The Hemp Museum (album)

The Hemp Museum
The Hemp Museum
Studio album by B-Legit
Released	November 26, 1996
Recorded	1996
Genre	West Coast hip hop; gangsta rap;
Length	57:48
Label	Sick Wid It; Jive;
Producer	B-Legit (also exec.); Emgee; Femi Ojetunde; Funk Daddy; Kevin Gardner; Mike Mosley; Redwine; Studio Ton; Tone Capone; K-Lou (co.);
B-Legit chronology
Singles from The Hemp Museum
	"Check It Out" / "Gotta Buy Your Dope From Us"; Released: 1996; "Ghetto Smile"; Released: 1997;

The Hemp Museum is the second solo studio album by American rapper B-Legit. It was released on November 26, 1996 through Sick Wid It/Jive Records.^[1] Production was handled by Studio Ton, Mike Mosley, Kevin Gardner, Redwine, Femi Ojetunde, Emgee, Tone Capone and B-Legit himself, who also served as executive producer. It features guest appearances from C-Bo, Levitti, Celly Cel, Daryl Hall, E-40, Kurupt, A-1 and Funk Mobb among others.

The album peaked at number 55 on the Billboard 200 and number 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.

Along with a single, a music video was released for the song "Check It Out" featuring E-40 and Kurupt. The song "Ghetto Smile" was later used in the 1997 film Dangerous Ground and also was released as a single and a music video to promote the film's soundtrack. The final track, "My Flow of Cash", is a bonus track exclusive to the CD release.

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

AllMusic's Leo Stanley wrote: "when the thick-tongued rapper cuts "Check It Out" with E-40 and Tha Dogg Pound's Kurupt, he demonstrates his true skills".^[2] The Source reviewer stated that the album "may be the lick if you understand the science behind the Sick Wid It sound, or know the Vallejo flavor".^[3] Gabriel Alvarez of Vibe found B-Legit's "badass Bay Area baritone is as distinguishable as a Picasso brush stroke".^[4]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro" (featuring Gail Lee Brown and Nicole Ladner)	Brandt Jones Marvin Whitemon	Studio Ton	1:14
2.	"City 2 City" (featuring Levitti)	B. Jones Lewis King Whitemon	Studio Ton	3:49
3.	"For So Long" (featuring Dionne Jackson)	B. Jones Mike Mosley	Mike Mosley Femi Ojetunde (co.)	4:42
4.	"Check It Out" (featuring E-40 and Kurupt)	B. Jones Earl Stevens Ricardo Brown Whitemon	Studio Ton	5:20
5.	"Gotta Buy Your Dope From Us" (featuring Little Bruce, C-Bo, Redwine, Francci Richard and J-Nyce)	B. Jones Bruce Thurman Shawn Thomas Kevin Gardner John Deacon	Kevin Gardner Redwine	3:48
6.	"The Hemp Museum" (featuring Emgee and Suga-T)	B. Jones Marcus Gore Femi Ojetunde	Emgee Femi Ojetunde	4:03
7.	"Neva Bite" (featuring Kaveo)	B. Jones Whitemon	Studio Ton	4:39
8.	"Ghetto Smile" (featuring Daryl Hall)	B. Jones Daryl Hall Gardner John Oates	Kevin Gardner Redwine B-Legit (co.)	4:15
9.	"Don't Do It (Interlude)" (featuring G-Note)	B. Jones		0:18
10.	"Can My Nine Get Ate" (featuring Mac Shawn)	B. Jones Whitemon	Studio Ton	4:15
11.	"Niggaz Get They Wig Split" (featuring Celly Cel and C-Bo)	B. Jones Marcellus McCarver Thomas Mosley	Mike Mosley	4:08
12.	"Rollin' Wit Hustlers" (featuring Harm)	B. Jones Rodney Waller Anthony Gilmour	Tone Capone	3:56
13.	"Get's Down Like That" (featuring A-1)	B. Jones Dantre Jones Tyrone Langford	B-Legit K-Lou (co.)	5:07
14.	"D-Boy Blues" (featuring Levitti)	B. Jones Whitemon Isaac Hayes	Studio Ton	4:23
15.	"My Flow of Cash" (featuring Funk Mobb)	B. Jones Clifton Dickson DeShawn Dawson K. Morris Gregory Buren	Funk Daddy	3:51
Total length:				57:48

Sample credits

Track 5 contains a portion of the composition "Another One Bites the Dust" written by John Deacon
Track 6 contains a sample of "Learn About It" written by Earl Stevens, Brandt Jones and Mike Mosley and performed by The Click
Track 8 contains a portion of the composition "Sara Smile" written by Hall & Oates
Track 14 contains a portion of the composition "Do Your Thing" written by Isaac Hayes

Personnel[]

