More Than Music, Vol. 1 is a mixtape by American hip-hop collective The Diplomats. It was released on June 21, 2005, through Diplomat Records; with distribution via Koch Records.
Recording sessions took place at The Honor Room, Dreamsound Studios, Dark Dimension Studios and Sony Music Studios in New York City, Santana's World in New Jersey and Ray House. Production was handled by The Heatmakerz, Doe Boyz, Scram Jones, DukeDaGod, Skitzo, Dame Grease, Darrell "Digga" Branch, DJ Green Lantern, J. Arm, John Dolo, Knoxbonikz, Mayor, Nomadic, Pro-V, Wattz and Zurc, with co-producers Ash and Wreck.
In the United States, the album peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200, number 7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 5 on the Top Rap Albums and number 2 on the Independent Albums charts.
Its sequel mixtape, More Than Music Vol. 2, would be released on December 5, 2006.
Track listing
Sample credits Track 2 contains samples from the recording "Hard to Handle" written by Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones and Otis Redding, performed by Otis Redding. Track 19 contains replayed elements of the composition "Miracles" written by Marty Balin.
Personnel
George "DukeDaGod" Moore – vocals (tracks: 1, 9), producer (track 13), co-producer (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11), recording (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 11, 14, 15), executive producer, A&R Durell "Hell Rell" Mohammed – vocals (tracks: 1–3, 11, 15) Rusty "J.R. Writer" Brito – vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 11, 15, 19) LaRon "Juelz Santana" James – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 10, 13, 16, 18), associate executive producer Joseph "Jim Jones" Jones II – vocals (tracks: 2, 5), associate executive producer Calvin "40 Cal." Byrd – vocals (tracks: 2, 6, 11, 14, 15) Antonio "Un Kasa" Wilder – vocals (tracks: 2, 17) Cameron "Cam'Ron" Giles – vocals (tracks: 7, 12, 16), executive producer Ezekiel "Freekey Zekey" Jiles – vocals (track 7) Ashley "Ash" Middleton – vocals & co-producer (track 9) John "Fabolous" Jackson – vocals (track 10) Corley "Jay Bezel" Preston – vocals (track 11) Derek "Bloodshed" Armstead – vocals (track 12) Abdul "A-Mafia" Holmes – vocals (track 14) Natoya "Jha-Jha" Handy – vocals (track 17) Martell "Razah" Nelson – vocals (track 18) Calvin "Mister Cee" Laburn – additional vocals (track 2) Damon "Dame Grease" Blackman – producer (track 1) John "J. Armz" Armwood – producer (track 2) Gregory Green – producer (tracks: 3, 8, 18) Sean Thomas – producer (tracks: 3, 8, 18) Bigram "DVLP" Zayas – producer (tracks: 4, 10) Zurc – producer (track 5) Mayor – producer (track 5) John Dolo – producer (track 6) James "DJ Green Lantern" D'Agostino – producer (track 7) Nomadic – producer (track 9) Dario "Skitzo" Rodriguez – producer (track 11), co-producer (track 6) Darrell "Digga" Branch – producer (track 12) Marc "Scram Jones" Shemer – producer (tracks: 14, 19) David "Knoxville" Stokes – producer (track 15) Andrew "Pro-V" Thielk – producer (track 16) Marco "Wattz" Nunez – producer (track 17) Wreck – co-producer (track 6) Mike Thomas – recording (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17), mixing (tracks: 1–4, 6, 8–10, 13–17, 19) Vernil Rogers – recording (track 5) Mike Peters – recording (track 7) Ray Rock – recording (track 12) Carlisle Young – recording (track 18), mixing (tracks: 5, 11, 18) Eric "Ibo" Butler – mixing (track 7) Andrew Kelley – art direction, design Oluwaseye Olusa – photography Ted D'Ottavio – photography Stephen "Spliff" Hacker – A&R administrator Jamel George – A&R administrator Adrian Williams – A&R assistant Karen Civil – A&R assistant
Charts Chart (2005) Peakposition
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