Ain't a Damn Thang Changed
{{distinguish|Ain't a Damn Thing Changed}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Ain't a Damn Thang Changed
| type = studio
| artist = WC and the Maad Circle
| cover = Aint-a-damn-thang-changed .jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1991|9|17}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wIFnDwAAQBAJ&q=wc+and+the+maad+circle&pg=PT270|title=The History of Gangster Rap: From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form|first=Soren|last=Baker|date=October 2, 2018|publisher=Abrams|isbn=9781683352358|via=Google Books}}
| recorded = 1990–1991
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip hop|political hip hop|hardcore hip hop}}
| length = 49:49
| label = Priority{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRmRqtD6oPgC&q=Ain%27t+a+Damn+Thang+Changed+wc+and+the+maad+circle+1991&pg=PA257|title=Rap Music and Street Consciousness|first=Cheryl Lynette|last=Keyes|date=June 15, 2004|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252072017|via=Google Books}}
| producer = {{hlist|DJ Crazy Toones|Sir Jinx|WC|Chilly Chill}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Curb Servin'
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Ain't a Damn Thang Changed
| type = studio
| single1 = Dress Code
| single1date = August 4, 1991
}}
}}
Ain't a Damn Thang Changed is the debut studio album by American rap group WC and the Maad Circle, released in 1991.{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/coolio/|title=Coolio|website=Trouser Press}} The songs on the album describe life in Los Angeles as experienced by African Americans in the early 1990s.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGC_ZNOrKDwC&q=wc+and+the+maad+circle&pg=PA132|title=Droppin' Science: Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture|first=William Eric|last=Perkins|date=June 15, 1996|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=9781566393621|via=Google Books}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r28391|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
The album peaked at No. 52 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r28391|pure_url=yes}}|title=Ain't a Damn Thang Changed|publisher=Allmusic|access-date=2007-10-13}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 49:49
| title1 = Intro
| extra1 = {{hlist|Crazy Toones|Sir Jinx}}
| length1 = 1:07
| title2 = Ain't a Damn Thang Changed
| extra2 = {{hlist|Sir Jinx|WC|Chilly Chill (co.)|Crazy Toones (co.)}}
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = The Break Up (Skit)
| note3 = featuring Cassanova Jeff
| length3 = 0:27
| title4 = Behind Closed Doors
| note4 = featuring Dawn Silva, Jackie Simley & M.L. Davis
| extra4 = {{hlist|Sir Jinx|WC|Chilly Chill (co.)|Crazy Toones (co.)}}
| length4 = 4:47
| title5 = Out on a Furlough
| note5 = featuring Cassanova Jeff, Jazzy D & Mike
| extra5 = {{hlist|Sir Jinx|WC|Crazy Toones (co.)}}
| length5 = 5:18
| title6 = A Crazy Break
| note6 = featuring J-Dee
| extra6 = Crazy Toones
| length6 = 0:56
| title7 = Caught n a Fad
| extra7 = {{hlist|Sir Jinx|WC|Chilly Chill (co.)}}
| length7 = 3:57
| title8 = Fuck My Daddy
| note8 = featuring Foe Doe Taylor & Lil' Dee
| extra8 = {{hlist|Sir Jinx|WC}}
| length8 = 3:58
| title9 = Back on the Scene
| extra9 = Crazy Toones
| length9 = 1:06
| title10 = Get Up on That Funk
| note10 = featuring Jazzy D
| extra10 = {{hlist|Sir Jinx|WC}}
| length10 = 3:50
| title11 = Gettin' Looped / Dress Code
| extra11 = {{hlist|Sir Jinx|WC|Chilly Chill (co.)|Crazy Toones (co.)}}
| length11 = 4:01
| title12 = Smokers La La Bye
| note12 = featuring Kaeco
| extra12 = {{hlist|Crazy Toones|Sir Jinx}}
| length12 = 1:16
| title13 = You Don't Work, U Don't Eat
| note13 = featuring J-Dee, MC Eiht & Ice Cube
| extra13 = {{hlist|Chilly Chill|Crazy Toones|Sir Jinx}}
| length13 = 4:27
| title14 = Grandma Locked Out (Skit)
| extra14 = Sir Jinx
| length14 = 0:37
| title15 = Ghetto Serenade
| extra15 = {{hlist|Sir Jinx|WC|Crazy Toones (co.)}}
| length15 = 4:04
| title16 = Back to the Underground
| extra16 = {{hlist|Sir Jinx|WC}}
| length16 = 3:41
| title17 = A Soldiers Story
| note17 = featuring Dawn Silva, Jackie Simley & M.L. Davis
| extra17 = Sir Jinx
| length17 = 2:45
}}
Personnel
- Anthony Wheaton - producer (tracks 1, 2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–17)
- Big Gee - additional vocals (tracks 5, 8, 10–11)
- Derrick A. Baker - producer (track 13), co-producer (tracks 2, 4, 7, 11)
- Dino Paredes - artwork
- Lamar Dupré Calhoun - producer (tracks 1, 6, 9, 12–13), co-producer (tracks 2, 4, 5, 11, 15), scratches
- Manuel Donayre - illustration (logo)
- Mike Miller - photography
- O'Shea Jackson - album overseen, additional vocals (track 13)
- William Calhoun, Jr. - producer (tracks 2, 4–5, 7–8, 10–11, 15–16), rap vocals
- Artis Leon Ivey Jr. - rap vocals
References
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