The Green Book

The Green Book is the third studio album by American hip hop duo Twiztid, released on July 1, 2003. Background After having established themselves with "grandiose" stage personas, Twiztid wanted The Green Book to be more personal in its lyrics; as Jamie Madrox explained, "We wanted people to see that inside those Shogun warriors there were people. After telling them stories about the mutants from Dimension X and all that, it was cool to try to personalize those characters more and let people into who we are as people." This was particularly evident in the song "Fat Kidz", which reflected Jamie's childhood weight issues in a way that he intended to "make being fat cool. ‘Be proud to be fat.’ It’s cool to be fat and try to empower those people who felt they were inferior." It name drops numerous plus-sized public figures and fictional characters, including Biggie Smalls, Chubb Rock, Chris Farley, John Candy, Big Pun, Kevin Smith, E-40, King Kong Bundy, Fat Joe, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Fat Albert, the Fat Boys and Grimace. Monoxide Child, Mike E. Clark, Fritz the Cat and the Soundsquad provided production for the album. Guests included Insane Clown Posse, Tech N9ne, E-40, Esham, Blaze Ya Dead Homie and Bushwick Bill. Release Majik Ninja Entertainment released the album on vinyl for the first time on August 19, 2016, leading to it charting at #1 on the Billboard vinyl sales chart.