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Its second set, Expansion Team, was released in 2001 led by The Alchemist-produced \"Worst Comes to Worst,\" which utilized a vocal sample from Mobb Deep's \"Survival of the Fittest\" and a musical sample from William Bell's \"I Forgot to be Your Lover.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe group's third album, Neighborhood Watch, was released in 2004 and debuted at #55 on USA's Billboard 200 Albums Chart. In addition to the Kanye West-produced single \"This Way,\" it featured the single \"Who's Who?\" which was also included as a track on the Need for Speed: Underground and SSX 3 soundtracks. It peaked at #35 on the UK Singles Chart.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"20-20","title":"20\/20","description":"\u003cp\u003eDilated Peoples is the Los Angeles hip hop trio that achieved great success in the underground hip hop community during the Nineties and Zeroes. The trio consisted of Evidence, Rakaa Iriscience and DJ Babu. 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