On Your Side (Gerald Walker album)

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On Your Side
Cardoandwalkersonyourside.jpg
Mixtape by
Cardo & Gerald Walker
ReleasedMay 6, 2011 (May 6, 2011)
Genre Hip hop
Length53:01
Label Real Monstas Music Group, One Step at a Time Music
Producer Cardo, Sledgren
Cardo & Gerald Walker chronology
A Gerald Walker Christmas EP
(2010)
On Your Side
(2011)
The Other Half of Letting Go
(2011)

On Your Side is Gerald Walker's third official mixtape and his first collaborative release with Wiz Khalifa's and Taylor Gang Records producer, Cardo. [1]

Contents

Background

The mixtape includes 14 original tracks and is entirely produced by Cardo & Sledgren of the Taylor Gang. Features and appearances included rappers Trae The Truth, Rockie Fresh, EL Prez and Bryant Stewart. [2] On Your Side was created as an EP. Later the artist decided to release it as a free mixtape. On April 1, the first song in support of On Your Side titled "We've Got a Situation on our Hands" was leaked onto the internet. [3] However, the lead single "We Don't Give a F**K" wasn't leaked until April 8 on XXL Magazine. [4] The final single titled "Money On The Dresser" which features, Trae the Truth, was leaked May 5, 2011. [5] The mixtape was produced by Real Monstas Music Group and released on One Step at a Time Music on May 6, 2011, via Twitter.

Track listing

No.TitleProducerLength
1."Introduction"Sledgren1:21
2."Goodnight"Cardo3:50
3."Follow Your Dreams, Forget The Scene"Cardo3:48
4."We Don't Give a F**k"
  • Cardo
  • Sledgren
3:18
5."Highspeed"Cardo3:44
6."Circles" (featuring El Prez, Bryant Stewart & Taylor Kaye)Cardo4:46
7."Here's Everything I've Always Meant To Say"Cardo4:28
8."I Hope I Don't Fall In Love With Her..."Cardo3:54
9."Money On The Dresser" (featuring Trae The Truth)Sledgren4:02
10."Miserable At Best" (featuring Rockie Fresh)Cardo3:07
11."Dro By The Pound"Cardo4:51
12."What You Want"Sledgren3:33
13."Become What You Hate"Cardo4:02
14."On Your Side"Cardo4:29

Credits

Production

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