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{{Infobox album
| name         = You Can't See Me
| type         = Studio
| artist       = [[John Cena]] and [[Tha Trademarc]]
| cover        = Cant See Me.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{start date|2005|5|10}}
| recorded     = 2004&ndash;05
| venue        = 
| studio       = Basscamp Studios<ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE Champion John Cena Steps Outside the Ring with Debut Album: You Can't See Me|url=https://corporate.wwe.com/news/company-news/2005/05-04-2005}}</ref> <br>Lobo Recording Studios ([[New York City]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=You Can't See Me [Parental Advisory]|url=https://www.fishpond.com/Music/You-Cant-See-Me-John-Cena/0827969249826}}</ref>
| genre        = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| length       = {{duration|m=65|s=27}}
| label        = {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[WWE Music Group|WWE]]}}
| producer     = {{hlist|James McEwan <small>([[Executive producer|exec.]])</small>|Todd Spadafore <small>(exec.)</small>|Chaos & Order|[[Eligh]]|Hidden Agenda|[[Jake One]]|The Freakas}}
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = 
| next_year    = 
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = You Can't See Me
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[The Time Is Now (John Cena song)|The Time Is Now]]
 | single1date = March 17, 2005
 | single2     = Bad, Bad Man
 | single2date = 2005
 | single3     = Right Now
 | single3date = 2005
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r740406|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = RapReviews
|rev2score = {{Rating|7.5|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2005_05F_youcant.html |title=RapReviews review |publisher=Rapreviews.com |date=2005-05-10 |access-date=2012-05-21}}</ref>
|rev3 = [[Stylus Magazine]]
|rev3score = (D+)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3187 |title=Stylus Magazine review |publisher=Stylusmagaine.com |access-date=2012-05-21}}</ref>
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'''''You Can't See Me''''' is the debut and only studio album by [[WWE]]'s wrestler [[John Cena]] and his cousin, [[Tha Trademarc]]. It was released on May 10, 2005, by [[Columbia Records]] and [[WWE Music Group]]. The album features guest appearances from [[Esoteric (rapper)|Esoteric]] and [[Freddie Foxxx|Bumpy Knuckles]], who are featured on several songs throughout the album. The album production was handled by James McEwan and Todd Spadafore, with the duo serving as the executive producers on the album. The album's cover art is based on Cena's customized [[WWE Championship]] belt, while the title comes from his popular catchphrase coined on WWE television.

''You Can't See Me'' debuted and peaked at number 15 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] charts, with over 43,000 copies sold in the first week of its release<ref name="billboard">{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=john cena|chart=all}} |title=John Cena - Artist Chart History |access-date=2007-05-19 |work=Billboard.com}}</ref><ref name="filmbug">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/345995 |title=John Cena - Artist Chart History |access-date=2010-06-14 |publisher=filmbug.com}}</ref><ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dave-matthews-band-stand-up-at-no-1-1412174/ Dave Matthews Band ‘Stand Up’ At No. 1]</ref> and 385,000 {{As of|2014|10|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |author=Phil Gallo |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/john-cena-wiz-khalifa-twwe-video-game-soundtrack-6281570/ |title=John Cena & Wiz Khalifa Team Up on 'WWE 2K15' Video Game Soundtrack |work=Billboard.com |date=October 13, 2014 |access-date=April 17, 2023 }}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at number 103 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK2005.HTM |title=Chart Log UK - 2005 |access-date=2007-09-06}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
All tracks written by [[John Cena]] and [[Tha Trademarc|Marc Predka]], unless otherwise noted. All tracks produced by Chaos & Order, unless otherwise noted.
{{track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = [[The Time Is Now (John Cena song)|The Time Is Now]]
| writer1 = 
| extra1 = [[Jake One]]
| length1 = 2:57

| title2 = Don't Fuck With Us
| writer2 = Cena, Predka
| extra2 = [[Eligh]]
| length2 = 3:25

