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Dirty History is the third solo studio album by American rapper Anybody Killa. It was released on July 27, 2004 via Psychopathic Records. Production was handled by Fritz the Cat, Lavel, Mike Puwal, Esham and The R.O.C., with co-production by Violent J and ABK himself. It features guest appearances from Insane Clown Posse, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Twiztid and Lavel.

Dirty History
Studio album by Anybody Killa
Released	July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)
Recorded	2003–04
Genre	Native American hip hop underground hip hop
Length	53:11
Label	Psychopathic
Producer	Esham Fritz The Cat Lavel Mike Puwal The R.O.C. Anybody Killa (co.) Violent J (co.)
Anybody Killa chronology
Hatchet Warrior (2003) Dirty History (2004) Mudface (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album peaked at No. 152 on the Billboard 200, No. 53 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, No. 10 on the Independent Albums and No. 7 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States.

A music video was directed for the promotional single "Hey Y'all".

Track listing

Notes

• ^{^[c]} signifies a co-producer.

Personnel

• James "Anybody Killa" Lowery – main artist, rap vocals (tracks: 2-17), additional vocals (track 1), beatboxing (track 5), co-producer (tracks: 1-3, 5-17)
• Joseph "Violent J" Bruce – featured artist, rap vocals (tracks: 4, 14), additional vocals (tracks: 6, 7, 13, 15), co-producer (tracks: 2-17)
• Chris "Blaze Ya Dead Homie" Rouleau – featured artist, rap vocals (tracks: 6, 12)
• James "Jamie Madrox" Spaniolo – featured artist, rap vocals (track 8), additional vocals (track 6)
• Paul "Monoxide" Methric – featured artist, rap vocals (track 8), additional vocals (track 6)
• Joseph "Shaggy 2 Dope" Utsler – featured artist, rap vocals (track 10), scratches (tracks: 3, 5, 8)
• James "Lavel" Hicks – vocals (track 1), additional vocals (tracks: 6, 13, 16), programming (tracks: 1, 8, 15), engineering (tracks: 1, 10, 15), producer (tracks: 1, 8, 11, 13)
• Esham Smith – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 12), scratches (track 2), programming & producer (track 12)
• Ry-Ry – additional vocals (track 1)
• Syn of Zug Izland – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 7)
• Michelle "Sugar Slam" Rapp – additional vocals (track 11)
• Sabrina – additional vocals (track 17)
• Michael Puwal – keyboards (track 5), programming (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 11, 17), engineering (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 11, 12), producer (tracks: 3, 17)
• Fritz "The Cat" Van Kosky – programming (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17), engineering (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14), producer (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13-16)
• Bryan "The R.O.C." Jones – producer (track 7)
• Michael Scotta – illustrations, layout design
• Bob Alford – photography

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[2]	152
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3]	53
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[4]	10
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[5]	7

References

External links

• ABK – Dirty History at Discogs (list of releases)

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