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Release Date
1 January 2007
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Length
19 tracks
Ultimate Victory is southern rapper Chamillionaire's second album. It was released on September 18, 2007 and sold 79,000 copies in the first week. Currently Ultimate Victory sales are at 215,000 in the U.S. as of May 1, 2008.
Guests on the album are Krayzie Bone, Lil Wayne, Pimp C, Slick Rick, KC, Tony Henry, Bun B, Lloyd, Lil' Ken, and Devin the Dude. Chamillionaire announced that his first official single off Ultimate Victory is "Hip Hop Police" featuring Slick Rick and produced by J. R. Rotem. The second single is "The Evening News", which was the second part of the "Hip Hop Police" video. Chamillionaire will release music videos in sequential order to make it seem like a mini movie. The first video, "Hip Hop Police", premiered in full, along with "Evening News", on July 26 on BET Access Granted.
The song "The Bill Collecta" featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Krayzie Bone, was serviced to radio on September 18, 2007. It was going to be made into a video, but was turned into a street single instead.
The song titled "Rock Star" featuring Lil' Wayne was featured in the movie "Never back down"
The song titled "Industry Groupie" from the album heavily samples the song "The Final Countdown" by Europe. The song used the same beat with a hip hop twist. Like "The Bill Collecta" it was going to become a video, but became a street single.
Chamillionaire kept the album clean (no swearing, no explicit sexual references, no violence) and 'n-word free. Chamillionaire says that he made this decision after hearing white fans rap to his "n-words" in his previous album. He said that he wasn't gonna make a big deal of not cursing and release the album with other rappers cursing, but then said he had to make a "political decision" to keep the album clean. Also while on Larry King Live on December 4, 2007 he said that it was a "moral decision" to not say the n-word on Ultimate Victory. There was a Explicit Version leaked onto the internet but the track "Pimp Mode" was left censored but unlike the retail version of the album it was censored by a gunshot.
Explicit versions of "Rock Star" featuring Lil Wayne and "You Must Be Crazy" featuring Famous have been released on Chamilitary's MySpace page.
On September 14, 2007, Chamillionaire, Famous and Slick Rick appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and performed "Hip Hop Police." On September 18, 2007, Chamillionaire, Famous, and Slick Rick appeared on Total Request Live and performed "Hip Hop Police". On September 19, 2007, Chamillionaire along with Famous & Slick Rick performed "Hip Hop Police" on BET's 106 & Park. Later in October he made an exclusive visit for the first time to India, and performed live rapping at Bottles & Chimneys, Hyderabad to the beats of DJ Shaun (Shaun Ryder).
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