Uncle Luke (album)

Uncle Luke
Studio album by Luke
Released	May 14, 1996 (1996-05-14)
Recorded	1995–96
Genre	Miami bass dirty rap
Length	1:14:06
Label	Luther Campbell Music
Producer	Hiriam Hicks (exec.) Luke (Also exec.) Darren "DJ Spin" Rudnick Doug E. Fresh Frankie Cutlass Ice Cube Rick & Jody Rick Smith Entertainment Rod XL S.M.K. Sean Pross Todd Terry
Luke chronology
Freak for Life (1994) Uncle Luke (1996) Changin' the Game (1997)
Singles from Uncle Luke
"Scarred" Released: April 2, 1996 "Bounce to Da Beat" Released: October 15, 1996

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Uncle Luke is the fifth studio album released by American rapper Luke. It was released on May 14, 1996, via Luther Campbell Music. Production was handled by Darren "DJ Spin" Rudnick, Rod XL, Doug E. Fresh, Frankie Cutlass, Ice Cube, Rick Smith Entertainment, Rick & Jody, S.M.K. Sean Pross and Todd Terry, with Hiriam Hicks serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Trick Daddy, Doug E. Fresh, Ice Cube, Lil Hop, Notorious B.I.G. and Verb.

Uncle Luke was a minor success, peaking at number 51 on the Billboard 200 and number 8 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The single, "Scarred", which made it to No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[2] and No. 7 on the Hot Rap Singles.

Uncle Luke was joint-distributed through Alliance Entertainment Corporation and the Island Black Music division of Island Records (though they weren't directly mentioned in name) and is the first and only Luke solo album released under the temporary new umbrella name, Luther Campbell Music after Luke Records went into bankruptcy, sold its catalog to Joseph "Lil' Joe" Weinberger (ultimately forming Lil' Joe Records) and went under reconstruction. The Luke Records name was almost instantly reinstated months later.