Terrorist Threats

For the term pertaining to actual threats, see Terroristic threat.

Terrorist Threats is the second and final studio album by American West Coast hip hop supergroup Westside Connection. It was released on December 9, 2003 through Hoo-Bangin' Records and Capitol Records. Production was handled by Young Tre, Bruce Waynne, Dirty Swift, Pockets, Rashad Coes, Big Tank, Damizza, DJ Jamal, Fredwreck, Megahertz, Neff-U, and Sir Jinx, with Ice Cube and Mack 10 serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from K-Mac, Butch Cassidy, Young Soprano (p.k.a. Deviossi), Knoc-turn'al, Nate Dogg, Skoop Delania, and Keith David, who voiced the intro track "Threat to the World", and parts of "Potential Victims" and "Gangsta Nation". The album debuted at number 16 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 136,000 copies sold in the US.^[10] It has since sold 679,000 records in the US and has been certified Gold by the RIAA on January 12, 2004.^[11]

Terrorist Threats
Studio album by Westside Connection
Released	December 9, 2003 (2003-12-09)
Recorded	2002–2003
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
Length	51:24
Label	Hoo-Bangin' Capitol
Producer	Big Tank Damizza DJ Jamal Fredwreck Megahertz Midi Mafia Pockets Rashad Coes Ron "Neff-U" Feemster Sir Jinx Young Tre
Westside Connection chronology
Bow Down (1996) Terrorist Threats (2003)
Mack 10 chronology
Ghetto, Gutter & Gangsta (2003) Terrorist Threats (2003) Hustla's Handbook (2005)
Ice Cube chronology
War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc) (2000) Terrorist Threats (2003) Laugh Now, Cry Later (2006)
WC chronology
Ghetto Heisman (2002) Terrorist Threats (2003) Guilty by Affiliation (2007)
Singles from Terrorist Threats
"Gangsta Nation" Released: October 14, 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
laut.de	[2]
Now	3/5[3]
Pitchfork	5.9/10[4]
RapReviews	8/10[5]
Robert Christgau	[6]
The Guardian	[7]
USA Today	[8]
Vibe	[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"A Threat to the World" (Intro)			1:14
2.	"Call 9-1-1"	O'Shea Jackson Dedrick Rolison William Calhoun Treyvon Green	Young Tre	3:44
3.	"Potential Victims"	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Green	Young Tre	3:02
4.	"Gangsta Nation" (featuring Nate Dogg)	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Nathaniel Hale Farid Nassar	Fredwreck	4:53
5.	"Get Ignit"	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Theron Feemster	Ron "Neff-U" Feemster	4:11
6.	"Pimp the System" (featuring Butch Cassidy)	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Danny Means Claudio Robles Rashad Coes	Pockets Rashad Coes	4:45
7.	"Don't Get Outta Pocket" (featuring K-Mac)	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Kelly Garmon Green	Young Tre	3:51
8.	"Izm"	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Waynne Nugent Kevin Risto	Bruce Waynne Dirty Swift	4:05
9.	"So Many Rappers In Love"	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Robles Coes	Pockets Rashad Coes	4:13
10.	"Lights Out" (featuring Knoc-turn'al)	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Royal Harbor Damion Young Howard Hersh	Damizza	3:43
11.	"Bangin' at the Party" (featuring K-Mac, Skoop Delania and Young Soprano)	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Garmon Jimmy Tucker Andrew Price II Anthony Wheaton J. Hill	Sir Jinx DJ Jamal #9	3:12
12.	"You Gotta Have Heart"	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Nugent Risto	Bruce Waynne Dirty Swift	3:52
13.	"Terrorist Threats"	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Derryck Thornton	Big Tank	2:28
14.	"Superstar (Double Murder = Double Platinum)"	Jackson Rolison Calhoun Dorsey Wesley	Megahertz	4:14
Total length:				51:24

Notes

• Tracks 1, 3 and 4 featured vocals by Keith David
• Tracks 8 and 12 featured additional vocals by Bruce Waynne
• Track 11 featured additional vocals by Mr. Holloway and Spider Loc

Sample credits

• Track 5 contains a sample from the video "Bum Fights"
• Track 6 contains a sample from the movie American Pimp
• Track 8 contains elements from the song "Gangster of Love" written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth and performed by Talking Heads

Personnel

• Dedrick "Mack 10" Rolison – main performer, executive producer, A&R
• O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson – main performer, executive producer
• William "WC" Calhoun Jr. – main performer
• Nathaniel "Nate Dogg" Hale – featured artist (track 4)
• Danny "Butch Cassidy" Means – featured artist (track 6)
• Kelly "K-Mac" Garmon – featured artist (tracks: 7, 11)
• Royal "Knoc-turn'al" Harbor – featured artist (track 10)
• Jimmy "Skoop Delania" Tucker – featured artist (track 11)
• Andrew "Deviossi"/"Young Soprano" Price II – featured artist (track 11)
• Keith David – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
• Waynne "Bruce Waynne" Nugent – additional vocals & producer (tracks: 8, 12)
• Mr. Holloway – additional vocals (track 11)
• Curtis "Spider Loc" Williams – additional vocals (track 11)
• Treyvon "Young Tre" Green – producer (tracks: 2, 3, 7)
• Farid "Fredwreck" Nassar – producer (track 4)
• Theron "Neff-U" Feemster – producer (track 5)
• Claudio "Pockets" Robles – producer (tracks: 6, 9)
• Rashad Coes – producer (tracks: 6, 9)
• Kevin "Dirty Swift" Risto – producer (tracks: 8, 12)
• Damion "Damizza" Young – producer (track 10)
• Anthony "Sir Jinx" Wheaton – producer (track 11)
• J. "DJ Jamal" Hill – producer (track 11)
• Derek "Big Tank" Thornton – producer (track 13)
• Dorsey "Megahertz" Wesley – producer (track 14)
• Andrew Shack – co-executive producer, A&R
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
• Naoto Ikeda – photography
• Kevin Faist – A&R
• Candyce Handley – A&R

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003–2004) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 62 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 94 Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[14] 40 Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[15] 7 French Albums (SNEP)[16] 119 US Billboard 200[17] 16 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[18] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position US Billboard 200[19] 94 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[20] 18

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[21]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[22]	Gold	679,000[11]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.