Track listing

1. "The Horror" – 4:11
2. "Salud" – 0:38
3. "Smoke & Mirrors" – 4:26
4. "Good Times Roll Pt.2" – 4:57
5. "Final Frontier" – 4:25
   • featuring Blueprint
     Blueprint (rapper)
     Blueprint is an American rapper and hip hop producer from Columbus, Ohio. He is the founder and owner of Weightless Recordings and is also signed to Rhymesayers Entertainment...
     
     
6. "Ghostwriter" – 5:17
   • samples Betty Wright "Secretary"
7. "Cut Out to FL" – 3:42
8. "F.H.H." – 4:31
   • featuring Jakki da Motamouth
9. "Shot in the Dark" – 1:21
10. "Chicken-Bone Circuit" – 3:54
11. "The Proxy" – 2:14
12. "2 More Dead" – 5:17
13. "Take the Picture Off" – 1:02
14. "Silver Fox" – 3:31
15. "June" – 6:03
    • featuring Copywrite
      Copywrite (hip-hop)
      Peter William Nelson is an underground hip hop artist from Columbus, Ohio. His ancestry consists of mixed Irish and Italian...
      
      
16. "Work" – 11:39
    • Includes bonus track "Here's What's Left"

• "Ghostwriter" was featured in a 2005 UK TV advertisement for Anadin Extra
  Anadin
  Anadin is a brand of painkiller sold in the UK and Ireland by Wyeth.Several different types of painkiller are sold under the brand. , these include:* Anadin Original - aspirin and caffeine based* Anadin paracetamol tablets - launched in 1988...
  
  , as well as in the opening credits to the 2004 romantic comedy Wimbledon
  Wimbledon (film)
  Wimbledon is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine. The film centers on a washed-up tennis pro named Peter Colt and an up-and-coming tennis star named Lizzie Bradbury during the Wimbledon Championships.The film was dedicated to Mark McCormack, who died on 16 May 2003 after...
  
   and 2005 romantic comedy Prime
  Prime (film)
  Prime is a 2005 American romantic comedy film starring Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep and Bryan Greenberg. It was written and directed by Ben Younger...
  
  . In America it is featured in advertisements for Wells Fargo
  Wells Fargo
  Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...
  
   bank. In addition, It was also used in the 2011 short film 'A Brief History of Title Design' created by the website Art of the Title.
• "Smoke and Mirrors" was featured in the 2004 Skate Video "Paul Rodriguez's Forecast" in which the track was used in Paul Rodriguez's part.
• Early copies included a "hidden" song on the same track as "Work", titled "Here's What's Left." A slow, wistful track making use of sampled vocals, much like "Smoke and Mirrors". Def Jux was forced to drop it from later pressings due to a sample clearance problem.

Samples

• "The Horror"
  • The theme music from the TV series The New Scooby-Doo Movies
    The New Scooby-Doo Movies
    The New Scooby-Doo Movies is the second incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. It premiered on September 9, 1972 and ran for two seasons on CBS as the only hour-long Scooby-Doo series...
    
    
  • "Hey Hey" by Gershon Kingsley
    Gershon Kingsley
    Gershon Kingsley a contemporary German American composer, is well known as a pioneer of electronic music and the Moog synthesizer and founder of the First Moog Quartet, as a partner in the famous electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, and for his rock-inspired compositions for Jewish religious...
    
    
  • Various vocal samples from the TV series The Twilight Zone
    The Twilight Zone
    The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
    
    
  • "Bad" by the Jimmy Castor Bunch
• "Salud"
  • "Introduction" by Lol Coxhill
    Lol Coxhill
    Lowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur...
    
     (from his album Ear of the Beholder)
• "Good Times Roll Pt. 2"
  • "Tiger" by Brian Auger
    Brian Auger
    Brian Auger is a jazz and rock keyboardist, who has specialized in playing the Hammond organ.A jazz pianist, bandleader, session musician and Hammond B3 player, Auger has played or toured with artists such as Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Sonny Boy Williamson, Led Zeppelin, Eric Burdon...
    
    
  • "Nobody But You, Babe" by Clarence Reid
    Blowfly (artist)
    Blowfly is the stage name and alternate persona of Clarence Reid , who was a songwriter for many hit R&B acts in the 1960s and 1970s. As Blowfly, he has recorded numerous albums, mostly of sex-based parodies of other songs, as well as original raps themed around sex...
    
    
  • "Brakhage" by Stereolab
• "The Final Frontier"
  • "The Show Is Over" by Evelyn "Champagne" King
  • "Roundabout" by Yes
    Yes (band)
    Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
    
    
• "Smoke and Mirrors"
  • "Who Knows" by Marion Black
    Marion Black
    Marion Black is an American soul singer and songwriter from Columbus, Ohio, best known for his 1970 song "Who Knows". The track was prominently sampled by the American musician RJD2 in the song, "Smoke and Mirrors," from his 2002 album, Deadringer....
    
    
  • "Waterfall" by Cris Williamson
    Cris Williamson
    Cris Williamson is an American feminist singer-songwriter, who achieved fame as a recording artist, and who was a pioneer as a visible lesbian political activist, during a time when few who were not connected to the Lesbian community were aware of Gay and Lesbian issues...
    
    
  • "Jupiter Child" by Steppenwolf
    Steppenwolf (band)
    Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...
    
    
• "Ghostwriter"
  • "I Didn't Understand" by Elliott Smith
    Elliott Smith
    Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity...
    
