Ryde or Die Vol. 1 is the first compilation album by American hip-hop collective and record label Ruff Ryders. It was released on April 27, 1999 via Interscope Records. Recording sessions took place at Platinum Island Studios, Powerhouse Studios, Soundworks Recording Studio and DMH Studios in New York City and at Festival Studios in New Orleans. Production was handled by Swizz Beatz, Dave "Jam" Hall, DJ Clue?, Jay "Icepick" Jackson, Joaquin "Waah" Dean, Ken "Duro" Ifill and P. Killer Trackz. In the United States, the album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, with roughly 285,000 copies sold in its first week. It received a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America on June 2, 1999 for selling 1,000,000 units in the US alone. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryde_or...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)