City Under Siege (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = City Under Siege
| type = Studio
| artist = E.S.G.
| cover = City Under Siege (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = April 25, 2000
| recorded =
| studio = Wreckshop Studios (Houston, TX)
| genre = Southern rap
| length = 1:17:00
| label = Wreckshop Records
| producer = {{hlist|D-Reck (exec.)|Noke D|Blue|Double D|Lil' James|Sean "Solo" Jemison}}
| prev_title = Shinin' n' Grindin'
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = All American Gangsta
| next_year = 2004
| misc =
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/city-under-siege-mw0000625403|title=City Under Siege – E.S.G.|publisher=Allmusic|last= |first= |accessdate=March 18, 2018}}
}}
City Under Siege is the fifth studio album by American rapper E.S.G., from Houston, Texas. It was released on April 25, 2000, via Wreckshop Records. The album peaked at #65 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, #22 on the Independent Albums and #30 on the Heatseekers Albums in the US Billboard charts.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:58
| extra1 = Blue
| title2 = Ride Out
| note2 = featuring Big Pokey & Tyte Eyes
| length2 = 3:34
| extra2 = Noke D
| title3 = Luv It How You Get It
| note3 = featuring Too $hort
| length3 = 4:18
| extra3 = Sean "Solo" Jemison
| title4 = Drop Yo Top
| note4 = featuring Big Moe
| length4 = 4:56
| extra4 = Blue
| title5 = Boss Hawggin'
| note5 = featuring D Gotti
| length5 = 3:44
| extra5 = Lil' James
| title6 = Grippin' Grain
| note6 = featuring Slim Thug & DeShawn Hill
| length6 = 4:19
| extra6 = Blue
| title7 = Money & Power
| note7 = featuring Ronnie Spencer, Lil' O & Will-Lean
| length7 = 5:05
| extra7 = Noke D
| title8 = First Brick
| length8 = 4:14
| extra8 = Lil' James
| title9 = City Under Siege
| note9 = featuring Nutty Black
| length9 = 5:00
| extra9 = Blue
| title10 = Good Life
| note10 = featuring Ronnie Spencer
| length10 = 3:46
| extra10 = Lil' James
| title11 = Billion Dollar Deal
| note11 = featuring Jainea
| length11 = 3:44
| extra11 = Double D
| title12 = Ballin Outta Control
| note12 = featuring Yung Redd, Kano & D Gotti
| length12 = 4:35
| extra12 = Noke D
| title13 = Keep on Grindin'
| note13 = featuring Ronnie Spencer
| length13 = 4:24
| extra13 = Double D
| title14 = Trickin' off Doe
| note14 = featuring Tyte Eyes, Mista Madd, J-Mac & Dirty $
| length14 = 5:12
| extra14 = Blue
| title15 = Superstar
| note15 = featuring Double D & Devin The Dude
| length15 = 4:42
| extra15 = Blue
| title16 = What's in Yo Cup?
| note16 = featuring Big Moe, Lil' Shay, D-Reck & Dirty $
| length16 = 4:34
| extra16 = Noke D
| title17 = Fix Yo Face
| note17 = featuring D-Reck
| length17 = 3:49
| extra17 = Double D
| title18 = Thugs in Heaven
| note18 = featuring D-Reck, D Gotti & Noke D
| length18 = 5:06
| extra18 = Noke D
| total_length = 1:12:36
}}
Personnel
{{div col}}
- Cedric Dormaine Hill – main artist, vocals
- Darrell "D Gotti" Monroe – featured artist (tracks: 5, 12, 18)
- Ronnie Spencer – featured artist (tracks: 7, 10, 13)
- Derrick "D-Reck" Dixon – featured artist (tracks: 16–18), executive producer
- Tyson "Tyte Eyes" Duplechain – featured artist (tracks: 2, 14)
- Kenneth "Big Moe" Moore – featured artist (tracks: 4, 16)
- Dirty $ – featured artist (tracks: 14, 16)
- Milton "Big Pokey" Powell – featured artist (track 2)
- Todd Anthony Shaw – featured artist (track 3)
- DeShawn Hill – featured artist (track 6)
- Stayve Jerome Thomas – featured artist (track 6)
- William "Will-Lean" Gibbs – featured artist (track 7)
- Ore Magnus Lawson – featured artist (track 7)
- Nutty Black – featured artist (track 9)
- Jainea – featured artist (track 11)
- Kano – featured artist (track 12)
- Christopher Dejwan Gallien – featured artist (track 12)
- Ben "Mista Madd" Thompson – featured artist (track 14)
- J-Mac – featured artist (track 14)
- Devin C. Copeland – featured artist (track 15)
- André "Double D" Sargent – featured artist (track 15), producer (tracks: 11, 13, 17), co-producer, engineering
- Lil' Shay – featured artist (track 16)
- Derrick "Noke D" Haynes – featured artist (track 18), producer (tracks: 2, 7, 12, 16, 18), production coordinator, co-producer, engineering & mixing
- Blue – producer (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 9, 14–15)
- Lil' James – producer (tracks: 5, 8, 10)
- Sean "Solo" Jemison – producer (track 3)
- Skip Holman – engineering & mixing
- Deon – engineering
- Donavin "Kid Styles" Murray – art direction, design, photography
{{div col end}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Chart (2000) ! scope="col" |Peak |
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|65|artist=ESG}} |
|---|
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|22|artist=ESG}} |
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|30|artist=ESG}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Discogs master|257385|City Under Siege}}
{{E.S.G.}}
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Category:E.S.G. (rapper) albums
Category:Gangsta rap albums by American artists
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