Lyricist Lounge, Volume One

Lyricist Lounge, Volume One is the second hip hop compilation album by American record label Rawkus Records. The double-disc was released on May 5, 1998, as the first installment of Lyricist Lounge album series, based on New York's Lyricist Lounge showcases.

Lyricist Lounge, Volume One
Compilation album by various artists
Released	May 5, 1998 (1998-05-05)
Recorded	1997−1998
Studio	Various Temple of Soul (New York City) Firehouse (New York City) The Chop Shop (New Jersey) Animation Sound (New York City) Ozone (New York City) Soundtrack (New York City) Poke's Crib (Staten Island) Animal Tracks (Brooklyn) D's House (Brooklyn) Platinum Island (New York City) Unique (New York City) Mark Dann (New York City) Rawkus (New York City) The Red October Chemical Storage Facility (Los Angeles) Circus (Brooklyn) Westlake Audio (Los Angeles)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	2:13:47
Label	Rawkus Records
Producer	Anthony Marshall (exec.) Danny Castro (exec.) Perry Landesberg (exec.) 88-Keys Charlemagne Curt Gowdy Cut Chemist Derrick Trotman DJ Nu-Mark DJ Scratch El-P Ge-Ology G.M. Hi-Tek Keith Horne Kenny Diaz Megahertz Native Sun Nottz Shawn J. Period Saul Williams Stix Bones V.I.C. Will Tell
Various artists chronology
Soundbombing (1997) Lyricist Lounge, Volume One (1998) Soundbombing 2 (1999)
Singles from Lyricist Lounge, Volume One
"Body Rock" Released: March 3, 1998 "C.I.A. (Criminals In Action)" Released: November 10, 1998

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
The Source	[3]

Recording sessions took place at Temple of Soul, at Firehouse Studios, at Animation Sound, at Ozone Studios, at Soundtrack Studios, at Poke's Crib, at Animal Tracks Studios, at D's House, at Platinum Island Studios, at Unique Studios, at Mark Dann Recording Studios, at Rawkus Studios and at Circus Studios in New York City, at The Chop Shop in New Jersey, at the Red October Chemical Storage Facility in Los Angeles with additional recording at Westlake Audio.

Production was handled by Shawn J Period, 88-Keys, Kenny Diaz, Will Tell, Charlemagne, Curt Cowdy, Cut Chemist, Derrick Trotman, DJ Nu-Mark, DJ Scratch, El-P, Ge-Ology, G.M., Hi-Tek, Keith Horne, Megahertz, Native Sun, Nottz, Saul Williams, Stix Bones and V.I.C., with Danny Castro, Ant Marshall and Perry Landsberg serving as executive producers.

It features contributions from Bahamadia, Black Thought, Common, Company Flow, De La Soul, Jurassic 5, Kool Keith, KRS-One, Mos Def, Natural Elements, O.C., Pharoahe Monch, Punchline, Q-Tip, Rah Digga, Ras Kass, Saul Williams, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Talib Kweli, Tash, The Last Emperor, Thirstin Howl III, Wordsworth and Zack de la Rocha among others.

The album peaked at number 167 on the Billboard 200 and number 52 on the Top R&B Albums chart in the United States. It was preceded by two singles: "Body Rock" and "C.I.A. (Criminals In Action)". "Body Rock" peaked at #15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, #65 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, #29 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, and #11 on the Dance Singles Sales chart. "C.I.A. (Criminals In Action)" peaked at #33 on the Hot Rap Songs chart.