Universal Smash Hits, Vol. 3

Various Artists
1 disc

1. Lean Back - Fat Joe/Terror Squad/Remy - (featuring Fat Joe/Remy)
2. Breathe, Stretch, Shake - Mase/Diddy
3. Locked Up - Akon
4. Slow Motion - Juvenile
5. My Place - Jaheim/Nelly - (featuring Jaheim)
6. Go DJ - Lil Wayne
7. Wat da Hook Gon Be - Jermaine Dupri/Murphy Lee - (featuring Jermaine Dupri)
8. Sweet Home AL - B.A.M.A.
9. Nasty Girl - Nitty
10. Leave (Get Out) - JoJo
11. Move Ya Body - Nina Sky
12. Rumors - Lindsay Lohan
13. Suga Suga - Baby Bash
14. Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters
15. Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
16. Running Blind - Godsmack
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 000369202

Credits

Producer

Scott Storch; Rick Rock; Dani Kartel; Mannie Fresh; Jermaine Dupri; Brian Morris; Frank Ross; Michael Moog; Karlin; Soulshock; Elijah Wells; Lionel Birmingham; Happy Perez; Sully Erna; Rick Parashar; Scissor Sisters; Robert Martinez; LROC; Peter Wade Keusch; Aliaune Thiam; Scott Storch; Rick Rock; Dani Kartel; Doe; Mannie Fresh; Jermaine Dupri; LROC; Briam Miller; Brian Morris; Frank Ross; Robert "Nezz" Martinez; Michael Moog; Karlin; Soulshock; Elijah Wells; Lionel Birmingham; Cory Rooney; Peter Keusch; Happy Perez; Sully Erna; Rick Parashar; Scissor Sisters

Engineer

Mannie Fresh; Happy Perez; Robert Martinez; Greg Morganstein; Dave Junco; Brian Frye; Josh Brochhausen; Serge Tsai; James Hoover; Kent Hertz; Peter Wade Keusch; Aliaune Thiam; James Bevelle; Chris Avedon; Carl Nappa

Personnel: Jabba (vocals); Billy Odum (guitar); Taurus Caine, Big Byrd (programming); Danny Mosley, Tre Sis, Tam Cobb, June Aja, Gabriel Cobb, Angela Cobb, Kim Moore Johnson (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Jermaine Dupri; Elijah Wells; Lionel Bermingham; Happy Perez; Scissor Sisters; Kevin "KD" Davis; Supa Engineer "Dura"; Electric Pete; David Bottrill; Dave Junco; Josh Brochhausen; Derek Pacuk; James Hoover; Juvenile; Phil Tan; Randy Staub ; Richard Travali; Leslie Brathwaite; James Bevelle; Fabian Marasciullo.
Arrangers: Karlin; Soulshock.
It comes as little surprise that UNIVERSAL SMASH HITS 3 contains some of the biggest singles from 2004, considering, as the title implies, the compilation draws from one of the world's largest record companies. What's more impressive is the way the collection rambles across the spectrum of pop, presenting its selections with the artistry of a crafted mixtape, as opposed to a haphazard assembly of hit songs.
UNIVERSAL SMASH HITS 3 opens with chart-topping hip-hop of many hues, shifting from the fierce "Lean Back" by Terror Squad to the Senegalese-flavored soulfulness of "Locked Up" by Akon to Juvenile's smooth "Slow Motion." Midway through the set, SMASH HITS 3 drops in a couple of lesser-known, but strong, rap singles in B.A.M.A.'s Lynyrd Skynyrd-sampling "Sweet Home Al" and Nitty's raw "Nasty Girl," before switching to pop with Lindsay Lohan and Nina Sky. The coolest one-two punch of the collection comes near the end, when Baby Bash's excellent ballad, the genre-bending "Suga Suga," is followed by the gender-bending Scissor Sisters' 1970s-throwback number "Take Your Mama," one of the most overlooked singles of the year.