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| artist = [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] | | artist = [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] | ||
| cover = AboveTheLaw-UncleSamsCurse.jpg | | cover = AboveTheLaw-UncleSamsCurse.jpg | ||
| alt = | | alt = The cover features a neighborhood prison complex with a watchtower shining a spotlight on the roof of a building. Over the neighborhood is a shroud of purple clouds in the shape of Uncle Sam. The group's name appears beside Uncle Sam and the album title is below the neighborhood, both written in Gothic-style font and colored in red and yellow respectively. | ||
| released = July 12, 1994 | | released = July 12, 1994 | ||
| recorded = 1993–1994 | | recorded = 1993–1994 | ||
| studio = The Edge Recording <small>([[California]])</small> | | studio = The Edge Recording <small>([[California]])</small> | ||
| genre = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip-hop]]|[[gangsta rap]]|[[ | | genre = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip-hop]]|[[gangsta rap]]|[[G-funk]]}} | ||
| length = 59:57 | | length = 59:57 | ||
| label = {{hlist|[[Ruthless Records|Ruthless]]|[[Relativity Records|Relativity]]}} | | label = {{hlist|[[Ruthless Records|Ruthless]]|[[Relativity Records|Relativity]]}} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:34, 6 October 2025
Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox". Uncle Sam's Curse is the third studio album by the American hip hop group Above the Law.[1][2] It was released in 1994, the group's final record on Ruthless Records.[3] The album peaked at number 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and 113 on the Billboard 200.[4] Uncle Sam's Curse sold over 250,000 copies.
Audio production was handled by A.T.L.'s Cold 187um with co-producers KM.G and K-oss. The tracks "Return of the Real Shit" and "Black Superman" contain samples from the 1994 film Against the Wall.
Critical reception
Template:Album ratings Trouser Press wrote that "Cold 187um kicks more good grooves as producer, but he can't smooth over the lyrical nonsense."[5]
In 2016, LA Weekly called the album "an hourlong, funk-driven study in urban injustice and middle-American anxiety released halfway through the summer of the Brentwood murders, Newt Gingrich's Contract With America and the Major League Baseball strike."[6]
Track listing
Personnel
- Gregory Fernan Hutchinson — main artist, producer, keyboards, mixing
- Kevin Michael Gulley — main artist, co-producer
- Anthony Stewart — main artist, co-producer
- Jerry Long, Jr. — featured artist (tracks 3, 6, 11)
- Anthony Terrell Smith — featured artist (track 11)
- Mike Smooth — bass, guitar, keyboards
- Jimmy Russell — bass
- Brian Gardner — mastering
- Mark Paladino — mixing
- Michael Miller — photography
- David Bett — art direction
- Allan Wai — design
- Kurt Nagahori — illustration (cover)
- Joanna — backing vocals
- Nicki — backing vocals
Charts
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References
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