Carte Blanche (Phat Kat album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Carte Blanche
| type = studio
| artist = Phat Kat
| cover = CarteBlanche.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2007|4|3}}
| recorded = 2005–06
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=45|s=44}}
| label = Look Records
| producer = {{hlist|Phat Kat (exec.)|Black Milk|J Dilla|Nick Speed|Young RJ}}
| prev_title = The Undeniable LP
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = The S.O.S. Project
| next_year = 2017
| misc =
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Marisa|date=|title=Carte Blanche - Phat Kat {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/carte-blanche-mw0000484522|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820124945/http://www.allmusic.com:80/album/carte-blanche-mw0000484522 |archive-date=2012-08-20 |access-date=November 15, 2020|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}
| rev2 = HipHopDX
| rev2score = 3.5/5{{Cite web|last=Love|first=Bret|date=April 25, 2007|title=Phat Kat - Carte Blanche|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.786/title.phat-kat-carte-blanche|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513195137/http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.786/title.phat-kat-carte-blanche |archive-date=2017-05-13 |access-date=November 15, 2020|website=HipHopDX}}
| rev3 = Plug One
| rev4 = RapReviews
| rev5 = Stylus Magazine
| rev5score = B{{Cite web|last=Gaerig|first=Chris|date=June 20, 2007|title=Phat Kat - Carte Blanche - Review - Stylus Magazine|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/phat-kat/carte-blanche.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216214419/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/phat-kat/carte-blanche.html |archive-date=2022-02-16 |access-date=November 15, 2020|website=Stylus Magazine}}
}}
Carte Blanche is the second studio album by American Detroit-based rapper Phat Kat. It was released on April 3, 2007, via Look Records. Production was handled by J Dilla, Black Milk, Young RJ and Nick Speed. It features guest appearances from Black Milk, Elzhi, Fat Ray, Guilty Simpson, House Shoes, Lo Louis, Melanie Rutherford, T3 and Truth Hurts.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Nasty Ain't It?
| extra1 = J Dilla
| length1 = 2:39
| title2 = Get It Started
| extra2 = Young RJ
| length2 = 2:05
| title3 = My Old Label
| extra3 = J Dilla
| length3 = 2:29
| title4 = Cold Steel
| note4 = featuring Elzhi
| extra4 = J Dilla
| length4 = 3:46
| title5 = Danger
| note5 = featuring Black Milk and T3
| extra5 = Black Milk
| length5 = 3:35
| title6 = Vessels
| note6 = featuring Truth Hurts
| extra6 = Nick Speed
| length6 = 4:36
| title7 = Lovely
| note7 = featuring Melanie Rutherford
| extra7 = Young RJ
| length7 = 3:14
| title8 = Cash Em Out
| note8 = featuring Loe Louis
| extra8 = Black Milk
| length8 = 2:20
| title9 = Game Time
| extra9 = J Dilla
| length9 = 3:38
| title10 = Survival Kit
| extra10 = Black Milk
| length10 = 2:31
| title11 = Nightmare
| note11 = featuring Guilty Simpson
| extra11 = Nick Speed
| length11 = 3:08
| title12 = Hard Enuff
| note12 = featuring Fat Ray
| extra12 = Black Milk
| length12 = 3:13
| title13 = True Story Pt. 2
| note13 = featuring House Shoes
| extra13 = Young RJ
| length13 = 4:04
| title14 = Don't Nobody Care About Us
| extra14 = J Dilla
| length14 = 4:27
| total_length = 45:44
}}{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = Bonus tracks
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title15 = World Premier
| extra15 = J Dilla
| length15 = 2:47
| title16 = It Don't Get No Liver Than This
| note16 = featuring La Peace
| extra16 = J Dilla
| length16 = 4:07
| total_length = 52:38
}}
Personnel
- Ron "Phat Kat" Watts – main artist, mixing (track 14), executive producer
- Jason "Elzhi" Powers – featured artist (track 4)
- R.L. "T3" Altman III – featured artist (track 5)
- Curtis "Black Milk" Cross – featured artist (track 5), producer (tracks: 5, 8, 10, 12)
- Shari "Truth Hurts" Watson – featured artist (track 6)
- Melanie Rutherford – featured artist (track 7)
- Lionel "Lo Louis" Houie – featured artist (tracks: 8, 13)
- Byron Simpson – featured artist (track 11)
- "Fat Ray" Boggues II – featured artist (track 12)
- Michael "House Shoes" Buchanan – featured artist (track 13)
- DJ Dez – scratches
- James "J Dilla" Yancey – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 9, 14)
- Ralph "Young RJ" Rice – producer (tracks: 2, 7, 13)
- Nicholas Speed – producer (tracks: 6, 11)
- Dave Cooley – mixing (tracks: 1–13), mastering
- Jeff Jank – design
- Charles "Ques" Munka – design
- Peter Jones – photography
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|50867|Phat Kat – Carte Blanche}}
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Category:Albums produced by J Dilla