Built to Last (Maestro album)

After living in Brooklyn, New York for most of the 1990s, Maestro moved back to Toronto in 1997.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120712103441/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/M/Maestro_Fresh_Wes/1999/01/11/747322.html Move with the Maestro]}} Jam!. Accessed on June 12, 2010.[http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/canadianhiphop.html Border Block - Canadian Hip Hop vs. America] CBC. Accessed on June 12, 2010. Although his attempt at commercial success in the U.S. was a failure, he worked on a comeback album with local hip hop and R&B artists. The first single, "Stick to Your Vision", became Maestro's biggest hit since "Let Your Backbone Slide" was released nine years prior. It reached the top 20 on the Canadian Singles Chart.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p23971|pure_url=yes}} Maestro Fresh-Wes > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles] Allmusic. Accessed on June 12, 2010.

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer

| title1 = Foundation/Intro

| writer1 = Richard Coombs

| extra1 = 2Rude

| note1 = featuring Michie Mee

| length1 = 1:19

| title2 = Stick to Your Vision

| writer2 = {{hlist|Wesley Williams|Randy Bachman|Burton Cummings}}

| extra2 = 2Rude

| length2 = 4:48

| title3 = Built to Last

| writer3 = {{hlist|Williams|Davin Bujalski}}

| extra3 = Scam

| length3 = 4:11

| title4 = Still in da Game

| writer4 = {{hlist|Williams|Darrin O'Brien|Coombs}}

| extra4 = 2Rude

| note4 = featuring Snow

| length4 = 3:50

| title5 = Clap Ya Handz/Turn It Out (Part I)

| writer5 = {{hlist|Williams|Bujalski|Chuck Mangione}}

| extra5 = Scam

| length5 = 4:00

| title6 = G.O.D. We Tru$t

| writer6 = {{hlist|Williams|Bujalski}}

| extra6 = Scam

| length6 = 4:11

| title7 = Quintessential

| writer7 = {{hlist|Williams|Kareem Blake|Raymond Wookwood|Bujalski}}

| extra7 = Scam

| note7 = featuring Choclair, Black-I and In Essence

| length7 = 3:57

| title8 = The Visine

| writer8 = {{hlist|Williams|Bujalski}}

| extra8 = Scam

| length8 = 2:54

| title9 = Hard Cranberry

| writer9 = {{hlist|Williams|Coombs}}

| extra9 = 2Rude

| note9 = featuring Glenn Lewis

| length9 = 3:44

| title10 = Holy Water

| writer10 = {{hlist|Williams|Kwajo Boateng|Lowell Frazier}}

| extra10 = Kwajo Cinqo

| note10 = featuring Ghetto Concept

| length10 = 3:07

| title11 = 416/905 (T.O. Party Anthem)

| writer11 = {{hlist|Williams|Coombs}}

| extra11 = 2Rude

| note11 = featuring Latoya and Miranda

| length11 = 5:05

| title12 = Krazy

| writer12 = {{hlist|Williams|Carla Marshal|Derek Palmer}}

| extra12 = DRK

| note12 = featuring Carla Marshall and Jason Simmons

| length12 = 3:30

| title13 = Verbal Exodus

| writer13 = {{hlist|Williams|Bujalski}}

| extra13 = Scam

| length13 = 3:10

| title14 = Clap Ya Handz/Turn It Out (Part II)

| writer14 = {{hlist|Williams|David Carty|Bujalski|Mangione}}

| extra14 = Scam

| note14 = featuring Stone Pöet

| length14 = 3:52

| title15 = Trigonometry

| writer15 = {{hlist|Williams|Bujalski}}

| extra15 = Scam

| length15 = 3:56

| title16 = We Got It Sewn

| writer16 = {{hlist|Williams|Jerome Kanhai}}

| extra16 = Jay Rome

| note16 = featuring Jason Simmons

| length16 = 4:11

| title17 = Make the City Stand Still

| writer17 = {{hlist|Williams|Boateng|Frazier}}

| extra17 = Cinqo

| note17 = featuring Wade O. Brown

| length17 = 4:46

}}

;Sample credits

• "Stick to Your Vision" – Contains a sample of "These Eyes" by The Guess Who{{cite AV media notes|title=Built to Last|others=Maestro|year=1998|publisher=Attic|type=booklet|id=ACD 1518}}
• "Built to Last" – Contains a sample of "Crazy World" by Ghetto Concept
• "Clap Ya Handz/Turn It Out (Parts I and II)" – Contain a sample of "Hide and Seek" by Chuck Mangione
• "The Visine" – Contains samples of "Boiling Point" by Concrete Mob and "No Lawz" by Black-I
• "Verbal Exodus" – Contains a sample of "Emcee" by Thrust

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

• Billy Alexander – keyboards {{small|(7, 16)}}
• Nick Blagona – mastering
• Alun Davies – bass {{small|(1, 2, 4, 11)}}
• DJ Grouch – turntables {{small|(3, 8, 13)}}
• James McCollum – guitar {{small|(2, 11)}}
• Scam – turntables {{small|(6)}}
• Sonia – violin {{small|(2)}}

Singles

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Category:1998 albums

Category:Maestro Fresh-Wes albums

Category:Attic Records albums