Novakane

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Novakane | type = studio | artist = [[Outlawz]] | cover = Outlawz - Novakane in 2001.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2001|10|23}} | recorded = 2000–2001 | studio = | genre = [[Hip-hop]] | length = {{Duration|m=56|s=44}} | label = {{hlist|[[Outlaw Recordz|Outlaw]]|[[Koch Records|Koch]]}} | producer = {{hlist|Floss P|Joey Glasses|[[L.T. Hutton]]|Mack 4|[[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]]|Muhammad "Madball" Bell|Poli Paul|Quimmy Quim|Reefologist|Shorty B}} | prev_title = [[Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us]] | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = [[Neva Surrenda]] | next_year = 2002 | misc = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |title=Novakane - Outlawz {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/novakane-mw0000591238 |access-date=April 14, 2025 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[HipHopDX]]'' | rev2score = 3/5<ref>{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Adam |date=December 12, 2001 |title=Outlawz - Novakane |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.125/title.outlawz-novakane |access-date=April 14, 2025 |website=[[HipHopDX]] |language=en}}</ref> | rev3 = RapReviews | rev3score = 6/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jost |first=Matt |date=March 12, 2002 |title=Outlawz :: Novakane – RapReviews |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2002/03/outlawz-novakane/ |access-date=April 14, 2025 |website=www.rapreviews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> }} '''''Novakane''''' is the third studio album by American hip-hop group the [[Outlawz]]. It was released on October 23, 2001, through [[Outlaw Recordz]] with distribution via [[MNRK Music Group|Koch Entertainment]].

Production was handled by Reefologist Da Street Criminologist, [[L.T. Hutton]], Floss P, Joey Glasses, Mack 4, [[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]], Muhammad "Madball" Bell, Poli Paul, Quimmy Quim and Shorty B. It features [[guest appearance]]s from Ed Bone, Hellraza, Kamikaze, [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] and T-Low.

The album debuted at number 100 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], number 24 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] and number 3 on the [[Independent Albums]] charts in the United States.

== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Intro | writer1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 0:24 | title2 = Rize | writer2 = {{hlist|[[E.D.I. Mean|Malcolm Greenidge]]|[[Napoleon (rapper)|Mutah Beale]]|[[Young Noble|Rufus Cooper]]|[[Big Syke|Tyruss Himes]]|[[Kastro (rapper)|Katari Cox]]|K. Beale}} | extra2 = Reefologist Da Street Criminologist | length2 = 3:59 | title3 = This Is the Life | writer3 = {{hlist|M. Beale|Greenidge|Cooper|Muhammad Bell|William Irving}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Madball|Bill Blast ({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})}} | length3 = 3:59 | title4 = Ghetto Gutta | writer4 = {{hlist|Greenidge|Cox|Stuart Jordan}} | extra4 = Shorty B. | length4 = 3:54 | title5 = Our Life | writer5 = {{hlist|M. Beale|Greenidge|Cooper|Cox|Paul Poli|S. Smith|L. Walker}} | extra5 = Poli Paul | length5 = 4:02 | title6 = Y'all Can't Do | writer6 = {{hlist|M. Beale|Greenidge|Cooper|Cox|[[L.T. Hutton|Lenton Hutton]]}} | extra6 = [[L.T. Hutton]] | length6 = 4:23 | title7 = Interlude 1 | writer7 = | extra7 = | length7 = 0:30 | title8 = Red Bull & Vodka | writer8 = {{hlist|Cooper|M. Beale|Greenidge|Hutton}} | extra8 = L.T. Hutton | length8 = 3:24 | title9 = 2nd Hand Smoke | writer9 = {{hlist|Cooper|M. Beale|Cox|J. Worthy}} | extra9 = Joey Glasses | length9 = 4:50 | title10 = Interlude 2 | writer10 = | extra10 = | length10 = 1:08 | title11 = Boxspring Boogie | writer11 = {{hlist|Cooper|Greenidge|Muntaquim Farid}} | extra11 = Quimmy Quim | length11 = 4:05 | title12 = History | writer12 = {{hlist|Cooper|Greenidge|M. Beale|Cox|[[Seal (musician)|Henry Samuels]]|K. Beale}} | extra12 = {{hlist|Reefologist Da Street Criminologist|Mikal Kamil ({{abbr|add.|additional producer}})}} | length12 = 4:25 | title13 = So Many Stories | writer13 = {{hlist|M. Beale|Cooper|Kamil Beale|Cox|Harold Moret}} | extra13 = Floss P. | length13 = 3:39 | title14 = World Wide Remix | writer14 = {{hlist|[[Tupac Shakur]]|Greenidge|M. Beale|Cooper|[[Johnny "J"|Johnny Lee Jackson]]|[[DJ Felli Fel|James Reigart]]}} | extra14 = {{hlist|[[DJ Felli Fel]]|Bosko ({{abbr|add.|additional producer}})}} | length14 = 5:10 | title15 = Die If U Wanna | writer15 = {{hlist|M. Beale|[[Mike Dean (record producer)|Michael Dean]]}} | extra15 = [[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]] | length15 = 3:14 | title16 = Interlude 3 | writer16 = | extra16 = | length16 = 1:18 | title17 = Loyalty | writer17 = {{hlist|Greenidge|M. Beale|Kamikaze|Cooper|Cox|Ed Bone}} | extra17 = Mack 4 | length17 = 4:20 | total_length = 56:44 }}

