State of the Arts is the third solo studio album by American rapper Afu-Ra. It was released on June 14, 2005 via Lifeforce Records and Decon. Recording sessions took place at the Wax Museum in Brooklyn and at Crib Studios. Production was handled by P.F. Cuttin', Eric Weis, Big Syphe, Bronze Nazareth, Compressor Beats, DJ Kemo, DJ Premier, DJ Roach, Natty Dread, Preservation, and Afu-Ra himself. It features guest appearances from Gentleman, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Kardinal Offishall, Lady Blue, Masta Killa, Q and Royce da 5'9". The album was supported by three singles: "Poisonous Taoist/Sucka Free", "Why Cry" and "God of Rap". The latter was featured in 2005 video game NBA Live 06. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_o...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)