Production and release
In 1998, Too Phat, who was then a trio with Doctah K is one of its original members, were signed with the independent record label, Strange Culture Records and released two singles, "Give It Up" and "Whutthadilly?". Soon after, they leave the label and later, Doctah K left the group, leaving only Malique and Joe Flizzow to continued as a duo. By early 1999, Too Phat, who was then unsigned with any record label, began working on their debut album, where they also handles pre-production and many technical aspects. [4] Joe Flizzow said on the album's production: "We've spent so much money for the album, and at any one time, we were sleeping in the studio". [5] [6]
In October the same year, they was approached by Ahmad Izham Omar who was then the A&R manager of Positive Tone. Illegal, one of Too Phat's producer, played one of their songs to Izham. [5] They then met Paul Moss who was then the label's A&R director and had a long discussion. The duo became artist under Positive Tone. Whutthadilly? was recorded at the three different recording studios, namely Haze World Studios, Playtime Studios and Carrybase Studios. The album was produced by Izham and Greg Henderson, with CL Toh handles mastering. American musician and composers George Brown and Babyface contributed two songs "Too Phat Baby" and "My, My, My" respectively.
The album was released on 30 December 1999, just two days before the New Year's Day 2000. [7] "Li'l Fingaz", "Too Phat Baby" and "Jezzebelle" were released as the lead singles, with the latter received music videos. [8]
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