Uncle Sam's Curse

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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."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	113
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	15

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	86