The Album

The Album is the only studio album by the American hip hop supergroup The Firm. It was released on October 21, 1997, by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. The group was formed by rapper Nas, his manager Steve Stoute, and producers Dr. Dre and Trackmasters. The original lineup — Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown, and Cormega — had first collaborated on the song "Affirmative Action" from Nas' 1996 album It Was Written. Cormega later left the group due to artistic differences with Nas and contract disputes with Stoute, and was replaced by Nature before recording began.

The Album is a concept album centered around themes of the American Mafia and the "gangsta" lifestyle.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"			0:48
2.	"Firm Fiasco"	Anthony Cruz Nasir Jones Inga Marchand Chris Taylor]] Andre Young	AZ, Nas and Foxy Brown	4:27
3.	"Phone Tap Intro"			0:34
4.	"Phone Tap"	Cruz Jones Taylor Young Jermaine Baxter	AZ, Nas, Nature and Dr. Dre	3:46
5.	"Executive Decision"	Baxter Cruz Jones Samuel Barnes Jean-Claude Olivier Richard Pimentel	Nas, Nature and AZ	3:43
6.	"Firm Family"	Baxter Al Goodman Harry Ray Sylvia Robinson Richard Vick	Dr. Dre and Nature	3:59
7.	"Firm All Stars"	Barnes Marchand Olivier	Foxy Brown and Pretty Boy	3:20
8.	"Fuck Somebody Else Intro"			1:24
9.	"Fuck Somebody Else"	Marchand Kenneth Gamble Leon Huff	Foxy Brown	4:17
10.	"Hardcore"	Barnes Jones Marchand Olivier James Harris III Terry Lewis	Foxy Brown and Nas	4:09
11.	"Untouchable"	Jones Melvin Bradford	Wizard	1:10
12.	"Five Minutes to Flush Intro"			0:47
13.	"Five Minutes to Flush"	Baxter Young John Fletcher Jalil Hutchins Larry Smith	Nature	4:42
14.	"Desperados Intro"			0:32
15.	"Desperados"	Barnes Baxter Cruz Olivier Pimentel Germaine Williams Wasis Diop	Canibus, AZ and Nature	4:26
16.	"Firm Biz"	Cruz Jones Marchand Anthony Brockert Leshan Lewis Allen McGrier	AZ, Nas and Foxy Brown (featuring Dawn Robinson)	3:23
17.	"I'm Leaving"	Barnes Baxter Olivier Victor Santiago	Noreaga and Nature	3:30
18.	"Throw Your Guns"	Barnes Cruz Olivier Jasun Wardlaw	Half-A-Mil and AZ	3:57
Total length:				52:54

Sample credits

• "Phone Tap" samples "Petite Fleur" by Chris Barber's Jazz Band
• "Fuck Somebody Else" samples "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else" by The Jones Girls
• "Hardcore" samples "Your Love (Encore)" by Cheryl Lynn
• "Five Minutes to Flush (Intro)" samples "Hard to Handle" by Etta James
• "Five Minutes to Flush" samples "Five Minutes Of Funk" by Whodini
• "Firm Biz" samples "Square Biz" by Teena Marie
• "Firm All Stars" samples "Turn Off the Lights" by Young Larry
• "Firm Fiasco" samples "A Ma Fille" by Charles Aznavour
• "Firm Family" samples "Come On Sexy Mama" by Ray, The Moments
• "Untouchable" samples "Mother Nature" by The Temptations
• "I'm Leaving" samples "I'm Leaving On a Jet Plane" by John Denver
• "Desparados" samples "Dune" by Wasis Diop
• "Executive Decision" samples "Ô Corse île d'amour" by Tino Rossi

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

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