Shaquille O'Neal Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1
| Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1 | ||||
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| Studio album by Shaquille O'Neal | ||||
| Released | Was scheduled to be released in 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2001 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, West Coast hip-hop | |||
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Trauma Records T.W.Is.M. Records Fireworks Distribution |
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Shaquille O'Neal (Executive) Dr. Dre Big Tank Soopafly Darrell Diaz L. T. Hutton Daz Dillinger Chris Goodman Denaun Porter Rick Rock Amir Questlove Che Pope |
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Shaquille O'Neal Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1 is an unreleased album by Shaquille O'Neal. Completed in 2001, it was intended to be the NBA superstar's fifth solo album. Producers for the album included Denaun Porter, Big Tank, L. T. Hutton, Rick Rock, and Dr. Dre. The original release date was slated for September 11, 2001, but was pushed back to October 9 of the same year. After much delay, the album was abandoned completely and never released.
O'Neal had released four albums before Superfriends: 1993's platinum-certified Shaq Diesel; 1994's platinum-certified Shaq-Fu: Da Return; 1996's gold-certified Can't Stop The Reign; and 1998's Respect. O'Neal also released a "Best Of" album that debuted in 1996.
O'Neal originally began the "Superfriends" project telling The Source Magazine that the album was going to be "revolutionary" and that he wanted to "bring together all genres." In 2000, he told the New York Times that he was working on negotiations with Pink, Limp Bizkit, Dr. Dre, and George Clinton. Although Shaq did not land all of the performers he had in mind, he still managed to gather a notable cast of "Superfriends."
In 2001, Shaquille O'Neal performed a rendition of Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock's platinum 1988 hit "It Takes Two" at the Los Angeles Lakers back-to-back championship victory parade in front of the Los Angeles Staples Center. It was later stated in an interview that O'Neal had already begun production for the track after the Lakers first championship win in 2000. The song was scheduled to a part of his "Superfriends" compilation and featured vocalist Nicole Scherzinger (formerly from Eden's Crush and now of The Pussycat Dolls).
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