Nervous Breakdown (Fu-Schnickens album) explained

Nervous Breakdown is the second and final studio album by American hip hop group Fu-Schnickens. It was released October 25, 1994, via Jive Records. The album was produced by Rod 'KP' Kirkpatrick, Diamond D, K-Cut, Jim Nice, and Lyvio G. It peaked at number eighty-one on the Billboard 200 chart.

Release and reception

Nervous Breakdown peaked at eighty-one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the nineteenth spot on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote:

Bret Love at AllMusic wrote in retrospect that Nervous Breakdown showcased "an improved lyrical maturity among all three members" on a record that was "a frenzied, fast-paced roller coaster ride of originality that doesn't let up until the last song ends."

Track listing

Sample credits

• Track 1 contains a sample of "Dance Floor" written by Roger Troutman and Larry Troutman and performed by Roger Troutman.
• Track 2 contains a sample of "The Show" written by Richard Walters and D. Smith and performed by Slick Rick.
• Track 3 contains a sample of "Crooklyn" written by Jonathan Davis, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Kenyatta Blake, Duval Clear and Edward Archer and performed by The Crooklyn Dodgers.
• Track 7 contains a sample of "Hittin' Switches" written and performed by Erick Sermon.
• Track 11 contains a sample of "(Not Just) Knee Deep" written by George Clinton, Jr. and Philippé Wynne and performed by Funkadelic, and "360 Degrees" written and performed by Maxwell "Grand Puba" Dixon.

Personnel

• Roderick "Chip Fu" Roachford – main artist
• Lennox "Poc Fu" Maturine – main artist
• Joseph "Moc Fu" Jones – main artist
• Shaquille O'Neal – featured artist (track 10)
• Rod 'KP' Kirkpatrick – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11), mixing (track 7), re-mixing (track 11)
• Kevin "K-Cut" McKenzie – producer (tracks: 2, 10), mixing (track 10)
• J. "Jim Nice" Fields – producer (track 4)
• Joseph "Diamond D" Kirkland – producer (tracks: 5, 6)
• Lyvio R. Gay – producer (track 8)
• Kerry Crafton – recording (tracks: 1, 3, 9)
• Steve Neat – recording (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8, 9)
• Ron Allaire – mixing (tracks: 1-5, 9), recording (track 5)
• Adam Kudzin – recording (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8), engineering assistant (track 6), mixing (track 7)
• Chris Trevett – recording (track 2), mixing (track 6)
• Tim Latham – recording (tracks: 2, 6)
• Tony Smalios – recording (track 8)
• Troy Hightower – mixing (track 8)
• Anthony Saunders – recording (track 10)
• Gary Platt – recording (track 10)
• Gary Glugston – mixing (track 10)
• Rick Rooney – re-mixing (track 11)
• Tony Dawsey – mastering
• Carolyn Quan – design
• Carl Posey – photography