;Sample credits *Track 17 contains resung elements from "[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" written by [[Duke Bootee|Edward Fletcher]], [[Sylvia Robinson]], [[Melle Mel|Melvin Glover]] and [[Clifton "Jiggs" Chase|Clifton Chase]].

==Personnel== {{div col}} *Malcolm "[[E.D.I. Mean]]" Greenidge – vocals, mixing (tracks: 4, 6, 8) *Rufus "[[Young Noble]]" Cooper III – vocals *Mutah "[[Napoleon (rapper)|Napoleon]]" Beale – vocals *Katari "[[Kastro (rapper)|Kastro]]" Cox – vocals *Tyruss "[[Big Syke]]" Himes – vocals (track 2) *[[Seal (musician)|Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel]] – vocals (track 12) *Kamil "Hellraza" Beale – vocals (track 13) *Tupac "[[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]]" Shakur – vocals (track 14), executive producer *Terrance "T-Low" Brown – vocals (track 14) *Crysis – additional backing vocals (track 14) *Bosko Kante – talkbox & additional producer (track 14) *Kamikaze – vocals (track 17) *Ed Bone – vocals (track 17) *Mac Robinson – guitar (track 5) *Hans Johansson – guitar (track 12) *James "D.C." Wilson, III – keyboards (track 12) *Valarie King – flute (track 12) *Vonette Yama Quinuma – electric harp (track 12) *Sebastian Aymanns – drums (track 12) *Jimmy Jean-Louis – djembe (track 12) *Dave "D-Wiz" Evelingham – guitar & mixing (track 14) *Reefologist Da Street Criminologist – producer (tracks: 2, 12) *Muhammad "Madball" Bell – producer & mixing (track 3) *William "Bill Blast" Irving – co-producer & mixing (track 3) *Stuart "Shorty B." Jordan – producer (track 4) *Paul Poli – producer (track 5) *Lenton "[[L.T. Hutton|LT]]" Hutton – producer (tracks: 6, 8) *Joey Glasses – producer (track 9) *Muntaquim "Quimmy Quim" Farid – producer (track 11) *Mikal Kamil – additional producer (track 12) *Flossy P – producer & engineering (track 13) *James "[[DJ Felli Fel]]" Reigart – remix producer & mixing (track 14) *[[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]] – producer (track 15) *Mack 4 – producer (track 17) *Lance Pierre – mixing (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17) *William Lucas – engineering (tracks: 2–6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 17) *Ryan Freeland – mixing (track 5) *Marc Friedlander – engineering (track 14) *Eddy Schreyer – mastering *[[Yaki Kadafi|Yafeu Akiyele Fula]] – executive producer *Dexter Browne – photography {{div col end}}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"| Peak position |- {{album chart|UKR&B|38|date=20011111|rowheader=true|access-date=April 14, 2025}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|28|date=20011111|rowheader=true|access-date=April 14, 2025}} |- ! scope="row" | US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 24, 2001 |title=The Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2001-11-24/?rank=100 |access-date=April 14, 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]] |page=77 |language=en |volume=113 |issue=47 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> | 100 |- ! scope="row" | US [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 24, 2001 |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-albums/2001-11-24/ |access-date=April 14, 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]] |page=28 |language=en |volume=113 |issue=47 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> | 24 |- ! scope="row" | US [[Independent Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 24, 2001 |title=Top Independent Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums/2001-11-24/ |access-date=April 14, 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]] |page=79 |language=en |volume=113 |issue=47 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> | 3 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs master|174322|Outlawz – Novakane}}

[[Category:2001 albums]] [[Category:Outlawz albums]] [[Category:E1 Music albums]] [[Category:Outlaw Recordz albums]] [[Category:MNRK Music Group albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by L.T. Hutton]] [[Category:Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer)]]