| title3 = Flow Easy
| note3 = featuring [[Freddie Foxxx|Bumpy Knuckles]]
| writer3 = [[Freddie Foxxx]], Cena, Predka
| extra3 = Hidden Agenda
| length3 = 3:49

| title4 = Right Now
| writer4 = 
| extra4 = 
| length4 = 3:47

| title5 = Make It Loud
| writer5 = 
| extra5 = The Freakas
| length5 = 4:20

| title6 = Just Another Day
| writer6 = 
| extra6 = Jake One
| length6 = 3:58

| title7 = Summer Flings
| writer7 = Cena, Predka, Rue Debona
| extra7 = 
| length7 = 3:35

| title8 = Keep Frontin{{'-}}
| note8 = featuring Bumpy Knuckles
| writer8 = Foxxx, Cena, Predka
| extra8 = Hidden Agenda
| length8 = 4:15

| title9 = We Didn't Want You to Know
| writer9 = 
| extra9 = Jake One
| length9 = 4:16

| title10 = Bad, Bad Man
| note10 = featuring Bumpy Knuckles
| writer10 = Cena, Predka, Foxxx
| extra10 = 
| length10 = 3:31

| title11 = Running Game
| writer11 = 
| extra11 = 
| length11 = 4:12

| title12 = Beantown
| note12 = featuring [[Esoteric (rapper)|Esoteric]]
| writer12 = Cena, Predka, [[7L & Esoteric|Seamus Ryan]]
| extra12 = 
| length12 = 3:48

| title13 = This Is How We Roll
| writer13 = 
| extra13 = 
| length13 = 4:10

| title14 = What Now?
| writer14 = 
| extra14 = 
| length14 = 5:10

| title15 = Know the Rep
| note15 = featuring Bumpy Knuckles
| writer15 = Cena, Predka, Foxxx
| extra15 = Jake One
| length15 = 3:00

| title16 = Chain Gang Is da Click
| writer16 = 
| extra16 = 
| length16 = 3:52

| title17 = If It All Ended Tomorrow
| writer17 = 
| extra17 = 
| length17 = 4:31
}}

'''Sample credits'''
* "The Time Is Now" contains samples from:
** "[[Ante Up (song)|Ante Up]]"; written by [[M.O.P.|Jamal Grinnage, Eric Murray]], and Darryl Pittman; performed by [[M.O.P.]].
** "[[The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia]]", written by [[Bobby Russell]], performed by Pete Schofield and the Canadians.
* "Right Now" contains a sample from "Now", written by [[Allee Willis|Alta Sherral Willis]] and [[Patrick Henderson]], performed by [[L.T.D. (band)|L.T.D.]].
* "Make It Loud" contains a sample from "[[Ghetto Life (song)|Ghetto Life]]", written and performed by [[Rick James]].
* "Just Another Day" contains a sample from "As Long As You Are There", written and performed by [[Carolyn Franklin]].
* "Summer Flings" contains a sample from "Dance the Kung Fu", written and performed by [[Carl Douglas]].
* "Keep Frontin'" contains a sample from "On the Mic", written by [[Big L|Lamont Coleman]] and [[Roc Raida]], performed by [[Big L]].
* "Bad, Bad Man" contains a sample of "Hard Drive", written by Branislav Zivkavic.
* "Running Game" contains a sample from "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game", written by [[Smokey Robinson]], performed by [[the Marvelettes]].
* "Beantown" contains samples from:
** "Problemz", written by [[KRS-One|Lawrence Parker]], performed by [[KRS-One]].
** "Fall of Solomon", written by [[Killah Priest|Walter Reed]], performed by [[Killah Priest]].
** "[[Cocaine (song)|Cocaine]]", written by [[J. J. Cale]], performed by [[Eric Clapton]].
* "Know the Rep" contains a sample from "Track of the Cat", written by [[Thom Bell]] and [[Linda Creed]], performed by [[Dionne Warwick]].

