-313-33904-2&rft.au=Mickey+Hess&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ficonsofhiphopenc0000unse&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Album+%28The+Firm+album%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTodd_Boyd2004" class="citation book cs1">Todd Boyd (2004). <i>The New H.N.I.C.: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop</i>. 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(rapper)">AZ</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nature_(rapper)" title="Nature (rapper)">Nature</a>) (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ill_Na_Na_2:_The_Fever" title="Ill Na Na 2: The Fever">Ill Na Na 2: The Fever</a></i> (shelved)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn%27s_Don_Diva" title="Brooklyn's Don Diva">Brooklyn's Don Diva</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Roses_(Foxy_Brown_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Roses (Foxy Brown album)">Black Roses</a></i> (2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Get_Me_Home_(song)" title="Get Me Home (song)">Get Me Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_(Foxy_Brown_song)" title="I'll Be (Foxy Brown song)">I'll Be</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Big_Bad_Mamma" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Bad Mamma">Big Bad Mamma</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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title="Ain't No Nigga">Ain't No Nigga</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(Always_Be_My)_Sunshine" title="(Always Be My) Sunshine">(Always Be My) Sunshine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Firm_Biz" title="Firm Biz">Firm Biz</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/U_Already_Know" title="U Already Know">U Already Know</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foxy_Brown_discography" title="Foxy Brown discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ill_Na_Na_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Ill Na Na Tour">Ill Na Na Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Firm_(hip_hop_group)" title="The Firm (hip hop group)">The Firm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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Finest</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/From_Illmatic_to_Stillmatic:_The_Remixes" title="From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes">From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nas_discography" title="Nas discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_and_legacy_of_Illmatic" title="Impact and legacy of Illmatic">Impact and legacy of Illmatic</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Atoms" title="Breaking Atoms">Breaking Atoms</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bravehearts" title="Bravehearts">Bravehearts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ill_Will_Records" title="Ill Will Records">Ill Will Records</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Video_Anthology_Vol._1" title="Video Anthology Vol. 1">Video Anthology Vol. 1</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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