Young Soldierz (album)
# Young Soldierz (album)

Young Soldierz is the debut and only studio album by American West Coast hip hop group Young Soldierz. It was released on February 2, 1994 via Dangerous Records and Warlock Records. Record production of the album was primarily handled by Ronnie Ron and a variety of producers, including J. Stank, Rashad Coes, Flip, and the Dukes brothers (Duké-E-Fingaz and Leroy Dukes). It also features guest appearances from fellow Bloods & Crips members, such as Tweedy Bird Loc (from Kelly Park Compton Crips), Nini X and the Carter brothers (O.Y.G Redrum 781 and Lil Leak) (from Avenue Piru Gang), Keystone (from Watts Franklin Square Crips), Lil' Stretch's brother Big Stretch (from Bounty Hunter Bloods), Big Freeze, Dba Flip, and DJ Battlecat on scratches. The album spawned two singles: "Alligator"/"Buck 'Em With The '9'" and "If Tomorrow Comes".

Although this was the only album the Young Soldierz would release, two members, Wytony "Big Wy" Dillon and Dajuan "Dog a.k.a. Suga Buga" White would release a string of albums as The Relativez.

## Track listing

Sample credits

* Track 3 contains elements from "So Ruff, So Tuff" by Roger Troutman (1981), "Move Your Boogie Body" by The Bar-Kays (1979), and "Bitches Ain't Shit" by Dr. Dre (1992)
* Track 5 contains elements from "N.T." by Kool & the Gang (1971)
* Track 6 contains elements from "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton (1982) and "Shuda Beena B-Dog" by Bloods & Crips (1993)
* Track 7 contains elements from "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" by Geto Boys (1991)
* Track 10 contains elements from "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" by Parliament (1975), "The Big Bang Theory" by Parliament (1979), and "The Predator" by Ice Cube (1992)
* Track 12 contains elements from "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)" by Parliament (1976)
* Track 13 contains elements from "Memory Lane" by Minnie Riperton (1979), "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground (1989), and "The Pimp" by Scarface (1991)
* Track 16 contains elements from "Smooth Sailin' Tonight" by The Isley Brothers (1987), "Funky President (People It's Bad)" by James Brown (1974), and "Over Like a Fat Rat" by Fonda Rae (1982)

## Personnel

* Wytony "Big Wy" Dillon – main artist, producer (track 13)
* Samari "Lil' Stretch" Doby – main artist, producer & mixing (track 8)
* Dajuan "Dog a.k.a. Suga Buga" White – featured artist (tracks: 6, 10, 15-16)
* Pops – featured artist (tracks: 6, 16)
* Kizza "Keystone" Doby – featured artist (tracks: 1, 16)
* James "Lil Leak" Carter – featured artist (track 13)
* Jermaine "Redrum781" Carter – featured artist (track 13)
* Rajni "Nini X" Faulks – featured artist (track 15)
* Richard "Tweedy Bird Loc" Johnson – featured artist (track 16), producer (track 3)
* Michael "Flip" Barber – featured artist (track 16), producer & mixing (track 5)
* Layson "Big Freeze" Kennard – featured artist (track 16)
* Big Stretch – featured artist (track 16)
* Tammi Holt – featured artist (tracks: 2, 12)
* Ronnie Marlon Phillips – producer & mixing (tracks: 1-3, 5-8, 10-13, 15-17), executive producer
* J. Stank – producer & mixing (tracks: 1, 3, 8, 10-13, 15), bass (tracks: 2, 12), keyboards (track 12)
* Robert "Duké-E-Fingaz" Dukes – producer (tracks: 2-3, 7, 12, 17), mixing (tracks: 3, 7, 12, 17), guitar (tracks: 2-3, 7, 12), keyboards (tracks: 2, 7)
* Leroy Dukes – producer (tracks: 2, 12, 17), organ (track 2), bass (tracks: 3, 7), guitar (track 3), keyboards (track: 3, 12)
* James Rashad Coes – producer (tracks: 6, 16), scratches (track 1)
* Kevin "DJ Battlecat" Gilliam – scratches (tracks: 3, 6-7, 10, 13)
* Leonard "Pimper" Jackson – mixing (tracks: 1-3, 5-8, 10-13, 15-17), recording
* Cliff Badowski – photography