===Notes===
*The first track, "The Time is Now", has been used by Cena as his [[Music in professional wrestling|entrance music]] since 2005.
*"The Time is Now" contains [[sampling (music)|samples]] from "Ante Up" by [[M.O.P.]] and "[[The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia]]" by [[Bobby Russell]].<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008]]|developer=[[Yuke's]]|publisher=[[THQ]]|date=2007}} Ending credits.</ref> In 2008, M.O.P. filed a lawsuit in a New York Federal Court against Sony BMG, WWE and Cena, alleging copyright infringement. M.O.P. sought the destruction of the song and asked for $150,000 in damages. They dropped the lawsuit two months later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_documents/4028_cena_opt1.pdf |title=The Royalty Network vs. Sony BMG et al. |access-date=2012-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://allhiphop.com/2008/12/19/m-o-p-s-lawsuit-against-john-cena-voluntarily-dismissed/|title=M.O.P.'s Lawsuit Against John Cena Voluntarily Dismissed|access-date=March 11, 2015|date=December 19, 2008 |author=AbduSalaam, Ismael|publisher=All Hip Hop}}</ref>
*Cena originally stated on WWE.com that his previous entrance theme song, "Basic Thuganomics", would appear on the album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/cenanewchamp |title=Cena talks about his new belt, new album, and his first week as WWE Champion |access-date=2007-05-17 |publisher=WWE.com |quote=the album also has my original theme music, “Basic Thuganomics.”}}</ref> However, it did not make it onto the album. It was released on the ''[[WWE Originals]]'' soundtrack album in January 2004.
*” If It All Ended Tomorrow” was used in the 2006 film ''[[The Marine]]'' as the ending credits theme.

==Videos==
*The music video for "Bad, Bad Man" spoofs 1980s culture, and focusing on the television series ''[[The A-Team]]'', with guest stars like [[Gary Coleman]] and impersonators of [[Michael Jackson]], [[Madonna]], among other popular celebrities. This video is featured on the DVD for WWE's 2005 edition of ''[[Judgment Day (2005)|Judgment Day]]''.
*The music video for "Right Now" was shot in [[West Newbury, Massachusetts]] and [[Hampton Beach, New Hampshire]] and features clips from Cena's [[home movies|family videos]], circling in on his personal life and rise in WWE. This video was released on the DVD for WWE's 2005 edition of ''[[SummerSlam (2005)|SummerSlam]]'' and on Cena's documentary, ''My Life''.

==Personnel==
* Steve Belleville – bass guitar {{small|(4)}}
* Chaos – engineer {{small|(1, 2, 4-7, 9-14, 16, 17)}}, mixing {{small|(1, 2, 4-7, 9-17)}}, scratches {{small|(5, 7, 16)}}
* Andre Debourge – engineer {{small|(3, 8, 15)}}, mixing {{small|(3, 8)}}
* Kristin Ezbicki – flute, guitar, and additional vocals {{small|(14)}}
* The Freakas – mixing {{small|(1, 2, 4-7, 9-17)}}, scratches {{small|(12)}}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (2005)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|32|rowheader=true|artist=John Cena & Tha Trademarc|album=You Can't See Me|access-date=October 22, 2015}}
|-
{{album chart|Italy|11|rowheader=true|artist=John Cena & Tha Trademarc|album=You Can't See Me|access-date=October 22, 2015}}
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>[http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK2005.HTM "Chart Log UK – Chart Coverage and Record Sales 2005"]. zobbel.de. Retrieved October 22, 2015.</ref>
|align=center|103
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=john cena|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=John Cena - Chart History - ''Billboard'' 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=2012-10-29}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
!scope="row"|US [[R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=john cena|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums B}}|title=John Cena - Chart History - R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=2012-10-29}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Rap Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Prometheus Global Media">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=john cena|chart=Rap Albums}}|title=John Cena - Chart History - Rap Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=2012-10-29}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard (magazine)|Internet Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Prometheus Global Media"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|47
|-
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Music}}
*[[Music in professional wrestling]]

==References==
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