Bon Appetit (album)

Bon Appetit
Studio album by O.C.
Released	April 24, 2002 (2002-04-24)
Recorded	2000–2001
Studio	In Ya Ear Studio (Queens, NY)
Genre	East Coast hip-hop
Length	50:00
Label	JCOR Entertainment
Producer	Ahmed Buckwild Lord Finesse
O.C. chronology
Jewelz (1997) Bon Appetit (2002) Starchild (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
HipHopDX	4/5 [2]
NME	[3]
RapReviews	6/10 [4]

Bon Appetit is the third solo studio album by American rapper O.C.. It was released on April 24, 2001 via JCOR Entertainment. Recording sessions took place at In Ya Ear Studios in Queens. Production was handled by Buckwild, Ahmed and Lord Finesse. It features guest appearances from A Bless, A.G., D Flow, Party Arty, TL and Uni. The album debuted at number 84 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"			1:16
2.	"Back to Cali" (featuring A-Bless)	Omar Credle Anthony Best	Buckwild	4:26
3.	"Soul to Keep"	Credle Best	Buckwild	3:46
4.	"Dr. Know"	Credle Robert Hall	Lord Finesse	4:05
5.	"Bounce Mission"	Credle Amed Harris	Ahmed	4:11
6.	"Bon Appetit" (featuring Uni and T.L.)	Credle Best C. Brown R. Wilson	Buckwild	4:02
7.	"Doin' Dirt"	Credle Harris	Ahmed	3:01
8.	"Get It Dirty" (featuring Party Arty and D Flow)	Credle Best	Buckwild	3:53
9.	"Utmost"	Credle Best	Buckwild	3:44
10.	"Respect Tha Drop"	Credle Best	Buckwild	2:18
11.	"Weed & Drinks" (featuring A.G.)	Credle Andre Barnes Best	Buckwild	3:04
12.	"Paradise"	Credle Best	Buckwild	3:49
13.	"Psalm 23"	Credle Best	Buckwild	8:25
Total length:				50:00

Notes

• Track 13 contains a hidden track "Bonafide" (alternately written as "Bona Fide") featuring Jay-Z.

Personnel

• Omar "O.C." Credle – vocals
• Andrew "A. Bless" Delvalle – featured artist (track 2)
• Shawn "Uni" Willis – featured artist (track 6)
• T.L. – featured artist (track 6)
• Arthur "Party Arty" Sheridan – featured artist (track 8)
• Damon "D-Flow" Graham – featured artist (track 8)
• Andre "A.G." Barnes – featured artist (track 11)
• Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter – featured artist (track 13)
• Anthony "Buckwild" Best – producer (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8–13)
• Robert "Lord Finesse" Hall, Jr. – producer (track 4)
• Ahmed Harris – producer (tracks: 5, 7)
• Rock Logic – mixing
• Dave Sumpter – executive producer, A&R
• Phat Gary – executive producer
• Estevan "Scandalous" Oriol – design, photography
• Mark "Mr. Cartoon" Machado – design
• Sonny Gerasimowicz – design

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [5]	84

References

1. DiBella, M.F. "Bon Appetit - O.C. | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
2. Low, Adam (August 16, 2001). "O.C. - Bon Appetit". HipHopDX . Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
3. Constabile, Tom (September 12, 2005). "O.C. : Bon Appetit". NME . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
4. Jost, Matthias (September 25, 2001). "O.C. :: Bon Appetit :: JCOR Entertainment". RapReviews. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
5. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard . Vol. 113, no. 30. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 28, 2001. p. 26. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved March 5, 2025.

External links

• O.C. – Bon Appetit at Discogs (list of releases)