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Released
  
November 14, 2000

Length
  
59:30

Producer
  
KutMasta Kurt

Genre
  
Hip hop music

Recorded
  
2000

Release date
  
14 November 2000

Label
  
Threshold Recordings

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Artists
  
KutMasta Kurt, Masters of Illusion

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Diesel Truckers, First Come - First Served, Black Elvis/Lost in Space, Sex Style, RetroMastas

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Masters of Illusion is the self-titled debut album by American hip hop group Masters of Illusion (producer Kutmasta Kurt and rappers Kool Keith & Motion Man), released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). The album features no guest emcees, but does feature DJ cuts/scratches by DJ Revolution, DJ Babu and DJ Rhettmatic.

Contents

Both Kool Keith and Motion Man wrote the lyrics for all songs on the album, except on:

  • "Magnum Be I" and "Call the National Guard" - Written by Motion Man.
  • "U Want Freestyle?" and "Back up Kid" - Written by Kool Keith.

    • Some CD releases also come with a free instrumental version of the album, as is typical with Kool Keith releases (Dr. Octagonecologyst, First Come, First Served, etc.)

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    Track listing

    All songs credited to Paul Laster (Motion Man), Kurt Matlin (Kutmasta Kurt) and Keith Thornton (Kool Keith), except where noted.

    1. "Figment" (Intro) – 0:39
    2. "Masters of Illusion" – 3:06
    3. "We All Over" – 3:43
    4. "Magnum Be I" (Laster, Matlin) – 3:21
    5. "U Want Freestyle?" (Matlin, Thornton) – 2:28
    6. "Scared Straight" – 3:01
    7. "Time 2 Get Right" – 4:21
    8. "Step Up" – 3:20
    9. "The Funky Redneck" (Skit) – 1:48
    10. "East West Hustlers" – 4:24
    11. "The Bay-Bronx Bridge" – 3:40
    12. "Call the National Guard" (Laster, Matlin) – 3:06
    13. "Back up Kid" (Matlin, Thornton) – 3:34
    14. "Partnas Confused" – 3:45
    15. "Souped Up" – 3:23
    16. "Urban Legends" – 3:41
    17. "Clifton's Conversation" (Skit) – 0:21
    18. "Let Me Talk to You" – 3:59
    19. "Silk Suit Black Linen" - 4:03
  • Tracks 3, 5, 8, 12 and 14 feature DJ cuts by DJ Revolution.
  • Track 7 features DJ cuts by DJ Rhettmatic.
  • Track 16 features DJ cuts by DJ Babu.

    • Singles

  • Urban Legends/High&Mighty Mix/Let Me Talk To You
  • The Bay-Bronx Bridge/Silk Suit, Black Linen
  • We All Over/Souped Up/Souped Up (Dub Mix)
  • Partnas Confused/Magnum Be I
  • Partnas Confused/Masters of Illusion

    • Songs

    1Figment (intro)0:39
    2Masters of Illusion3:06
    3We All Over3:43

    References

    Masters of Illusion (album) Wikipedia
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