Doomsday: Forever RSO

Doomsday: Forever RSO
Studio album by The Almighty RSO
Released	November 19, 1996 (1996-11-19)
Recorded	1994–96
Studio	Soundtrack Studios (Boston, MA) Platinum Island Studios (New York, NY) Ultimate Sounds Studio (Houston, TX) The Enterprise (Los Angeles, CA) Chung King Studios (New York, NY) Digital Services (Houston, TX)
Genre	East Coast hip hop mafioso rap
Length	1:05:53
Label	Surrender Rap-A-Lot Noo Trybe
Producer	Crazy C DJ Storm Doc Doom Havoc Hangmen 3 John Bido KayGee Mad House Smoke One Productions Terrence 'Bearwolf' Williams Troy "Pee Wee" Clark
The Almighty RSO chronology
Revenge of da Badd Boyz (1994) Doomsday: Forever RSO (1996)
Singles from Doomsday: Forever RSO
"You'll Never Know" Released: 1994 "Those Summer Knightz" Released: 1995 "War's On" Released: 1996 "You Could Be My Boo" Released: 1996

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
RapReviews	8/10 [2]
The Source	[3]

Doomsday: Forever RSO is the only full-length studio album by American hip hop group The Almighty RSO. It was released on November 19, 1996 through Rap-A-Lot Records.

Recording sessions took place at Soundtrack Studios in Boston, Platinum Island Studios and Chung King Studios in New York, Ultimate Sounds Studio and Digital Services in Houston, and The Enterprise in Los Angeles.

Production was handled by Hangmen 3, Crazy C, DJ Storm, Doc Doom, Havoc, John Bido, KayGee, Mad House, Smoke One Productions, Terrence 'Bearwolf' Williams, and Pee Wee. It features guest appearances from Cool Gsus, 8Ball & MJG, D-Ruff, Faith Evans, Fuckamon, Mad Lion, Mass Murderin' Mike, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Smif-N-Wessun and Tangg The Juice.

The album only did slightly better than the group's previous release, peaking at number 52 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It featured a single "War's On", which also appeared on the Original Gangstas soundtrack. The album's only charting single, "You Could Be My Boo", made it to No. 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, No. 49 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 10 on the Hot Rap Songs charts in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Doomsday Intro"			0:38
2.	"Forever RSO"	Marco Ennis Raymond Scott Anthony Johnson John Okuribido D. Ellis Paul Richmond	John Bido Pee Wee (co.)	4:38
3.	"The War's On" (featuring Mobb Deep)	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson Albert Johnson Kejuan Muchita	Havoc	4:23
4.	"Thought You Knew"	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson Simon Cullins Terrence Williams	Crazy C Bearwolf	4:24
5.	"Gotta Be a Better Way"	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson R. Moore Donald Davis	Hangmen 3	3:55
6.	"Summer Knightz" (featuring Tangg The Juice)	Ennis Scott Antony Altamirano Leo Okeke Rudolph Isley O'Kelly Isley Jr. Ronald Isley Ernie Isley Marvin Isley Chris Jasper	Hangmen 3	4:06
7.	"Sanity" (featuring D-Ruff)	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson David Ruffin Jr. Okeke James Harris III Terry Lewis	Hangmen 3	4:16
8.	"You'll Never Know" (featuring Mad Lion)	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson Oswald Preece Cullins	Crazy C	4:32
9.	"You Could Be My Boo" (featuring Faith Evans)	Ennis Scott Cullins	Crazy C	4:47
10.	"Mix of Action"	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson Okeke Roy Ayers	Hangmen 3	4:31
11.	"Keep Alive" (featuring Cool Gsus)	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson Anthony Grant Kier Gist David Conley David Townsend Derrick Culler Everett Collins	KayGee	4:11
12.	"Illicit Activity" (featuring 8Ball & MJG)	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson Premro Smith Marlon Goodwin	Smoke One Productions	5:15
13.	"Killin' Em"	Anthony Johnson Cullins	Crazy C DJ Storm	3:35
14.	"One in Tha Chamba" (featuring M.O.P. and Cocoa Brovaz)	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson Jamal Grinnage Eric Murray Darrell Yates Tekomin Williams	Hangmen 3	4:28
15.	"Quarter Past Nine" (featuring Cool Gsus, M3 and Fuckamon)	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson Grant Mike McNeil Demaine Thomas Okeke	Hangmen 3	4:32
16.	"We'll Remember You"	Ennis Scott Anthony Johnson B. Wilkins	Doc Doom Mad House	3:42
Total length:				1:05:53

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Didn't Know Her Name"	Ennis Scott Ruffin Jr. J. Jackson	J-Sly

Sample credits

• Track 2 contains samples from "Ain't Nothing I Can Do" performed by Tyrone Davis.
• Track 5 contains samples from "Stormy Weather" performed by Johnnie Taylor.
• Track 6 contains samples from "Voyage to Atlantis" performed by The Isley Brothers.
• Track 7 contains a sample of "No One's Gonna Love You" performed by The S.O.S. Band.
• Track 10 contains a sample from "The Black Five" by Roy Ayers.
• Track 11 contains samples from "You Are My Everything" performed by Surface.