    
  • "Secretary" by Betty Wright
    Betty Wright
    Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name, Betty Wright , is a Grammy winning Miami-based soul and R&B singer-songwriter, who won fame in the 1970s with hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night"...
    
    
  • "Timesteps" by Wendy Carlos
    Wendy Carlos
    Wendy Carlos is an American composer and electronic musician. Carlos first came to notice in the late 1960s with recordings made on the Moog synthesizer, then a relatively new and unknown instrument; most notable were LPs of synthesized Bach and the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's film A...
    
     and "William Tell Overture" (from the soundtrack to the film A Clockwork Orange
    A Clockwork Orange (film)
    A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick...
    
    )
  • "Outside Woman Blues" by Cream
    Cream (band)
    Cream were a 1960s British rock supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker...
    
    
  • "A Taste of Honey" by Paul Desmond
    Paul Desmond
    Paul Desmond , born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best known for the work he did in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for penning that group's greatest hit, "Take Five"...
    
    
  • "Ready or Not Here I Come" by The Delfonics
    The Delfonics
    The Delfonics are a pioneering Philadelphia soul singing group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their most notable hits include "La-La ", "Didn't I ", "Break Your Promise," "I'm Sorry," and "Ready or Not Here I Come "...
    
    
• "Cut Out to Fl"
  • "It's Better to Have No Love" by Gloria Scott
  • "I'll Never Be Ashamed" by The Sylvers
    The Sylvers
    The Sylvers were a popular R&B/soul and disco family group during the 1970s. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, the family would later relocate to Watts, California.- Beginnings :...
    
    
• "F.H.H."
  • "Universal Mind" by Mystic Moods
• "Shot in the Dark"
  • "I Still See You (Theme from The Go-Between
    The Go-Between (film)
    The Go-Between is Harold Pinter's 1970 film adaptation of the novel by L. P. Hartley. A British production directed by Joseph Losey, it stars Dominic Guard , Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave, Michael Gough and Edward Fox.Pinter's screenplay—his final collaboration...
    
    )" by Michel Legrand
    Michel Legrand
    Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...
    
    
  • "The Assassin" (from the Children's storybook LP The Incredible Hulk)
• "Chicken-Bone Circuit"
  • "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
    
     (live version from the album The Song Remains the Same
    The Song Remains the Same (album)
    Upon its initial release in 1976, the album received some poor reviews, with some critics considering it to be over-produced and lumbering. Indeed, the band's members themselves have since expressed a lack of fondness for the recording...
    
    )
  • "Cold Sweat" by Mongo Santamaría
    Mongo Santamaría
    Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All...
    
    
  • "Part 1" by The Groupies - Spoken Word
• "Take the Picture Off"
  • "The Walrus of Love" by Franklin Ajaye
• "The Proxy"
  • Pat Metheny
    Pat Metheny
    Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
    
    's performance of the first movement of Steve Reich
    Steve Reich
    Stephen Michael "Steve" Reich is an American composer who together with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass is a pioneering composer of minimal music...
    
    's "Electric Counterpoint"
• "2 More Dead"
  • "Third Child" by Billy Eckstine
    Billy Eckstine
    William Clarence Eckstine was an American singer of ballads and a bandleader of the swing era. Eckstine's smooth baritone and distinctive vibrato broke down barriers throughout the 1940s, first as leader of the original bop big-band, then as the first romantic black male in popular...
    
    
  • "Concrete Reservation" by Syl Johnson
    Syl Johnson
    Syl Johnson is an American blues and soul singer and record producer.-Biography:Born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States, Johnson sang and played with blues artists Magic Sam, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf in the 1950s, before recording with Jimmy Reed...
    
    
• "Silver Fox"
  • "Behold, the Only Thing Greater Than Yourself" by Quincy Jones
    Quincy Jones
    Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
    
    
  • "Follow Your Heart" by The Manhattans
    The Manhattans
    The Manhattans are an American popular R&B vocal group, with a string of hit records spanning four decades. Their best known million-selling songs being "Kiss and Say Goodbye" and 'Shining Star' in 1980...
    
    
• "June"
  • "There's a D.J. in Your Town" by Samson and Delilah
  • "The Four Seasons of Taurus" by Mort Garson
    Mort Garson
    Mort Garson who was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, was an electronic musician best known for his albums that predominantly feature Moog synthesizers.-Early life:...
    
    
    • The B-side remix of "June" starts with a sample of "2/1" by Brian Eno
      Brian Eno
      Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
      
      .
• "Work"
  • "Something You Got" by Alvin Robinson
    Alvin Robinson
    Alvin L Robinson is an American professional mixed martial artist currently fighting as a lightweight for the Bellator Fighting Championships. He is a former Ring of Fire lightweight champion...
    
    
  • "Seers of the Truth" by Golden Avatar
• "Here's What's Left"
  • "The Black Frost" by Grover Washington Jr.
  • "Silent Running" by David Matthews
    David Matthews
    David Matthews may refer to:* Dave Matthews , singer/guitarist of the Dave Matthews Band* David Matthews , MP for Swansea East 1919–1922* David Matthews , American bi-racial author...
    
    
  • "Wish I Could Talk to You" by The Sylvers
    The Sylvers
    The Sylvers were a popular R&B/soul and disco family group during the 1970s. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, the family would later relocate to Watts, California.- Beginnings :...
    
    
  • "Memories Are Here to Stay" by The Intruders
    The Intruders
    The Intruders were an American soul music group most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. As one of the first groups to have hit songs under the direction of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, they had a major influence on the development of Philadelphia soul....
    
    

External links

• Definitive Jux official site
• A partial list of RJD2 samples