Am I My Brother's Keeper
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| name = Am I My Brother's Keeper
| type = studio
| artist = Kane & Abel
| cover = Am I My Brothers Keeper.jpg
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| released = July 7, 1998
| recorded = 1997–1998
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| length = 79:16
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| prev_title = 7 Sins
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Rise to Power
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Am I My Brother's Keeper
| type = studio
| single1 = Time After Time
| single1date = 1998
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{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
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|rev2 = Los Angeles Times
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Am I My Brother's Keeper is the third studio album by American hip hop duo Kane & Abel. It was released on July 7, 1998, on No Limit Records and Priority Records and was produced by Master P and Beats By the Pound. The album contained the single "Time After Time", which peaked at #18 on the Hot Rap Singles.
Reception
In the US, the album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA. There was a music video for the hit single "Time After Time" which was a big success peaking at # 18 on the Hip Hop Charts.
Despite the album's success this was their last album with No Limit Records.
Track listing
- "Time After Time"- 4:11 (featuring Master P & O'Dell)
- "This Is for the Smokers"- 2:27 (featuring Fiend)
- "Tryin 2 Have Sumthin'"- 4:18 (featuring Master P, Fiend & Mo B. Dick)
- "Soldier Story"- 4:57 (featuring Mo B. Dick)
- "Throw Them Thangs"- 3:16 (featuring Magic & C-Murder)
- "Out of Town B's"- 3:52 (featuring Snoop Dogg)
- "Ghetto Day"- 2:59 (featuring D. Marshall)
- "Stress"- 3:57
- "We Don't Care"- 2:26
- "The Game"- 3:48 (featuring Fiend)
- "Watch Me"- 4:09 (featuring Silkk the Shocker, Soulja Slim & Mystikal)
- "Only God Knows"- 2:48 (featuring O'Dell)
- "Call Me When You Need Some"- 3:09 (featuring Master P, Silkk the Shocker & Sons of Funk)
- "No Limit Niggas"- 3:25 (featuring C-Murder & Fiend)
- "Bout That Combat"- 3:14 (featuring Soulja Slim & Full Blooded)
- "No Turning Back"- 3:41 (featuring Fiend)
- "Betta Kill Me"- 3:44
- "My Hood to Yo Hood"- 2:49 (featuring Snoop Dogg)
- "Am I My Brother's Keeper"- 1:14
- "Gangstafied Forever"- 3:34 (featuring Silkk the Shocker, Mr. Serv-On & O'Dell)
- "Let's Go Get 'Em"- 3:13 (featuring Soulja Slim, Mac, Big Ed, Fiend, Mia X & Mystikal)
- "Greens, Cornbread & Cabbage"- 5:38 (featuring Master P, Prime Suspects & Mo B. Dick)
- "I Ain't Runnin"- 2:27 (featuring C-Murder)
Sample credits
Album chart positions
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Billboard 200 |
1998
| Am I My Brother's Keeper | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
Certifications
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