Notes

• Track 17 is available only on cassette versions.

Personnel

• Raymond "Ray Dog" Scott – vocals, keyboards (tracks: 6, 7, 15), producer & mixing (tracks: 5-7, 10, 14, 15), executive producer
• Marco "E-Devious" Ennis – vocals
• Anthony "The Microphone Wrecka Tony Rhome" Johnson – vocals
• Jeffrey "DJ Deff Jeff" Neal – scratches (tracks: 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15), producer & mixing (tracks: 5-7, 10, 14, 15)
• Albert "Prodigy" Johnson – vocals (track 3)
• David "D-Ruff" Ruffin Jr. – background vocals (tracks: 4, 17), vocals (track 7)
• Keva Holman – vocals (track 5)
• Antony "Tangg The Juice" Altamirano – vocals (track 6)
• Oswald "Mad Lion" Preece – vocals (track 8)
• Faith Evans – vocals (track 9)
• Anthony "Cool Gsus" Grant – vocals (tracks: 11, 15)
• Premro "8Ball" Smith – vocals (track 12)
• Marlon "MJG" Goodwin – vocals (track 12)
• Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage – vocals (track 14)
• Eric "Billy Danze" Murray – vocals (track 14)
• Darrell A. "Steele" Yates Jr. – vocals (track 14)
• Tekomin B. "Tek" Williams – vocals (track 14)
• "Mass Murderin' Mike" McNeil – vocals (track 15)
• Demaine "Masta Criminal Main-T" Thomas – vocals (track 15)
• Courtney – chorus vocals (track 15)
• Corey Stoot – guitar (tracks: 4, 8, 9)
• Simon "Crazy C" Cullins – keyboards (tracks: 4, 8, 13), producer (tracks: 4, 8, 9, 13)
• Terrence "Bearwolf" Williams – keyboards (tracks: 4, 8, 9), producer (track 4)
• Leo Okeke – keyboards (tracks: 6, 7), bass (tracks: 6, 7, 15), guitar (track 15)
• Roger Tausz – bass (tracks: 14, 16), mixing (tracks: 6, 8, 10, 13, 15), recording (track 16)
• John Bido – producer (track 2)
• Kejuan "Havoc" Muchita – producer (track 3)
• Troy "Pee Wee" Clark – co-producer (track 2)
• John Bynoe – producer & mixing (tracks: 5-7, 10, 14, 15)
• Kier "KayGee" Gist – producer (track 11)
• Smoke One Productions – producer (track 12)
• DJ Storm – producer (track 13)
• Doc Doom – producer (track 16)
• Mad House – producer (track 16)
• J-Sly – producer (track 17)
• Troy Hightower – mixing (tracks: 2, 7, 11, 14)
• Bill Bookheim – engineering (track 2)
• Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing & recording (track 3)
• Paul Arnold – mixing (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 12, 16, 17)
• Craig Gilmore – recording (tracks: 4, 6-10, 13, 15)
• Steve Souder – recording (track 5)
• Ben Arrindell – recording (tracks: 11, 17)
• Brian Miller – recording (track 14)
• Steve Gerdes – art direction, design
• James A. Smith – executive producer
• David Mays – executive producer

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Top R&B Albums ( Billboard ) [4]	52

References

1. Stanley, Leo. "Doomsday: Forever RSO - The Almighty RSO | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved December 16, 2024.
2. Jost, Matt (August 31, 2004). "The Almighty RSO :: Doomsday - Forever RSO :: Surrender/Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe Records". RapReviews. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
3. Marshall, Wesley K. (December 1996). "Record Report: The Almighty RSO – Doomsday: Forever RSO". The Source . No. 87. New York. p. 126.
4. "Top R&B Albums". Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 49. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 7, 1996. p. 23. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved December 16, 2024.

External links

• Doomsday: Forever RSO at Discogs (list of releases)