Understand This

Understand This.
Studio album by Grand Puba
Released	October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23)
Recorded	2000–2001
Studio	ACME Studios (Mamaroneck, NY)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	54:47
Label	Koch
Producer	Grand Puba (also exec.) Lord Jamar
Grand Puba chronology
2000 (1995) Understand This. (2001) Retroactive (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
HipHopDX	3/5[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Understand This is the third solo studio album by American rapper and record producer Grand Puba. It was released on October 23, 2001 through Koch Records. Recording sessions took place at Acme Recording Studios in Mamaroneck, New York. Production was handled by Grand Puba and Lord Jamar. It features guest appearances from Tiffany Johnson, Khadijah Mohammed, The Restless, and fellow Brand Nubian members Sadat X and Lord Jamar. The album did not reach the Billboard 200, however, it peaked at number 32 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 12 on the Independent Albums charts in the United States. The album produced three singles: "Understand This", "Up & Down", and "Issues".

• Maxwell "Grand Puba" Dixon – vocals, arrangement, producer (tracks: 1-14, 16-10), executive producer
• Khadijah Islah Mohammed – chorus (tracks: 1, 2, 12, 18)
• Tiffany Johnson – vocals (tracks: 4, 8, 17)
• Derek "Sadat X" Murphy – vocals (track 8), chorus (track 15)
• Lorenzo "Lord Jamar" Dechalus – vocals (track 18), producer (track 15)
• The Restless – vocals (track 19)
• Plat-Numb Mike – engineering (tracks: 1-9, 11-14, 16-20), mixing
• Jim Albert – engineering (tracks: 10, 15)
• Jeff Gilligan – artwork, design
• Güler Ugar – photography

• Grand Puba – Understand This at Discogs (list of releases)