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| Name = I'm Not Playin'

{{Infobox album

| Type = [[Album]]

| Artistname = UltimateI'm Not ForcePlayin'

| Covertype = [[Album]]

| Releasedartist = 2007Ultimate Force

| cover = I'm Not Playin'.jpg

| Recorded = 1988-1990

| Genrealt = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]

| Lengthreleased = March 26, = 52:482007

| recorded = 1988–1989

| Label = [[Traffic Entertainment]]<br /><small>TEG-76528<small />

| venue =

| Producer = [[Diamond D]]<br />[[Jazzy Jay]]

| studio =

| Reviews = * [[AllMusic]] {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0zfqxzq5ldae link]

| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]

* [[RapReviews.com]] {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2008_02_imnotplayin.html link]

| length = 52:48

| Last album = ''[[The Diamond Mine]]'' <br /> (2005)

| Label label = [[Strong City Records|Strong City]]/[[Traffic Entertainment Group|Traffic Records]]<br /><small>TEG-76528</small />

| This album = '''''I'm Not Playin'''''' <br /> (2007)

| Nextproducer album = '''''[[TheDiamond Huge Hefner ChroniclesD]]''''' <br />[[Jazzy (2008)Jay]]

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| Producerartist = [[Diamond D]]<br />[[Jazzy Jay]]

| type = studio

| title = I'm Not Playin'

| year = 2007

| prev_title = [[The Diamond Mine (album)|The Diamond Mine]]

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = [[The Huge Hefner Chronicles]]

| next_year = 2008

}}

{{Singles

| Name name = I'm Not Playin'

| Type type = [[Album]]

| '''''"single1 = I'm Not Playing"'''''

| single1date = 1989

| single2 = Girls

| single2date = 2007

}}

|}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]

| rev1Score ={{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1032517|last=Purdom|first=Clayton|access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>

|rev2= RapReviews.com|rev2Score= {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jost |first1=Matt |title=Ultimate Force :: I'm Not Playin' :: Strong City Records/Traffic Entertainment Group |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2008_02_imnotplayin.html |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=RapReviews.com |date=February 26, 2008}}</ref>

}}

'''''I'm Not Playin'''''' is the first and only album recorded by the hip-hop duo Ultimate Force, which consisted of rapperemcee Master Rob and DJ/-producer [[Diamond D]]. The group was discovered and sponsored by [[Jazzy Jay]] in the late '80s1980s, and the album was recorded in his studio in the Bronx, New York, between 1988 and 1990. Ultimate Force was signed onto [[Strong City Records|Strong City]] at the time, but due to label politics and the shuttering of distributor [[Uni Records]], the album was shelved and for the longest time the only available material from the duo was the 12" single, "I'm Not Playin'", considered somewhat of an underground classic.

JazzyThe Jayrights collectedof the materialStrong fromCity thecatalogue shelvedwere albumeventually andacquired signed a deal withby Traffic Entertainment toGroup, finally releaseand the album was finally released in the middle of 2007. '''''I'm Not Playin'''''' iswas produced by [[Diamond D]] and all vocals arewere handled by Master Rob, Diamond D had not yet started rhyming. Guest apperancesappearances come from a young [[Fat Joe]] who appearsappeared on two songs, which are actually the earliest recordings of his. The CD release is a double-disc that includes the accapellas and instrumentals of eachall of the albumsalbum's tracks.

'''''I'm Not Playin'''''' is the first and only album recorded by the hip-hop duo Ultimate Force which consisted of rapper Master Rob and DJ/producer [[Diamond D]]. The group was discovered and sponsored by [[Jazzy Jay]] in the late '80s and the album was recorded in his studio in the Bronx, New York between 1988 and 1990. Ultimate Force was signed on [[Strong City]] at the time but due to label politics the album was shelved and for the longest time the only available material from the duo was the 12" single, "I'm Not Playin'", considered somewhat of an underground classic.

Jazzy Jay collected the material from the shelved album and signed a deal with Traffic Entertainment to finally release the album in the middle of 2007. '''''I'm Not Playin'''''' is produced by [[Diamond D]] and all vocals are handled by Master Rob, Diamond D had not yet started rhyming. Guest apperances come from a young [[Fat Joe]] who appears on two songs, which are actually the earliest recordings of his. The CD release is a double-disc that includes the accapellas and instrumentals of each of the albums tracks.

==Track listing==

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!align="center" width="5"|#

!align="center" width="150"|Title

!align="center" width="150"|Producer(s)

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|"C'Mon"

|Diamond D

|Fat Joe, Master Rob

|Master Rob, [[Fat Joe]]

|-

|3

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|5

|"I'm Inin Effect"

|Diamond D

|Master Rob

|-

|6

|"Oh, Shit"

|Diamond D

|Gizmo, Kid SevilleGismo, Saladeem, Fat Joe, Kid Seville, Master Rob

|-

|7

|"I'm Not PlayingPlayin'"

|Jazzy Jay, Diamond D

|Master Rob

|-

|8

|"One Ofof Thethe All -Time Greats"

|Diamond D, Jazzy Jay

|Master Rob

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|10

|"Smooth Asas Suede"

|Diamond D

|Master Rob

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==Album singlesReferences==

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! Single information

{{Diamond D}}

|-

| '''''"I'm Not Playing"'''''

*Released: 1989

*B-side:

|-

| '''''"Girls"'''''

*Released: 2007

*B-side: "I'm In Effect" / "Supreme Diamond D"

|}

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