Carte Blanche (Phat Kat album)

2007 studio album by Phat Kat

Carte Blanche

Released

April 3, 2007 (2007-04-03)

Recorded

2005–06

Length

45:44

Look Records

Phat Kat chronology

The Undeniable LP
(2004)

Carte Blanche
(2007)

The S.O.S. Project
(2017)

Carte Blanche is the second studio album by American Detroit-based rapper Phat Kat. It was released on April 3, 2007, via Look Records. Production was handled by J Dilla, Black Milk, Young RJ and Nick Speed. It features guest appearances from Black Milk, Elzhi, Fat Ray, Guilty Simpson, House Shoes, Lo Louis, Melanie Rutherford, T3 and Truth Hurts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Nasty Ain't It?"	J Dilla	2:39
2.	"Get It Started"	Young RJ	2:05
3.	"My Old Label"	J Dilla	2:29
4.	"Cold Steel" (featuring Elzhi)	J Dilla	3:46
5.	"Danger" (featuring Black Milk and T3)	Black Milk	3:35
6.	"Vessels" (featuring Truth Hurts)	Nick Speed	4:36
7.	"Lovely" (featuring Melanie Rutherford)	Young RJ	3:14
8.	"Cash Em Out" (featuring Loe Louis)	Black Milk	2:20
9.	"Game Time"	J Dilla	3:38
10.	"Survival Kit"	Black Milk	2:31
11.	"Nightmare" (featuring Guilty Simpson)	Nick Speed	3:08
12.	"Hard Enuff" (featuring Fat Ray)	Black Milk	3:13
13.	"True Story Pt. 2" (featuring House Shoes)	Young RJ	4:04
14.	"Don't Nobody Care About Us"	J Dilla	4:27
Total length:			45:44

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"World Premier"	J Dilla	2:47
16.	"It Don't Get No Liver Than This" (featuring La Peace)	J Dilla	4:07
Total length:			52:38

Ron "Phat Kat" Watts – main artist, mixing (track 14), executive producer
Jason "Elzhi" Powers – featured artist (track 4)
R.L. "T3" Altman III – featured artist (track 5)
Curtis "Black Milk" Cross – featured artist (track 5), producer (tracks: 5, 8, 10, 12)
Shari "Truth Hurts" Watson – featured artist (track 6)
Melanie Rutherford – featured artist (track 7)
Lionel "Lo Louis" Houie – featured artist (tracks: 8, 13)
Byron Simpson – featured artist (track 11)
"Fat Ray" Boggues II – featured artist (track 12)
Michael "House Shoes" Buchanan – featured artist (track 13)
DJ Dez – scratches
James "J Dilla" Yancey – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 9, 14)
Ralph "Young RJ" Rice – producer (tracks: 2, 7, 13)
Nicholas Speed – producer (tracks: 6, 11)
Dave Cooley – mixing (tracks: 1–13), mastering
Jeff Jank – design
Charles "Ques" Munka – design
Peter Jones – photography

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