The Recipe (album)

The Recipe
The Recipe
Studio album by Mack 10
Released	October 6, 1998
Recorded	1997–1998
Genre	West Coast hip hop; gangsta rap;
Length	1:05:41
Label	Hoo-Bangin'; Priority;
Producer	Mack 10 (also exec.); Binky Mack; Clint "Payback" Sands; DJ U-Neek; KLC; Rhythm D; Rick "Dutch" Cousin; Slice; Snoop Dogg; Young Tre;
Mack 10 chronology
Singles from The Recipe
	"Let the Games Begin"; Released: September 27, 1998; "Money's Just a Touch Away"; Released: December 15, 1998;

The Recipe is the third solo studio album by American rapper Mack 10. It was released October 6, 1998, via Hoo-Bangin'/Priority Records. The album was produced by Mack 10, Young Tre, Binky Mack, DJ U-Neek, Rhythm D, Rick "Dutch" Cousin, Slice, Clint "Mr. Payback" Sands, KLC, and Snoop Dogg. It features guest appearances from Big Pun, Big Tray Deee, Boo Kapone, Buckshot, CJ Mac, Eazy-E, Fat Joe, Foxy Brown, Gerald Levert, Jayo Felony, Jermaine Dupri, Master P, MC Eiht, Mystikal, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Road Dawgs, Snoop Dogg, Techniec, Thump da Hooddwella, KoЯn, and all the members of Allfrumtha I, the Comrads, and Westside Connection.

The album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200, number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 3, 1998. Its lead single, "Let the Games Begin", peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100. Along with singles, music videos were directed for "Let the Games Begin" and "Money's Just a Touch Away".

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