The Platform (album)

The Platform
Studio album by Dilated Peoples
Released	May 23, 2000 (2000-05-23)
Studio	Audio X (Burbank, CA) D&D Studios (New York, NY) Can Am Studios (Tarzana, CA) Threshold Studios (Santa Monica, CA)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	1:04:20
Label	Capitol
Producer	Alchemist DJ Babu E-Swift Evidence Joey Chavez KutMasta Kurt T-Ray
Dilated Peoples chronology
The Platform (2000) Expansion Team (2001)
Singles from The Platform
"Work the Angles" Released: 1998 "The Platform" Released: February 29, 2000

The Platform is the debut studio album by American hip hop trio Dilated Peoples. It was released on May 23, 2000, through Capitol Records. The recording sessions took place at Audio X in Burbank, D&D Studios in New York, Can Am Studios in Tarzana and Threshold Studios in Santa Monica. The album was produced by members Evidence and DJ Babu, as well as Alchemist, Joey Chavez, E-Swift, KutMasta Kurt, and T-Ray. It features guest appearances from Aceyalone, B-Real, Everlast, and Likwit Crew members Defari, Phil Da Agony, Planet Asia, and tha Alkaholiks. The album represents a movement of several California underground hip hop artists away from the violence and misogyny of gangsta rap, towards a more traditional, conscious form of rap.

The album debuted at number 74 on the Billboard 200 and number 30 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It also made it to number 89 on the UK Albums Chart and number 14 on the UK Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart. The title track peaked at number 81 on the UK Singles Chart.