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Y2K: The Album is the debut album by American hip hop group Screwball. It was released on February 8, 2000[5] via Tommy Boy Records. Recording sessions took place at C Mo' Greens Studio, D&D Studios and House Of Hits in New York City. Production was handled by several record producers, including Mike Heron, Godfather Don, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Marley Marl and Biz Markie. It features guest appearances from Big Noyd, Capone, Cormega, MC Shan, Mobb Deep, Nature, Nashawn, Prince A.D. and Triple Seis. The album peaked at number 50 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Its singles "F.A.Y.B.A.N." and "H-O-S-T-Y-L-E" were also charted on the Hot Rap Songs.

Y2K: The Album

Studio album by

Screwball

Released

February 8, 2000[1]

Recorded

1997-99

Studio

C Mo' Greens Studio (New York, NY)
D&D Studios (New York, NY)
House Of Hits (New York, NY)

Genre

Hip hop

Length

1:07:11

Label

Tommy Boy Records

Producer

Jerry Famolari (exec.)
Mike Heron (also exec.)
A Kid Called Roots
Biz Markie
DJ Premier
Eddie Sancho
EZ Elpee
Godfather Don
Marley Marl
Max Vargas
Pete Rock
V.I.C.

Screwball chronology

Y2K: The Album
(2000)

Loyalty
(2001)

Singles from Y2K

"You Love To Hear The Stories / Who Shot Rudy?"
Released: 1999
"F.A.Y.B.A.N. / Seen It All"
Released: June 8, 1999
"H-O-S-T-Y-L-E"
Released: September 7, 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
RapReviews	8/10[3]
Spin	8/10[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Album Intro"			0:15
2.	"That Shit"	Kenneth Lewis Wilbur Bass Kyron Jones Fredrick Ivey Mike Herard Nona Hendryx	Mike Heron	3:39
3.	"F.A.Y.B.A.N."	Bass Chris Martin	DJ Premier	3:08
4.	"Take It There" (featuring Capone)	Bass Ivey K. Jones Kiam Holley Victor Padilla Quincy Jones Charles May	V.I.C.	3:21
5.	"Y2K"	Lewis Bass Ivey K. Jones Rodney Chapman	Godfather Don	2:48
6.	"Seen It All"	Bass Ivey Lewis Martin Joseph Cartagena Corey Woods Rodney Lemay	DJ Premier	4:07
7.	"Somebody's Gotta Do It" (featuring Triple Seis)	Ivey K. Jones Sammy Garcia Herard	Mike Heron	3:51
8.	"You Love to Hear the Stories" (featuring MC Shan)	Bass Shawn Moltke Peter Phillips Marlon Williams	Pete Rock	4:50
9.	"The Heat Is On" (featuring Prodigy and Godfather Don)	Bass Albert Johnson Chapman Herard Harvey Scales Melvin Griffin	Mike Heron	3:36
10.	"The Blocks" (featuring Nature)	Ivey K. Jones Jermain Baxter Patrick Lawrence	A Kid Called Roots	3:54
11.	"No Exceptions" (fearuting Rapper Noyd)	Ivey Lewis Bass Max Vargas	Max Vargas	3:37
12.	"The Operation" (featuring Nashawn)	Ivey K. Jones Bass Nashawn Jones Herard Harry Warnow Bernard Hanighen	Mike Heron	3:26
13.	"Urban Warfare"	Ivey Herard	Mike Heron	2:03
14.	"Who Shot Rudy?"	K. Jones Ivey Herard	Mike Heron	3:29
15.	"Biz Interlude"	K. Jones Marcel Hall	Max Vargas Biz Markie	1:36
16.	"H-O-S-T-Y-L-E"	Ivey Herard	Mike Heron	3:25
17.	"Communications" (featuring Prince AD)	Lewis Ivey Lamont Porter	EZ Elpee	3:28
18.	"Zoning"	Bass Ivey Lewis K. Jones Chapman	Godfather Don	4:13
19.	"Attention: A&R Department"	Ivey Bass Lewis Eddie Sancho Heron	Eddie Sancho	4:08
20.	"On the Real" (featuring Havoc and Cormega)	Lewis K. Jones Cory McKay Kejuan Muchita Williams	Marley Marl	4:17
Total length:				1:07:11

Sample credits

Track 2 contains a sample of "Take the Night Off" written by Nona Hendryx and performed by Labelle
Track 4 contains a sample of "There's a Train Leavin'" written by Quincy Jones and Charles May and performed by Quincy Jones
Track 6 contains a sample of "Firewater" written by Joseph Cartagena, Corey Woods and Rodney Lemay and performed by Fat Joe
Track 8 contains a scratch of "The Bridge" written by Marlon Williams and Shawn Moltke and performed by Marley Marl
Track 9 contains a sample of "Keeps Getting Better" written by Harvey Scales and Melvin Griffin and performed by Harvey Scales
Track 12 contains a sample of "Mountain High Valley Low" written by Raymond Scott and Bernie Hanighen and performed by Morgana King

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6]	50
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7]	11
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8]	10

References

"Y2K: The Album by Screwball". Amazon.
Blanford, Roxanne. "Y2K - Screwball | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
Barone, Matt (April 27, 2004). "Screwball :: Y2K – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
"SPIN". Spin. Vol. 15, no. 12. SPIN Media LLC. December 1999. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved October 2, 2020.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
"Y2K: The Album by Screwball". Amazon.
"Screwball Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
"Screwball Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
"Screwball Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

External links

Screwball – Y2K at Discogs (list of releases)

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