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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'

'''''I'm Not Playin'''''' is the first and only album recorded by the hip-hop duo Ultimate Force, which consisted of emcee Master Rob and DJ-producer [[Diamond D]]. The group was discovered and sponsored by [[Jazzy Jay]] in the late 1980s, and the album was recorded in his studio in the Bronx, New York, between 1988 and 1990. Ultimate Force was signed to [[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.

| 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 emcee Master Rob and DJ-producer [[Diamond D]]. The group was discovered and sponsored by [[Jazzy Jay]] in the late 1980s, and the album was recorded in his studio in the Bronx, New York, between 1988 and 1990. Ultimate Force was signed to [[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.

The rights of the Strong City catalogue were eventually acquired by Traffic Entertainment Group, and the album was finally released in the middle of 2007. '''''I'm Not Playin'''''' was produced by [[Diamond D]] and all vocals were handled by Master Rob, Diamond D had not yet started rhyming. Guest appearances come from a young [[Fat Joe]] who appeared 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 all of the album's tracks.

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|"Oh, Shit"

|Diamond D

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

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|7

|"I'm Not Playin'"

|Jazzy Jay, Diamond D

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==Album singlesReferences==

{{reflist}}

{| class="wikitable"

! 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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{{D.I.T.C.}}

[[Category:2007 albums]]