The Sound of Revenge
The Sound of Revenge is the debut studio album by American rapper Chamillionaire. It was released on November 22, 2005. The album features guest appearances from Lil' Flip, Lil Wayne, Rasaq, Natalie Alvarado, Krayzie Bone, Bun B, Scarface, Billy Cook, Killer Mike and Pastor Troy, with its production handled by Scott Storch, Mannie Fresh, Play-N-Skillz, Cool, and Dre, among others.
The album also has the release of "Chopped and screwed version" by DJ OG Ron C. Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone won the Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group Grammy for the song "Ridin'". In 2009, Chamillionaire released Mixtape Messiah 7 and explained on the final track of disc 1 that he was also going to be considered for the Best New Artist Grammy but, bootleggers caused him to be disqualified by releasing unauthorized Chamillionaire albums the same year his debut was released.
The album debuted at number 10 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 800,000 copies in its first two weeks, and it later became certified platinum by Recording Industry Association of America, selling more than 1.5 million copies in the United States on December 19, of 2005. By April 3, 2006 the album had sold 2 million copies in the United States. The non-album single, "Picture Perfect", peaked at number 28 on Hot Ringtones.Track listing
Samples
Picture Perfect
Think I'm Crazy
Void in My Life
Producers
- Sol Messiah – Producer
- Sean Blaze – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Twinzbeatz & Thundertrax – Producer
- Mannie Fresh – Producer
- Scott Storch – Producer
- Play-N-Skillz - Producer
- Happy Perez – Keyboards, Producer
- Gary Fly – Assistant
- Rick DeVarona – Assistant
- Tony Cavasin – Assistant
- Cool and Dre – Producer
Technical production
- Wayne Allison – Engineer
- Gregg Rominiecki – Engineer
- Conrad Golding – Engineer
- Matt Still – Engineer
- Rodney Maspoch – Engineer
- Taylor Dow – Assistant Engineer
- James Hoover – Engineer, Mixing
- Brian Stanley - Mixing
- Jason Goldstein – Mixing
- Oscar Ramirez – Mixing
- Wassim Zreik – Mixing
- Bram Tobey – Mixing Assistant
- Eric Jensen – Mixing Assistant
- Kathryn Diehl – Mixing Assistant
- Raj Makhija – Mixing Assistant
- Chris Gehringer – Mastering
- Eddy Schreyer – Mastering
Instrumentals/vocals
- Jennifer Rose – Vocals
- Tami Latrell – Vocals
- Steve Lake – Guitar
- Avery Jones – Bass
- Debra Killings – Bass
- Fitzgerald Lingard – Bass
- Preston Crump – Bass
- Terrence Brown – Keyboards
Art
- Jonathan Mannion – Photography
- Mikee Aguilar – A&R
- Jordan Nixon – A&R
- Nina Freeman – A&R
- Sal Guastella – A&R
- Mike Frost – Art Direction
Charts
Weekly charts
Certifications