Tha Connect

"Hood Dreamer"
Tha Connect
Studio album by Willy Northpole
Released	June 23, 2009
Recorded	2007–2009
Genre	Hip hop
Length	48:57
Label	Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam
Producer	Christopher Bridges (exec.), Chaka Zulu (exec.), Khaled Khaled (exec.), Jeff Dixon (exec.), Nard & B, Wonka, Jelly Roll, Khao, Black Elvis, Tha Bizness, Reefa, Bangladesh, L.T. Moe
Willy Northpole chronology
Singles from Tha Connect
	"Hood Dreamer"; Released: March 27, 2009; "Body Marked Up"; Released: April 28, 2009; "#1 Side Chick"; Released: July 1, 2009;

Tha Connect is the debut studio album by American rapper Willy Northpole. It was released on June 23, 2009. The album's first single was "Body Marked Up" and second "#1 Side Chick" featuring Bobby Valentino. The album features guest appearances from Ne-Yo, B.o.B, and Bobby Valentino. The album's first week sales were 8,000. As of October 18, 2009 the album has 20,000 record sales.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
HipHopDX	[2]
The Smoking Section	[3]
DJBooth.net	[4]

Background

The album concept is the connecting hip hop listeners to a new state, Arizona. The album was in the works for several years and was originally slated for a release of Winter 2008, but a conflict with fellow member of DTP Ludacris set the album back to June 2, 2009. Later the album was pushed to June 23, 2009. The album had 50 songs that were slimmed down to 12 songs, taking nearly 6 months. The album had several big hits that were "Too Big" for his first album.

Promotion

The album promotion was set up to be big with commercials during the BET Awards and billboards of the album but once the death of Michael Jackson all the promotion was dropped and the buzz for the album was gone.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Khao	2:56
2.	"Hood Shit"	M. Rell	3:07
3.	"The Story"	Reefa	3:28
4.	"How Hard (Skit)"		1:46
5.	"Body Marked Up"	Wonka	4:01
6.	"Hood Dreamer" (featuring B.o.B)	Nard & B	4:38
7.	"Feeling Alright"	Tha Bizness	3:12
8.	"Ghetto Tour Guide (Skit)"	araabMUZIK	0:23
9.	"Ghetto Tour Guide"	Bangladesh araabMUZIK	4:02
10.	"#1 Side Chick" (featuring Bobby V)	Khao Marc Coleman	4:31
11.	"Vegas Lights"	L.T. Moe	4:08
12.	"The Life" (featuring Ne-Yo)	Blac Elvis	3:47
13.	"Dear Lord"	Reefa	2:39
14.	"At Salt's Grave (Skit)"		1:30
15.	"Heaven"	Jelly Roll Battlecat	4:49
16.	"Get Up, Get Down (iTunes Bonus Track)"	Bangladesh Chase N. Cashe	3:10

Music videos

Hood Dreamer - (April 13, 2009)
Body Marked Up - (May 9, 2009)
Ghetto Tour Guide - (May 11, 2009)
1 Side Chick - (July 1, 2009)

Sample credits

"Body Marked Up" contains samples from "Soldier", performed by Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne.

Chart positions

Chart (2009)	Peak positions
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[5]	47
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums[6]

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References

Review: Tha Connect. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-2-22.
HipHopDX review
The Smoking Section review
DJBooth.net Review
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Tha Connect Archived August 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
Top Rap Albums - Tha Connect

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[1] Review: Tha Connect. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-2-22.

[2] HipHopDX review

[3] The Smoking Section review

[4] DJBooth.net Review

[5] Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Tha Connect Archived August 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[6] Top Rap Albums - Tha Connect