Poison Pen (album)

Poison Pen is the third studio album by Chino XL, an American hip hop musician. It was released on January 31, 2006. Fans anticipated this release ever since Chino XL's Poison Pen: The Lost Tapes, which featured the tracks "Beastin'", "Our Time", and "Wordsmith". Poison Pen was released as a 2-disc special collector's edition. Every copy was autographed by Chino XL with a silver "poison pen". The album was executive produced and A&R'd by Chino's then manager Stacey Castro, who orchestrated guest appearances by her other clients, Proof of D-12, Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Killah Priest, and the Beatnuts.

Poison Pen
Studio album by Chino XL
Released	January 31, 2006[1]
Recorded	2005−2006
Genre	Hip Hop
Length	65:13
Label	Activate Entertainment
Producer	Dan Charnas One Eye Bird Carlos Bess N Kredible Proof Moss Gennessee Buff Billion
Chino XL chronology
I Told You So (2001) Poison Pen (2006) Something Sacred (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
RapReviews.com	[2]
Sputnikmusic	[3]

Track listing

Disc one

#	Title	Featured guest(s)	Producer	Length
1	Intro			0:22
2	Poison Pen		Dan Charnas	4:25
3	Even If It Kills Me		One Eye	4:01
4	Messiah		Jason Figueroa AKA Ghost	2:50
5	Wordsmith Intro			1:11
6	wordsmith		Larry Bird	5:11
7	Beastin'	Killah Priest	Carlos Bess	3:18
8	Skin		N Kredible	7:01
9	Don't Fail Me Now	The Beatnuts	Bird	4:06
10	Our Time	Proof	Proof, Moss	3:41
11	B-Boy Intro			1:09
12	B-Boy Gangsta		Bird	4:54
13	Talk To You		N Kredible	4:46
14	What You Lookin' At		Gennessee Lewis	4:32
15	Can't Change Me			5:12
16	All I Wanna Do... (Bout Nuthin')		N Kredible	5:10
17	Nunca (Bonus Track)		Carlos Bess	3:29
18	What You Got (Bonus Track)		Nick Wiz	4:19

Disc two

Disc two is a remixed version of the album by POWER 106's Mr. Choc. Sequencing is by JBoogie and SugaShack. It also includes descriptions of each track by Chino XL.

Bonus material

Aside from the Bonus Track "Nunca" at the end of "All I Wanna Do... (Bout Nuthin'), there are also bonus videos and links to unlock a special contest on the Poison Pen website.

Notes

The Song "Our Time (feat. Proof)" is also found on "Big Proof & Iron Fist present: Hand 2 Hand official Mixtape Instruction Manual" it is the song called "The Beats, The Rhymes" with Chino XL being featured.

• "Skin" Features interpolations from the film Identity

References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Chino-XL-Poison-Pen/release/792211
2. "Chino XL :: Poison Pen :: Activate Entertainment". Rapreviews.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
3. "Chino XL - Poison Pen (album review ) - Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.