Vocalists

Brandt "B-Legit" Jones – vocals
Gail Lee Brown – vocals (track 1)
Nicole Ladner – vocals (track 1)
Lewis "Levitti" King – vocals (tracks: 2, 14)
Dionne Jackson – vocals (track 3)
Earl "E-40" Stevens – vocals (track 4)
Ricardo "Kurupt" Brown – vocals (track 4)
"Little Bruce" Thurman – vocals (track 5)
Shawn "C-Bo" Thomas – vocals (tracks: 5, 11)
Robert Redwine – vocals (track 5)
Francci Richard – vocals (track 5)
Jnyce – vocals (track 5)
Marcus "Emgee" Gore – vocals (track 6)
Tenina "Suga-T" Stevens – vocals (track 6)
Kevin "Kaveo" Davis – vocals (track 7)
Daryl Hall – vocals (track 8)
Clifton "G-Note" Dickson – vocals (tracks: 9, 15)
DeShawn "Mac Shawn" Dawson – vocals (tracks: 10, 15)
Marcellius "Celly Cel" McCarver – vocals (track 11)
Rodney "Harm" Waller – vocals (track 12)
Big Bone – vocals (track 13)
D-Day – vocals (track 13)
K. "K-1" Morris – vocals (track 15)

Instrumentalists

Marvin "Studio Ton" Whitemon – keyboards & drum programming (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 14), guitar (track 10), horns programming (track 14)
Mike Mosley – keyboards & drum programming (tracks: 3, 11)
Femi Ojetunde – keyboards (track 3), guitar (track 6)
Kevin Gardner – keyboards & drum programming (tracks: 5, 8)
Thaddeus Turner – guitar (tracks: 5, 8)
Emgee – keyboards & drum programming (track 6)
Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones – guitar (track 6)
James 'Flat Top' Jones – guitar (track 11)
Ken "Squirt" Parker – scratches (track 11)
Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – drums and strings programming & keyboards (track 12)
Antoine – guitar (track 12)
B-Legit – keyboards & drum programming (track 13)
Ken "K-Lou" Franklin – drum programming (track 13)
Greg "Funk Daddy" Buren – keyboards & drum programming (track 15)

Production

Studio Ton – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 7, 10)
Mike Mosley – producer (tracks: 3, 11)
Kevin Gardner – producer (tracks: 5, 8)
Redwine – producer (tracks: 5, 8)
Femi Ojetunde – producer (track 6), co-producer (track 3)
Emgee – producer (track 6)
Tone Capone – producer (track 12)
B-Legit – producer (track 13), co-producer (track 8), executive producer
K-Lou – co-producer (track 13)
Funk Daddy – producer (track 15)

Technical

Studio Ton – engineering (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 10), mixing (tracks: 2, 4, 10), recording (track 14)
K-Lou – mixing (tracks: 3, 11, 13, 15), engineering (tracks: 13, 15)
Mike Mosley – recording (tracks: 3, 11)
B-Legit – mixing (tracks: 3, 11), art direction
Kevin Gardner – engineering (tracks: 5, 8)
Samuel Stevens – engineering (tracks: 5, 8)
Stan "The Guitar" Man – mixing & engineering (track 6)
Emgee – mixing & engineering (track 6)
Peter Moshay – mixing & vocal recording (track 8)
Michael Denten – engineering (track 12)
Tone Capone – mixing (track 12)
Tom Coyne – mastering
Khan aka The Guru – art direction, design
Keba Konte – photography
Mike Wasco – photography
Chaz Hayes – management

Charts[]

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[5]	55
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)^[6]	15

References[]

^ Weinstein, Max (November 26, 2016). "Today in Hip-Hop: B-Legit Drops 'The Hemp Museum' Album - XXL". XXL. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Stanley, Leo. "Hemp Museum - B-Legit | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
^ "The Hemp Museum review". The Source. December 1996. p. 135.
^ Alvarez, Gabriel (February 1997). "Revolutions". Vibe. Vol. 5 no. 1. p. 105. ISSN 1070-4701.
^ "Billboard 200 Chart: Week of December 14, 1996". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
^ "Top R&B Albums". Billboard. Vol. 108 no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 14, 1996. p. 17. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

External links[]

B-Legit – The Hemp Museum at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Weinstein, Max (November 26, 2016). "Today in Hip-Hop: B-Legit Drops 'The Hemp Museum' Album - XXL". XXL. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

[AM-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Stanley, Leo. "Hemp Museum - B-Legit | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

[3] "The Hemp Museum review". The Source. December 1996. p. 135.

[4] Alvarez, Gabriel (February 1997). "Revolutions". Vibe. Vol. 5 no. 1. p. 105. ISSN 1070-4701.

[5] "Billboard 200 Chart: Week of December 14, 1996". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

[6] "Top R&B Albums". Billboard. Vol. 108 no. 50. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 14, 1996. p. 17. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

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