Raw and Un-Kutt is the third solo studio album by American rapper Kutt Calhoun . It was released on June 8, 2010 via Strange Music . Production was handled by Seven , DJ Frequency , Young Fyre , Justinn "Axis" Patton, Robert Rebeck, Evsclusive and Jonah "Matic Lee" Appleby, with Q-Rock and Ronald Richardson Jr. serving as additional producers. It features guest appearances from 816 Boyz, Barbara Ward, BG Bulletwound, Bishop Young Don, Brotha Lynch Hung , Craig Smith, D-Skanless, E-40 , Irv Da Phenom, Jerita Streater, Joe Budden , Krizz Kaliko , Nesto The Owner, Riv Locc, Stevie Stone , Tech N9ne and Too Short .
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1] RapReviews 6/10[ 2]
The album debuted at number 170 on the Billboard 200 , number 27 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums , number 15 on the Top Rap Albums , number 28 on the Independent Albums and number 6 on the Heatseekers Albums charts in the United States.
The album was supported with a single "Get Kutt", released on May 18, 2010,[ 3] and a music video for the song "Naked (Boom Boom Room)", released on May 28, 2010.[ 4]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "The Deal" (Intro) Melvin Calhoun Jr. Robert Rebeck 2:28 2. "That's Kutt Calhoun" (featuring Jerita Streater) Jonah "Matic Lee" Appleby 3:25 3. "Get Kutt" Seven 4:55 4. "Naked (Boom Boom Room)" (featuring Tech N9NE ) 3:34 5. "Only Knew" (featuring D-Skanless and Bishop Young Don) Calhoun Jr. Ronalda Askew Ernest Dixon DJ Frequency 3:48 6. "Buy the Bar" (featuring Nesto The Owner) Calhoun Jr. Ernesto Edwards Seven 4:40 7. "Flip Cam" (performed by 816 Boyz) Calhoun Jr. Watson Manzilla Queen Yates Seven 5:25 8. "Kansas City Shuffle" Calhoun Jr. DJ Frequency 2:41 9. "Hey Hey Hey (Raw and Un-Kutt)" DJ Frequency 4:21 10. "Calm Down" (featuring Stevie Stone and Riv Locc) Seven 4:35 11. "Flip It Ova" Calhoun Jr. Evsclusive 4:15 12. "She Wants Me" (featuring Too $hort and Irv Da Phenom) DJ Frequency 3:40 13. "Laughing Stock" (featuring Craig Smith) Calhoun Jr. Craig Smith Yates Young Fyre Quinton "Q-Rock" Johnson (add. ) 3:58 14. "You Don't Wanna Funk" (featuring E-40 and BG Bulletwound) Seven 4:08 15. "Redemption" (featuring Joe Budden ) Young Fyre 4:54 16. "Dark Knights" (featuring Brotha Lynch Hung ) Justinn "Axis" Patton 4:17 17. "Something's Gotta Give" (featuring Tech N9NE) Seven 3:20 18. "Calling My Name" (featuring Barbara Ward) Justinn "Axis" Patton 5:56 Total length: 1:14:20
Strange Music pre-order digital bonus trackTitle 19. "Same O.G." (featuring BG Bulletwound)
Melvin "Kutt Calhoun " Calhoun, Jr. – vocals
Jerita Streater – additional vocals (track 2)
Samuel "Krizz Kaliko " Watson – additional vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 7-9, 18)
Aaron D. "Tech N9NE " Yates – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 17) , A&R
Manzila "Makzilla" Queen – additional vocals (tracks: 4, 7)
Ronalda "D-Skanless" Askew – additional vocals (track 5)
Ernest "Bishop Young Don" Dixon – additional vocals (tracks: 5, 9)
Sean Tyler – additional vocals (track 5)
Angie Taylor – additional vocals (tracks: 5, 9, 16)
Ernesto "Nesto The Owner" Edwards – additional vocals (track 6)
Brian "Scenario" Fraser – additional vocals (tracks: 7, 8, 18)
Aaron Bean – additional vocals (tracks: 7, 8) , marketing
Steve "Stevie Stone " Williams – additional vocals (track 10)
Marco "Riv Locc" Tyler – additional vocals (track 10)
Todd "Too $hort " Shaw – additional vocals (track 12)
Mitchell "Irv Da Phenom" Irving, Jr. – additional vocals (track 12)
Craig Smith – additional vocals (track 13)
Earl "E-40 " Stevens – additional vocals (track 14)
Gregory "B.G. Bulletwound" Roland – additional vocals (track 14)
Joe Budden – additional vocals (track 15)
Tanya Herron – additional vocals (track 15)
Kevin "Brotha Lynch Hung " Mann – additional vocals (track 16)
Barbara Ward – additional vocals (track 18)
Korey Lloyd – guitars (track 15) , production assistant, project management, publicity coordinator
Robert Rebeck – producer (track 1) , skit producer (tracks: 4, 7-9) , mixing
Jonah "Matic Lee" Appleby – producer (track 2)
Michael "Seven " Summers – producer (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10, 14, 17)
Tramaine "Young Fyre " Winfey – producer (tracks: 4, 13, 15)
Bryan "Frequency " Fryzel – producer (tracks: 5, 8, 9, 12)
Everritt "Evsclusive" Edwards – producer (track 11)
Justinn "Axis" Patton – producer (tracks: 16, 18)
Ronald Richardson, Jr. – additional producer (track 4)
Quinton "Q-Rock" Johnson – additional producer (track 13)
Tom Baker – mastering
Travis O'Guin – executive producer, A&R
Dave Weiner – associate producer
Ron Spaulding – associate producer
Ben Grossi – project consultant, general management
Brian Shafton – project consultant, general management
Glenda Cowan – production assistant
Dawn O'Guin – production assistant
Cory Nielsen – production assistant
Richie Abbott – publicity
Megan McLean – publicity
Robert Lieberman – legal
Nick Vedros – photography
Liquid 9 – art direction, design
Britton Kimler – marketing, promotions
Chris Rooney – marketing, promotions
Josh Rickards – marketing
Brett Morrow – marketing
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