Chain Reaction (Cuban Link album)
| Chain Reaction | |
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| Released | August 16, 2005 |
| Recorded | 2003–2005 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Label | M.O.B. Records, Universal |
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Chain Reaction is the second studio album and official debut by Cuban-American rapper Cuban Link, formerly of Terror Squad. The album was released independently on Link's new label, M.O.B. Records, on August 16, 2005, and distributed by Universal Music Group. The album came after his major-label studio album project 24K was shelved in 2000.
Production
[edit]Chain Reaction boasts production from producers such as Swizz Beatz, Mr. Porter and others, while featured guest artists include Avant, Don Omar, Zion, Cap 1, Mya, Jadakiss and Syleena Johnson. The CD was packaged as an "enhanced CD" with music videos, pictures and a teaser to his future DVD release, "Tale From the Bronx."
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Felix Delgado (Cuban Link), additional writers listed below
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Story" (Intro) | 1:43 | ||
| 2. | "Chain Reaction" | Big Humma | 4:20 | |
| 3. | "No Mercy" | Big Humma | 4:11 | |
| 4. | "Comin' Home With Me" (featuring Avant and Swizz Beatz) | M. Avant, K. Dean | Swizz Beatz | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Riderz" (featuring Cap 1) | Leon Smith | Big Humma | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Scandalous" (featuring Don Omar) | William Omar Landron, Eliel Osorio | Big Humma, Eliel | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Sugar Daddy" (featuring Mýa) | T. Curry, Lorenzo Patterson | Tiger | 4:03 |
| 8. | "Tonight's The Night" | Denaun Porter | Mr. Porter | 3:33 |
| 9. | "Private Party" (featuring Big Humma) | Big Humma, Big Menz | 3:48 | |
| 10. | "Dirty Karaoke" (skit) | 1:54 | ||
| 11. | "I Need to Know" | Big Humma | 4:15 | |
| 12. | "No Falla" (featuring Zion) | Félix Ortiz, Edwin Almonte | SPK | 4:50 |
| 13. | "Shakedown" | K. Dean | Swizz Beatz | 5:10 |
| 14. | "Talk About It" (featuring Jadakiss) | Jason Phillips, K. Dean | Swizz Beatz | 3:48 |
| 15. | "Life Goes On" (featuring Syleena Johnson) | Big Humma, Big Menz | 4:28 | |
| 16. | "Prison Wisdom" | 1:52 | ||
| 17. | "Letter to Pun" | Jim Steinman | Fallen Down, Ken Lewis | 5:30 |
| Total length: | 66:15 | |||
- Notes
- There is a remix of "No Mercy" featuring vocals from The Game.
- "Shakedown" features additional vocals from Swizz Beatz.
- Sample credits
- "No Mercy" contains a sample of "Theme from The Fog", composed by John Carpenter.
- "Sugar Daddy" contains an interpolation of "Niggaz 4 Life", written by The D.O.C. and MC Ren, performed by N.W.A.
- "Letter To Pun" features additional vocals from One Solo and contains multiple elements from "Making Love Out of Nothing at All", written by Jim Steinman.
Singles
[edit]- "Sugar Daddy" (featuring Mya)
- "Scandalous" (featuring Don Omar)
- "Letter to Pun" (featuring One Solo)
These were the only three singles released off the album with videos shot for them. "Scandalous" peaked at number 45 on the "Hot Latin Tracks" Billboard chart in 2005 (Cuban Link chart history[dead link]). The video to "Sugar Daddy" debuted on 106 & Park and the video to "Letter to Pun" is on the DVD.
Chart performance
[edit]Chain Reaction debuted at number 188 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on September 3, 2005.[2]
