Legacy (Akir album)

Legacy is the debut studio album by American underground rapper Akir. It was released on March 20, 2006, via Viper Records. Recording sessions took place at Viper Studios in New York. Production was handled by SouthPaw, Apex, Dada, Den'D Productions, DJ N'finite, DJ Static, Fyre Dept., Illastrate, Rsonist, YG, and Akir himself. It features guest appearances from Immortal Technique, Akua Wilder, Hasan Salaam, Jean Grae, Krystl Yardon, Mas D, Mojo and Veks One. "Politricks" was released as a single on July 22, 2005.

Track listing

Personnel

• Stephen "Akir" Woods – vocals <small>(tracks: 2–20)</small>, bass & synthesizer <small>(track 15)</small>, producer <small>(tracks: 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20)</small>
• Charles "Abiodun Oyewole" Davis – vocals <small>(tracks: 1, 6, 19)</small>
• Felipe "Immortal Technique" Coronel – vocals <small>(tracks: 5, 20)</small>, executive producer
• Hasan Salaam – vocals <small>(track 10)</small>
• Akua Wilder – vocals <small>(track 11, 19)</small>
• Krystl Yardon – vocals <small>(track 11)</small>
• Mojo – vocals <small>(tracks: 13, 19, 20)</small>
• Tsidi "Jean Grae" Ibrahim – vocals <small>(track 18)</small>
• David "Mas D" Kupferstein – vocals <small>(track 19)</small>
• Veks One – vocals <small>(track 19)</small>, additional vocals <small>(track 2)</small>
• Lékan "Poison Pen" Herron – vocals <small>(track 20)</small>, additional vocals <small>(tracks: 2, 4)</small>
• Amin Joseph – additional vocals <small>(tracks: 2, 6)</small>
• E-Class – additional vocals <small>(track 2)</small>
• King Kof – additional vocals <small>(tracks: 2, 4)</small>
• Toure "Southpaw" Harris – additional vocals <small>(track 4)</small>, bass <small>(tracks: 7, 8, 12, 15)</small>, keyboards & strings <small>(track 7)</small>, synthesizer <small>(track 15)</small>, producer <small>(tracks: 2–4, 10, 14, 18, 20)</small>, recording, mixing, associate executive producer
• DJ S.E. – scratches <small>(track 3)</small>
• DP One – scratches <small>(track 5)</small>
• Alex "Apex" Gale – bass <small>(track 6)</small>, producer <small>(track 19)</small>
• Deanna "Trackslaya" Hawkins – keyboards <small>(track 16)</small>
• Dave Guy – horn <small>(track 17)</small>
• Gregory "Rsonist" Green – producer <small>(track 1)</small>
• Alex "DJ Static" Gyesi – producer <small>(track 5)</small>
• Dada – producer <small>(tracks: 6, 17)</small>
• Y.G. – producer <small>(track 7)</small>
• The Fire Dept. – producer <small>(track 9)</small>
• Illastrate – producer <small>(track 11)</small>
• Den'D Productions – producer <small>(track 15)</small>
• DJ N'finit – producer <small>(track 16)</small>
• Sarah Register – mastering
• Jonathan Stuart – executive producer
• Andre Trenier – cover painting
• Christopher "Tetsuo" Howard – design
• Oldemar "Mind3d" Santamaria – graphics, layout

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