Home Field Advantage is the debut studio album by American hip hop group The High & Mighty. It was released on August 24, 1999 via Rawkus Records. Recording sessions took place at the Muthafuckin' Spot on Lexington. Production was produced mostly by member DJ Mighty Mi, but also featured production from Alchemist and Reef. It features guest appearances from Bobbito García, Cage, Defari, Eminem, Evidence, Kool Keith, Mad Skillz, Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, Thirstin Howl III, What? What? and Wordsworth. The album peaked at number 193 on the Billboard 200, number 45 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number 11 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States. The single "B-Boy Document '99" reached number 63 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 7 on the Hot Rap Songs, and was later appeared on the soundtrack of 2000 video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. The single "Dick Starbuck "Porno Detective"" made it to number 37 on the Hot Rap Songs.

Track listing 

Notes
Track 4 contains a sample of "Get This Thing Down" written by Michael Vernon, DeLisle Harper, Glen LeFleur, Joe Jammer and Pete Wingfield and performed by Olympic Runners, and a sample of "No Delayin'" written by Gregory Mays and Darryl Barnes and performed by Nice & Smooth.
Track 5 contains a sample of "Polarizer" written by Brad Baker, Lance Quinn and Joe Thomas and performed by Joe Thomas.
Track 15 contains a sample of "Chanting" written by Andrew Marks and London McDaniels and performed by Rasa.
Track 17 contains a sample of "Been A Long Time" written by Eric Barrier, William Griffin, Charles Bobbit, James Brown and Bobby Byrd and performed by Rakim.

Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes, AllMusic, ASCAP and Discogs.

 Eric "Mr. Eon" Meltzer — vocals, executive producer, sleeve notes
 Milo "DJ Mighty Mi" Berger — scratches (track 18), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 12, 14, 18, 19), recording, mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8-10, 12, 14, 18, 19), executive producer, sleeve notes
 Troy "Pharoahe Monch" Jamerson — vocals (track 2)
 Michael "Evidence" Perretta — vocals (track 3)
 Duane "Defari" Johnson — vocals (track 3)
 Rashida Jones — additional vocals (track 4)
 She Speaks — additional vocals (tracks: 4, 8)
 Dante "Mos Def" Smith — vocals (track 5)
 Donnie "Mad Skillz" Lewis — vocals (tracks: 5, 12)
 Marshall "Eminem" Mathers — vocals (track 6)
 Steve "Lord Sear" Watson — vocals (track 7), beatboxing (track 19)
 Paul Rosenberg — vocals (track 7)
 Chris "Cage" Palko — vocals (track 10)
 Keith Matthew "Kool Keith" Thornton — vocals (track 14)
 Tsidi "Jean Grae" Ibrahim — vocals (track 14)
 Bobbito Garcia — vocals (track 14)
 Vinson "Wordsworth" Johnson — vocals (track 17)
 Victor "Thirstin Howl III" DeJesus — vocals (track 17)
 Jonathan Miles "Shecky Green" Shecter — voice (track 19)
 Evan "DJ EV" Hitch — scratches (track 4)
 Rob "Reef" Tewlow — additional programming (track 4), drum programming (track 14), producer & mixing (tracks: 13, 15)
 Mark Ronson — additional programming (track 4)
 Vere Isaacs — bass (tracks: 5, 6)
 Sébastien "DJ Sebb" Vuignier — scratches (track 5)
 DJ Daze — scratches (tracks: 6, 9, 12, 13, 18)
 Daniel Alan "The Alchemist" Maman — producer & mixing (tracks: 3, 17)
 Kieran Walsh — engineering (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10)
 Miles "DJ Nastee" Balochian — engineering (tracks: 4, 14)
 Ken "Duro" Ifill — mixing (track 5)
 Bob Brown — engineering (track 8)
 Elliott Thomas — engineering (tracks: 9, 13, 17-19)
 Chris Theis — engineering (track 15)
 Tim Ronan — art direction, graphic design
 Arnold Steiner — graphic design
 Franck Khalfoun — photography

Charts

References

External links

1999 debut albums
Rawkus Records albums
Albums produced by the Alchemist (musician)