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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->

{{Infobox album

| Name = I'm Not Playin'

| Type name = [[Album]]I'm Not Playin'

| Artisttype = Ultimate= Force[[Album]]

| Cover artist = I'm NotUltimate Playin'.jpgForce

| Releasedcover = MarchI'm 26,Not 2007Playin'.jpg

| Recordedalt = 1988-1989 =

| Genre released = [[Hip hopMarch music|Hip26, hop]]2007

| Length recorded = 52:481988–1989

| venue =

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

| studio =

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

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

| 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

{{Album ratings

| Name name = I'm Not Playin'

| type = [[Album]]

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

| single1date = 1989

| single2 = Girls

| single2date = 2007

}}

|}}

{{AlbumMusic ratings

| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]

| rev1Score ={{Rating|4.5|5}} [<ref>{{AllmusicAllMusic|class=album|id=r1032517|pure_urllast=yesPurdom|first=Clayton|access-date=9 May 2025}} link]</ref>

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

}}

'''''I'm Not Playin'''''' is the 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.

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==Track listing==

*All tracks produced by [[Diamond D]], except track 7 produced by [[Jazzy Jay]]

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

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

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

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

|-

|1

|"Another Hit"

|Diamond D, Jazzy Jay

|Master Rob

|-

|2

|"C'Mon"

|Diamond D

|Fat Joe, Master Rob

|-

|3

|"Girls"

|Diamond D

|Master Rob

|-

|4

|"I Gotta Go"

|Diamond D

|Master Rob

|-

|5

|"I'm in Effect"

|Diamond D

|Master Rob

|-

|6

|"Oh, Shit"

|Diamond D

|GizmoGismo, Saladeem, Fat Joe, Kid Seville, Master Rob

|-

|7

|"I'm Not Playin'"

|Jazzy Jay

|Master Rob

|-

|8

|"One of the All-Time Greats"

|Diamond D, Jazzy Jay

|Master Rob

|-

|9

|"Revolution of the Mind"

|Diamond D

|Master Rob

|-

|10

|"Smooth as Suede"

|Diamond D

|Master Rob

|-

|11

|"Supreme Diamond D"

|Diamond D, Jazzy Jay

|Master Rob

|-

|12

|"Tuff (So Damn)"

|Diamond D

|Master Rob

|}

==Album singlesReferences==

{{reflist}}

{| class="wikitable"

! Single information

|-

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

*Released: 1989

*B-side:

|-

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

*Released: 2007

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

|}

{{Diamond D}}

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