Label head/producer Irv Gotti, who has done high-profile work on albums by DMX, Ashanti, Big Pun, Ja Rule and numerous others, will release his first solo album, The Inc., on July 2nd, on his own Murder Inc. imprint of Def Jam.

The album, which is produced by Gotti's Top Dawg Productions, will feature guest appearances by Ja Rule, Ashanti and Charli "Chuck" Baltimore on the first single, "Down 4 U." Jennifer Lopez, Black Child, Caddillac Tah, Jody Mack, Vita, and Ronnie Bumps are among the others who make guest spots on the record.

Gotti is planning to direct the video for the album's second single, "Ride Wit Us" (featuring Mack, Black Child, 0-1, Merc, Bumps, D.O. and Caddillac Tah), in Los Angeles on June 21st.

The Inc. track listing:

Intro
Gangstafied
Down 4 U
No One Does It Better
It's Murda
The Pledge
Ride Wit Us
O.G.
The Rain
Here We Come
We Still Don't Give a Fuck
1 Hearse, 2 Suburbans
Ain't It Funny
Tha Nexx Nigguz
DC Joe Skit
Hold On

ANDREW DANSBY
(June 12, 2002)