Terrorist Threats

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Terrorist Threats
Westside Connection - Terrorist Threats (Front).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 9, 2003 (2003-12-09)
Recorded2002–2003
Genre
Length51:24
Label
Producer
Westside Connection chronology
Bow Down
(1996)
Terrorist Threats
(2003)
Mack 10 chronology
Ghetto, Gutter & Gangsta
(2003)
Terrorist Threats
(2003)
Hustla's Handbook
(2005)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."A Threat to the World" (Intro)  1:14
2."Call 9-1-1"Young Tre3:44
3."Potential Victims"
  • Jackson
  • Rolison
  • Calhoun
  • Green
Young Tre3:02
4."Gangsta Nation" (featuring Nate Dogg)
Fredwreck 4:53
5."Get Ignit"
Ron "Neff-U" Feemster 4:11
6."Pimp the System" (featuring Butch Cassidy)
  • Jackson
  • Rolison
  • Calhoun
  • Danny Means
  • Claudio Robles
  • Rashad Coes
  • Pockets
  • Rashad Coes
4:45
7."Don't Get Outta Pocket" (featuring K-Mac)
Young Tre3:51
8."Izm"
  • Jackson
  • Rolison
  • Calhoun
  • Waynne Nugent
  • Kevin Risto
4:05
9."So Many Rappers In Love"
  • Jackson
  • Rolison
  • Calhoun
  • Robles
  • Coes
  • Pockets
  • Rashad Coes
4:13
10."Lights Out" (featuring Knoc-turn'al)
Damizza 3:43
11."Bangin' at the Party" (featuring K-Mac, Skoop Delania and Young Soprano)
  • Jackson
  • Rolison
  • Calhoun
  • Garmon
  • Jimmy Tucker
  • Andrew Price II
  • Anthony Wheaton
  • J. Hill
3:12
12."You Gotta Have Heart"
  • Jackson
  • Rolison
  • Calhoun
  • Nugent
  • Risto
  • Bruce Waynne
  • Dirty Swift
3:52
13."Terrorist Threats"
  • Jackson
  • Rolison
  • Calhoun
  • Derryck Thornton
Big Tank2:28
14."Superstar (Double Murder = Double Platinum)"
Megahertz 4:14
Total length:51:24
Notes
Sample credits

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [21] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [22] Gold679,000 [11]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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