Shields and I kept working around the clock all winter, and Zach Poff and I recorded and mixed the album in the spring. Barring a few loops by Mickey Free, Jones and me, Shields did all the production on the album. He also sang on three tracks. I rapped in a way that was worlds more literal and linear than my older rhymes, in very plain language. After six years of trying to rap like Ghostface, this was a big change.
The release party for the album was a dream come true. My early years of Height shows were just practice. There had never been a Height show in Baltimore that was truly awesome. On this night, we packed the Talking Head to capacity and people went wild. Lord Grunge, Mickey Free and Plural rounded out the bill and killed it. .
I did a two week tour to support the album. Nothing about the tour was encouraging, but it didn’t matter. I still felt like I was back on the right track.