Accept Your Own and Be Yourself (The Black Album)

Accept Your Own & Be Yourself (The Black Album)
Studio album by No I.D.
Released	September 23, 1997 (1997-09-23)
Recorded	1996-1997
Genre	Chicago hip hop
Length	45:26
Label	Relativity
Producer	No I.D. Dug Infinite Spike Rebel
No I.D. chronology
Accept Your Own & Be Yourself (The Black Album) (1997) The Sampler Vol. 1 (2002)

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Accept Your Own and Be Yourself (The Black Album) is the only full-length album released under producer No I.D.'s name. It was put out by Relativity Records in 1997.

Production is done entirely by him, except "Original Man" (co-produced by Dug Infinite), "Sky's the Limit (Inf Mix)" (produced by Dug Infinite) and "Sky's the Limit" (co-produced by Spike Rebel). He raps on most of the tracks; Dug Infinite is also featured on most of them. Common and Syndicate also make appearances.

Track listing

Samples

• "State To State"
  • "The School Boy" by David Axelrod
  • "My Adidas" by Run DMC
• "Mega Live (That's the Joint)"
  • "You're Welcome, Stop on By" by Ahmad Jamal
  • "Suspect" by Nas
  • "1,2 Sh*t" by A Tribe Called Quest
• "Pray for the Sinners"
  • "Take A Little Trip" by Minnie Riperton
• "Fate or Destiny"
  • "Merlin's Prophecy" by David Axelrod
• "Gem"
  • "Aire" by Chicago
• "Sky's The Limit (Inf Mix)"
  • "Anya" by Richard Rodney Bennett
  • "Keep On" by D-Train
• "The Real Weight"
  • "Woman of the Ghetto" by Marlena Shaw
  • "Bumpin' Bus Stop" by Thunder and Lightning
• "Two Steps Behind"
  • "Don't Let Up" by The Olympic Runners

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