Doomsday: Forever RSO is the only full-length studio album by American hip hop group The Almighty RSO. It was released on November 19, 1996 through Rap-A-Lot Records.
Recording sessions took place at Soundtrack Studios in Boston, Platinum Island Studios and Chung King Studios in New York, Ultimate Sounds Studio and Digital Services in Houston, and The Enterprise in Los Angeles.
Production was handled by Hangmen 3, Crazy C, DJ Storm, Doc Doom, Havoc, John Bido, KayGee, Mad House, Smoke One Productions, Terrence 'Bearwolf' Williams, and Pee Wee. It features guest appearances from Cool Gsus, 8Ball & MJG, D-Ruff, Faith Evans, Fuckamon, Mad Lion, Mass Murderin' Mike, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Smif-N-Wessun and Tangg The Juice.
The album only did slightly better than the group's previous release, peaking at number 52 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It featured a single "War's On", which also appeared on the Original Gangstas soundtrack. The album's only charting single, "You Could Be My Boo", made it to No. 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, No. 49 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 10 on the Hot Rap Songs charts in the United States.
Track listing
Sample credits Track 2 contains samples from "Ain't Nothing I Can Do" performed by Tyrone Davis. Track 5 contains samples from "Stormy Weather" performed by Johnnie Taylor. Track 6 contains samples from "Voyage to Atlantis" performed by The Isley Brothers. Track 7 contains a sample of "No One's Gonna Love You" performed by The S.O.S. Band. Track 10 contains a sample from "The Black Five" by Roy Ayers. Track 11 contains samples from "You Are My Everything" performed by Surface.
Notes Track 17 is available only on cassette versions.
Personnel
Raymond "Ray Dog" Scott – vocals, keyboards (tracks: 6, 7, 15), producer & mixing (tracks: 5–7, 10, 14, 15), executive producer Marco "E-Devious" Ennis – vocals Anthony "The Microphone Wrecka Tony Rhome" Johnson – vocals Jeffrey "DJ Deff Jeff" Neal – scratches (tracks: 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15), producer & mixing (tracks: 5–7, 10, 14, 15) Albert "Prodigy" Johnson – vocals (track 3) David "D-Ruff" Ruffin Jr. – background vocals (tracks: 4, 17), vocals (track 7) Keva Holman – vocals (track 5) Antony "Tangg The Juice" Altamirano – vocals (track 6) Oswald "Mad Lion" Preece – vocals (track 8) Faith Evans – vocals (track 9) Anthony "Cool Gsus" Grant – vocals (tracks: 11, 15) Premro "8Ball" Smith – vocals (track 12) Marlon "MJG" Goodwin – vocals (track 12) Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage – vocals (track 14) Eric "Billy Danze" Murray – vocals (track 14) Darrell A. "Steele" Yates Jr. – vocals (track 14) Tekomin B. "Tek" Williams – vocals (track 14) "Mass Murderin' Mike" McNeil – vocals (track 15) Demaine "Masta Criminal Main-T" Thomas – vocals (track 15) Courtney – chorus vocals (track 15) Corey Stoot – guitar (tracks: 4, 8, 9) Simon "Crazy C" Cullins – keyboards (tracks: 4, 8, 13), producer (tracks: 4, 8, 9, 13) Terrence "Bearwolf" Williams – keyboards (tracks: 4, 8, 9), producer (track 4) Leo Okeke – keyboards (tracks: 6, 7), bass (tracks: 6, 7, 15), guitar (track 15) Roger Tausz – bass (tracks: 14, 16), mixing (tracks: 6, 8, 10, 13, 15), recording (track 16) John Bido – producer (track 2) Kejuan "Havoc" Muchita – producer (track 3) Troy "Pee Wee" Clark – co-producer (track 2) John Bynoe – producer & mixing (tracks: 5–7, 10, 14, 15) Kier "KayGee" Gist – producer (track 11) Smoke One Productions – producer (track 12) DJ Storm – producer (track 13) Doc Doom – producer (track 16) Mad House – producer (track 16) J-Sly – producer (track 17) Troy Hightower – mixing (tracks: 2, 7, 11, 14) Bill Bookheim – engineering (track 2) Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing & recording (track 3) Paul Arnold – mixing (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12, 16, 17) Craig Gilmore – recording (tracks: 4, 6–10, 13, 15) Steve Souder – recording (track 5) Ben Arrindell – recording (tracks: 11, 17) Brian Miller – recording (track 14) Steve Gerdes – art direction, design James A. Smith – executive producer David Mays – executive producer
Charts Chart (1996) PeakpositionUS Top R&B Albums (Billboard) 52
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