Now or Never (Tela album)

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Now or Never
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 1998 (1998-10-06)
Recorded1998
Studio
Genre
Length1:13:57
Label Rap-A-Lot Records
Producer
Tela chronology
Piece of Mind
(1996)
Now or Never
(1998)
The World Ain't Enuff
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Now or Never is the second studio album by American rapper Tela. It was released on October 6, 1998 through Rap-A-Lot Records. Recording sessions took place at House Of Blues in Memphis and at Hippie House in Houston. Production was handled by Tela himself, together with DJ Jus Borne, Jazze Pha, Neal Jones, BJB, SMK and Sam Sneed. It features guest appearances from the Hoodlumz, Big Zach, Do or Die, Jazze Pha, Scarface, Too $hort and Max Julien. The album peaked at number 49 on the Billboard 200 and number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Jetzt Oder Nie" Tela 1:52
2."Roll Wit It (Interlude)"Tela1:01
3."Roll Wit It" (featuring Scarface and the Hoodlumz)Tela5:02
4."Bring Em Out"
  • Tela
  • DJ Jus Borne
4:33
5."Take Flight"Tela1:33
6."B.I.G.P.I.M.P.S.I.S.I." (featuring Too $hort)Tela4:47
7."Fallin' Soldiers"
  • Tela
  • DJ Jus Borne
4:31
8."Why U"Tela4:01
9."Red Neck Pimp (Interlude)"Tela1:44
10."Table Dance" (featuring Jazze Pha)Tela4:26
11."Make a Million"Tela5:08
12."Still a Man"5:14
13."Too Slick (The Movie)"DJ Jus Borne5:50
14."Right Now" Jazze Pha 3:47
15."Caesar Knight"
  • Tela
  • Jazze Pha
5:18
16."Touch Em (Interlude)"Tela1:07
17."Now or Never (They Wanna Kill Me)" (featuring Do Or Die)
  • Tela
  • Jazze Pha
  • Neal Jones
5:13
18."Pimpin Round da World (Interlude)" (featuring Max Julien)Tela2:40
19."These Hoe's" (featuring Big Zach)SMK3:48
20."Money and the Power" (featuring the Hoodlumz)Neal Jones2:22
Total length:1:13:57

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 49
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [3] 13

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References

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