Novakane

Novakane is the third studio album by American hip-hop group the Outlawz. It was released on October 23, 2001, through Outlaw Recordz with distribution via Koch Entertainment.

Novakane
Studio album by Outlawz
Released	October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)
Recorded	2000–2001
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	56:44
Label	Outlaw Koch
Producer	Floss P Joey Glasses L.T. Hutton Mack 4 Mike Dean Muhammad "Madball" Bell Poli Paul Quimmy Quim Reefologist Shorty B
Outlawz chronology
Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us (2000) Novakane (2001) Neva Surrenda (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
HipHopDX	3/5[2]
RapReviews	6/10[3]

Production was handled by Reefologist Da Street Criminologist, L.T. Hutton, Floss P, Joey Glasses, Mack 4, Mike Dean, Muhammad "Madball" Bell, Poli Paul, Quimmy Quim and Shorty B. It features guest appearances from Ed Bone, Hellraza, Kamikaze, Seal and T-Low.

The album debuted at number 100 on the Billboard 200, number 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 3 on the Independent Albums charts in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"			0:24
2.	"Rize"	Malcolm Greenidge Mutah Beale Rufus Cooper Tyruss Himes Katari Cox K. Beale	Reefologist Da Street Criminologist	3:59
3.	"This Is the Life"	M. Beale Greenidge Cooper Muhammad Bell William Irving	Madball Bill Blast (co.)	3:59
4.	"Ghetto Gutta"	Greenidge Cox Stuart Jordan	Shorty B.	3:54
5.	"Our Life"	M. Beale Greenidge Cooper Cox Paul Poli S. Smith L. Walker	Poli Paul	4:02
6.	"Y'all Can't Do"	M. Beale Greenidge Cooper Cox Lenton Hutton	L.T. Hutton	4:23
7.	"Interlude 1"			0:30
8.	"Red Bull & Vodka"	Cooper M. Beale Greenidge Hutton	L.T. Hutton	3:24
9.	"2nd Hand Smoke"	Cooper M. Beale Cox J. Worthy	Joey Glasses	4:50
10.	"Interlude 2"			1:08
11.	"Boxspring Boogie"	Cooper Greenidge Muntaquim Farid	Quimmy Quim	4:05
12.	"History"	Cooper Greenidge M. Beale Cox Henry Samuels K. Beale	Reefologist Da Street Criminologist Mikal Kamil (add.)	4:25
13.	"So Many Stories"	M. Beale Cooper Kamil Beale Cox Harold Moret	Floss P.	3:39
14.	"World Wide Remix"	Tupac Shakur Greenidge M. Beale Cooper Johnny Lee Jackson James Reigart	DJ Felli Fel Bosko (add.)	5:10
15.	"Die If U Wanna"	M. Beale Michael Dean	Mike Dean	3:14
16.	"Interlude 3"			1:18
17.	"Loyalty"	Greenidge M. Beale Kamikaze Cooper Cox Ed Bone	Mack 4	4:20
Total length:				56:44

Sample credits

• Track 17 contains resung elements from "The Message" written by Edward Fletcher, Sylvia Robinson, Melvin Glover and Clifton Chase.

Personnel

• Malcolm "E.D.I. Mean" Greenidge – vocals, mixing (tracks: 4, 6, 8)
• Rufus "Young Noble" Cooper III – vocals
• Mutah "Napoleon" Beale – vocals
• Katari "Kastro" Cox – vocals
• Tyruss "Big Syke" Himes – vocals (track 2)
• Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel – vocals (track 12)
• Kamil "Hellraza" Beale – vocals (track 13)
• Tupac "2Pac" Shakur – vocals (track 14), executive producer
• Terrance "T-Low" Brown – vocals (track 14)
• Crysis – additional backing vocals (track 14)
• Bosko Kante – talkbox & additional producer (track 14)
• Kamikaze – vocals (track 17)
• Ed Bone – vocals (track 17)
• Mac Robinson – guitar (track 5)
• Hans Johansson – guitar (track 12)
• James "D.C." Wilson, III – keyboards (track 12)
• Valarie King – flute (track 12)
• Vonette Yama Quinuma – electric harp (track 12)
• Sebastian Aymanns – drums (track 12)
• Jimmy Jean-Louis – djembe (track 12)
• Dave "D-Wiz" Evelingham – guitar & mixing (track 14)
• Reefologist Da Street Criminologist – producer (tracks: 2, 12)
• Muhammad "Madball" Bell – producer & mixing (track 3)
• William "Bill Blast" Irving – co-producer & mixing (track 3)
• Stuart "Shorty B." Jordan – producer (track 4)
• Paul Poli – producer (track 5)
• Lenton "LT" Hutton – producer (tracks: 6, 8)
• Joey Glasses – producer (track 9)
• Muntaquim "Quimmy Quim" Farid – producer (track 11)
• Mikal Kamil – additional producer (track 12)
• Flossy P – producer & engineering (track 13)
• James "DJ Felli Fel" Reigart – remix producer & mixing (track 14)
• Mike Dean – producer (track 15)
• Mack 4 – producer (track 17)
• Lance Pierre – mixing (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17)
• William Lucas – engineering (tracks: 2-6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 17)
• Ryan Freeland – mixing (track 5)
• Marc Friedlander – engineering (track 14)
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering
• Yafeu Akiyele Fula – executive producer
• Dexter Browne – photography

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[4]	38
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[5]	28
US Billboard 200[6]	100
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7]	24
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8]	3