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Generation EFX

Generation EFX is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Das EFX. It was released on March 24, 1998 via EastWest Records America. Production was handled by Agallah, Solid Scheme, Rashad Smith, Mike Lowe, Tony L, and PMD, who also served as executive producer. Unlike the first three Das EFX albums, it features a number of guest appearances from Redman, Agallah, EPMD, Miss Jones, M.O.P., Nocturnal and Teflon. The album debuted and peaked at number 48 on the Billboard 200, selling 22,000 copies in its first week. In its second week of release, the album dropped to number 89 on the Billboard 200, selling 14,000 copies bringing the two week total to 36,000 copies.

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Generation EFX
The cover features a bunch of rats over a manhole cover with the duo's logo on it. The album's title appears below the logo.
Studio album by
Das EFX
ReleasedMarch 24, 1998 (1998-03-24)
Studio
GenreEast Coast hip hop
Length50:22
LabelEastWest Records America
Producer
Das EFX chronology
Hold It Down
(1995) 		Generation EFX
(1998) 		How We Do
(2003)
Singles from Generation EFX
  1. "Rap Scholar"
    Released: 1997

Generation EFX is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Das EFX. It was released on March 24, 1998 via EastWest Records America. Production was handled by Agallah, Solid Scheme, Rashad Smith, Mike Lowe, Tony L, and PMD, who also served as executive producer. Unlike the first three Das EFX albums, it features a number of guest appearances from Redman, Agallah, EPMD, Miss Jones, M.O.P., Nocturnal and Teflon. The album debuted and peaked at number 48 on the Billboard 200, selling 22,000 copies in its first week. In its second week of release, the album dropped to number 89 on the Billboard 200, selling 14,000 copies bringing the two week total to 36,000 copies.1

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar2
RapReviews6/103
The SourceStarStarStar4

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it "a hard-hitting return to form" for the group, noting their trademark sound being "harder and hipper than before", concluding that: "Like all their albums, Generation EFX relies more on style than substance -- not all of the hooks hold, some of the grooves just lie there -- but on the whole, it's their best album since Straight Up Sewaside."2 In a 2020 retrospective review, Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews wrote that: "The bottom line on "Generation EFX" is that it's not a terrible album, but it's not an important one either, and it continues a sad trend of Das EFX albums becoming less meaningful with each release."3

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"  0:31
2."Raw Breed"
3:02
3."Shine"
  • Weston
  • Hines
  • T. Williams
  • Mark Adams
  • Steve Arrington
  • Mark Hicks
  • Ray Turner
  • Danny Webster
Tony L.4:04
4."Somebody Told Me" (featuring 8-Off and Nocturnal)
  • Weston
  • Hines
  • Aguilar
  • Yasin Muhammedi
8-Off3:38
5."Set It Off"
  • Weston
  • Hines
4:17
6."No Doubt" (featuring M.O.P. and Teflon)
Solid Scheme3:41
7."Rap Scholar" (featuring Redman)
  • Rashad Smith
  • Armando Colon (co.)
  • PMD (co.)
3:21
8."Generation EFX" (featuring EPMD)
  • PMD
  • 8-Off (co.)
3:46
9."Rite Now"
Mike Lowe2:58
10."Whut Goes Around" (featuring Miss Jones)
PMD3:34
11."Make Noize"
  • Weston
  • Hines
  • Charity
  • Lynch
Solid Scheme3:10
12."New Stuff"
  • Weston
  • Hines
  • Smith
  • Aguilar
  • Charlie Marotta
  • PMD
  • 8-Off (co.)
  • Charlie Marotta (co.)
3:28
13."Take It Back" (featuring PMD)
  • Weston
  • Hines
  • Smith
PMD2:18
14."Change"
8-Off4:35
15."Rap Scholar (Original Version)" (featuring Redman)
  • Weston
  • Hines
  • Noble
  • Smith
  • Ransom
  • Hargis
  • Irons
PMD3:59
Total length:50:22

Personnel

  • Andre "Krazy Drayz" Weston – main artist
  • Willie "Skoob" Hines – main artist
  • Angel "8-Off Agallah" Aguilar – featured artist (track 4), producer (tracks: 2, 4, 14), co-producer (tracks: 8, 12)
  • Yasin "Nocturnal" Muhammedi – featured artist (track 4)
  • Eric "Billy Danze" Murray – featured artist (track 6)
  • Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage – featured artist (track 6)
  • Linwood "Teflon" Starling – featured artist (track 6)
  • Reginald "Redman" Noble – featured artist (tracks: 7, 15)
  • Parrish "PMD" Smith – featured artist (track 8), producer (tracks: 8, 10, 12, 13, 15), co-producer (track 7), executive producer
  • Erick Sermon – featured artist (track 8)
  • Tarsha "Miss" Jones – featured artist (track 10)
  • Chris Charity – producer (tracks: 2, 6, 11)
  • Derek Lynch – producer (tracks: 2, 6, 11)
  • Tony L. Williams – producer (track 3)
  • Rashad Smith – producer (tracks: 5, 7)
  • Michael "Mike Loe" Lowe – producer (track 9)
  • Armando Colon – co-producer (tracks: 5, 7)
  • Charlie Marotta – co-producer (track 12), engineering, mixing
  • Eliud "Lou" Ortiz – engineering, mixing
  • Tom Ciante – engineering
  • John Decatur – engineering
  • Bob Fudjinski – engineering
  • Dave Greenberg – engineering
  • Paul Gregory – engineering
  • Ivan "Doc" Rodriguez – mixing
  • Greg Burke – art direction, design
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Agnes Cammock – styling

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
US Billboard 2005 48
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)6 10
References

References

  1. Reiss, Randy (April 8, 1998). "Gang Starr Rises From Rap Underground To #6". MTV. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Generation EFX - Das EFX". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 7, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  3. Juon, Steve 'Flash' (November 10, 2020). "Das EFX Generation EFX". RapReviews. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  4. Callahan-Bever, Noah (May 1998). "Record Report: Das EFX – Generation EFX". The Source. No. 104. New York. p. 148.
  5. "Das EFX Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  6. "Das EFX Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
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