Diplomatic Immunity 2

Diplomatic Immunity 2
Studio album by The Diplomats
Released	November 23, 2004 (2004-11-23)
Recorded	2004
Studio	Santana's World Next Millenium Sony Music Studios (New York, NY)
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	1:10:45
Label	Diplomat Koch
Producer	Amadeus Boola Develop Frank Visosky Genghis Hannon Lane J. Fahre Rephan Skitzo Stay Gettin' The Heatmakerz Treblemakers Victor Babb
The Diplomats chronology
Diplomatic Immunity (2003) Diplomatic Immunity 2 (2004) Diplomatic Ties (2018)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllHipHop	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Prefix	7/10 [3]
RapReviews	7/10 [4]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[5]

Diplomatic Immunity 2 is the second studio album by American hip-hop collective The Diplomats. It was released on November 23, 2004, through Diplomat Records with distribution via Koch Records. Production was handled by The Heatmakerz, Stay Gettin', Skitzo, Amadeus, Boola, Develop, Frank Visosky, Genghis, Hannon Lane, J. Fahre, Rephan, Treblemakers and Victor Babb.

The album peaked at number 46 on the Billboard 200, number 8 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 4 on the Top Rap Albums and number 3 on the Independent Albums charts in the United States. Its single "S.A.N.T.A.N.A." made it to number 86 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 64 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales charts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Stop-N-Go"	Cameron Giles Rusty Brito Bigram Zayas	Develop	6:13
2.	"S.A.N.T.A.N.A."	LaRon James S. Joyner M. Brown	TrebleMakers	4:24
3.	"Take 'Em to Church"	Giles James	Amadeus	3:49
4.	"Get Use to This"	James Brito Michael Miller Lawrence Simpson	Stay Gettin'	3:57
5.	"Family Ties"	Giles Brito Durell Mohammed Dario Rodriguez	Skitzo	4:17
6.	"Wouldn't You Like to Be a Gangsta Too?"	Mohammed V. Bertelsen	Genghis	4:34
7.	"Get from Round Me"	Natoya Handy Giles James Hannon T. Lane	Hannon Lane	4:19
8.	"Dutty Clap"	Joseph Jones II Sean Williams Melvyn Williams Alrad Lewis	Boola	3:30
9.	"I Wanna Be Your Lady"	Giles Nicole Wray Brito Gregory Green Sean Thomas Rodriguez	The Heatmakerz Skitzo (co.)	4:12
10.	"40 Cal"	Calvin Byrd J. Fahre	J. Fahre	3:53
11.	"Melalin"	Jamaul K. Aziz Victor Babb Frank Visosky	Victor Babb Frank Visosky	3:59
12.	"So Free"	Giles M. Williams S. Williams T. Mudarikwa	Rephan	4:26
13.	"Dead Muthafuckas"	Giles James Miller Simpson	Stay Gettin'	3:30
14.	"Push It"	Giles Jones II James Brito Green Thomas Hurby Azor Ray Davies	The Heatmakerz	3:32
15.	"Aayoo-iight"	Giles James Miller Simpson	Stay Gettin'	3:52
16.	"Bigger Picture"	Giles James Green Thomas	The Heatmakerz	4:02
17.	"Crunk Muzik"	James Green Thomas	The Heatmakerz	4:16
Total length:				1:10:45

Sample credits

• Track 9 contains elements from "My Boo" written by Carlton Mahone Jr. and Rodney Terry.
• Track 14 contains a sample of the recording "Push It" as performed by Salt-N-Pepa.

Personnel

• Cameron "Cam'Ron" Giles – vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12–17), executive producer
• LaRon "Juelz Santana" James – vocals (tracks: 2–4, 7, 13–17)
• Rusty "J.R. Writer" Brito – vocals (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 9, 14)
• Joseph "Jimmy" Jones – vocals (tracks: 8, 14, 17), executive producer
• Durell "Hell Rell" Mohammed – vocals (tracks: 5, 6)
• Sean Williams – vocals (tracks: 8, 12)
• Melvyn Williams – vocals (tracks: 8, 12)
• Antonio "Un Kasa" Wilder – vocals (track 3)
• Natoya "Jha-Jha" Handy – vocals (track 7)
• Nicole Wray – vocals (track 9)
• Calvin "40 Cal." Byrd – vocals (track 10)
• Jamaul "Bugs" Aziz – vocals (track 11)
• Bigram "DVLP" Zayas – producer (track 1)
• Shelby Joyner – producer (track 2)
• M. Brown – producer (track 2)
• Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson – producer (track 3)
• Michael Miller – producer (tracks: 4, 13, 15)
• Lawrence Simpson – producer (tracks: 4, 13, 15)
• Dario "Skitzo" Rodriguez – producer (track 5), co-producer (track 9)
• V. "Genghis" Bertelsen – producer (track 6)
• Hannon Lane – producer (track 7)
• Alrad "Boola" Lewis – producer (track 8)
• Gregory "Rsonist" Green – producer (tracks: 9, 14, 16, 17)
• Sean "Thrilla" Thomas – producer (tracks: 9, 14, 16, 17)
• J. Fahre – producer (track 10)
• Victor Babb – producer (track 11)
• Frank Visosky – producer (track 11)
• T. "Rephan" Mudarikwa – producer (track 12)
• Mike Thomas – recording (tracks: 1–3, 5–12, 14, 17), mixing (tracks: 1–12, 14, 15, 17)
• Saga Legin – recording (track 4)
• Eric "Ibo" Butler – recording (tracks: 13, 15, 16), mixing (tracks: 13, 16)
• George "DukeDaGod" Moore – A&R
• Jamel George – A&R

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2004) Peak position US Billboard 200 [6] 46 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [7] 8 US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) [8] 4 US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [10] 78

References

1. Berrios, Martin A. (December 1, 2004). "Diplomatic Immunity 2". AllHipHop . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
2. Jeffries, David. "Diplomatic Immunity, Vol. 2 - The Diplomats". AllMusic . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
3. Serwer, Jesse (October 19, 2004). "The Diplomats: Diplomatic Immunity 2". Prefixmag. Retrieved December 5, 2008– via Wayback Machine.
4. Chan, Nin (November 16, 2004). "The Diplomats :: Diplomatic Immunity 2 – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
5. "Music Review: The Diplomats - Diplomatic Immunity 2". Tiny Mix Tapes . December 14, 2006. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
6. "The Diplomats Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
7. "The Diplomats Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
8. "The Diplomats Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
9. "The Diplomats Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
10. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 2005. ISSN   0006-2510. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2025.

External links

• Diplomatic Immunity 2 at Discogs (list of releases)