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| Released | July 12, 1993 | |||
| Studio | Luke Recording Studios (Miami, FL) | |||
| Genre | Dirty rap | |||
| Length | 1:06:23 | |||
| Label | Luke | |||
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In the Nude is the third studio album by the American rapper Uncle Luke. It was released on July 12, 1993 via Luke Records.[1] Production was handled by Mike "Fresh" McCray, Home Team, Eddie Miller, Clay Dixon, John "Swift" Catalon and Bishop "Stick" Burrell, with Luke serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from JT Money, Clayvoisie, Home Team, H-Town, Jiggie Gee and Fresh Kid Ice. The album reached at number 54 on the Billboard 200 and number 8 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.[2][3]
The album was supported with two singles: "Work It Out" and "Cowards in Compton". Its lead single, "Work It Out", peaked at number 58 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 16 on the Hot Rap Songs. The second single off of the album, "Cowards in Compton", made it to number 93 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In the songs "Dre's Momma Needs a Haircut" and "Cowards in Compton" Luke disses Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Death Row Records, referencing to Dre's World Class Wreckin' Cru times fashion choices.[4][5]
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- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2001). Top Pop Albums (5th ed.). Record Research Inc. p. 520.
- ^ Iverem, Esther (18 July 1993). "Hard to believe". Fanfare. Newsday. p. 3.
- ^ Sarig, Roni (September 7, 2007). "Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-hop Became a Southern Thing". Hachette Books – via Google Books.
- ^ Gallivan, Joseph (13 Jan 1994). "The war of words between rappers on the west and east coasts...". Pop Music Page. The Independent.