Blood Money (Mobb Deep album)
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Released | May 2, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
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Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 59:56 | |||
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Blood Money is the seventh studio album by Mobb Deep, released on May 2, 2006. It is the group's only album on G-Unit & Interscope. It features guest appearances by G-Unit and Nyce. The album also features artists Mary J. Blige and Nate Dogg. Blood Money is the only Mobb Deep studio album to not feature Big Noyd.
Release
[edit]Blood Money was released on May 2, 2006,[1] by G-Unit Records and Interscope.[2] It was originally scheduled for an April 11 release, but the release was postponed to finish sample clearance.[3]
Critical reception
[edit]Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 55/100[4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Blender | [6] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[7] |
Pitchfork | 4.6/10[2] |
PopMatters | 5/10[1] |
Spin | [8] |
Stylus Magazine | D[9] |
USA Today | [10] |
Vibe | [11] |
XXL | XL (4/5)[12] |
Blood Money has received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 55, based on 17 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Commercial performance
[edit]In the United States, the album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 selling 106,000 units in its first week of release.[13][14] This entry at #3 on the Billboard 200 tied Mobb Deep's 4th album Murda Muzik for highest entry on the chart, with Murda Muzik entering the chart at #3 in 1999.
As of December 2006, Blood Money had sold 257,000 copies in the United States.[15] In his 2012 autobiography titled My Infamous Life, Prodigy claims the album went gold, with 500,000 copies sold.[16]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Smoke It" | 2:57 | ||
2. | "Put Em in Their Place" |
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| 4:00 |
3. | "Stole Something" (featuring Lloyd Banks) |
| Havoc | 3:57 |
4. | "Creep" (featuring 50 Cent) |
| Havoc | 4:01 |
5. | "Speaking So Freely" |
| Havoc | 3:11 |
6. | "Backstage Pass" (featuring 50 Cent) |
| K-Lassik Beats | 3:05 |
7. | "Give It to Me" (featuring Young Buck) |
| Profile | 3:08 |
8. | "Click Click" (featuring Tony Yayo) |
| Havoc | 4:25 |
9. | "Pearly Gates" (featuring 50 Cent) |
| Exile | 4:16 |
10. | "Capital P, Capital H" (featuring Nyce) |
| Product & Whitton | 4:15 |
11. | "Daydreamin'" |
| Chad Beat | 3:15 |
12. | "The Infamous" (featuring 50 Cent) |
| The Alchemist | 3:53 |
13. | "In Love with the Moula" |
| J.R. Rotem | 3:13 |
14. | "It's Alright" (featuring 50 Cent & Mary J. Blige) |
| Havoc | 4:25 |
15. | "Have a Party" (bonus track; featuring 50 Cent & Nate Dogg) |
| Fredwreck | 3:56 |
16. | "Outta Control (Remix)" (bonus track; featuring 50 Cent) |
| 4:07 | |
Total length: | 59:56 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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17. | "So Ill" |
| Ky Miller | 3:02 |
Total length: | 3:02 |
The bonus track "Have a Party" originally appeared on the Get Rich or Die Tryin' soundtrack, released in 2005. The other bonus track on the album, "Outta Control Remix", also originally appeared elsewhere, appearing as a bonus track on the re-release edition of 50 Cent's The Massacre. "Outta Control Remix" was also released as a single off of The Massacre and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Sample credits[17]
- "Stole Something" contains samples from "Puella Puella" by Man.
- "Creep" contains samples from "Dil Tha Akela Akela" by Lata Mangeshkar.
- "Speakin' So Freely" contains samples from "Solitude of the Mountains" by Gil Flat.
- "Give It to Me" contains samples from "Tujhe Yaad Na Meri AA Yee" by Jatin–Lalit.
- "Click Click" contains samples from the Knight Rider theme.
- "Pearly Gates" contains samples from "The Judgement Day" by Tavares.
- "The Infamous" contains samples from "Gangbusters" - written by F. Brathwaite - Scratch Mix by Grand Wizzard Theodore.
- "It's Alright" contains samples from "The Loneliest Man In Town" by Side Effect.
- "Have A Party" contains samples from "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.[18]
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] | 81 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] | 90 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21] | 6 |
French Albums (SNEP)[22] | 37 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] | 38 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[24] | 90 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] | 42 |
UK Albums (OCC)[26] | 70 |
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[27] | 96 |
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[28] | 6 |
US Billboard 200[29] | 3 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[30] | 1 |
Year-end charts
[edit]Chart (2006) | Position |
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US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[31] | 71 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Huff, Quentin B. (May 15, 2006). "Mobb Deep: Blood Money". PopMatters. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ a b Breihan, Tom (June 12, 2006). "Mobb Deep: Blood Money". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Moss, Corey (March 15, 2006). "50 Cent Says Eminem Wants Him To Hold Off On Summer LP". MTV. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ "Blood Money by Mobb Deep". Metacritic.
- ^ Kellman, Andy. Blood Money at AllMusic
- ^ Eells, Josh. "The Guide: Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Blender. New York. Archived from the original on December 6, 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Watson, Margeaux (April 28, 2006). "The Reviews: Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Entertainment Weekly. New York. p. 135. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Fennessey, Sean (April 2006). "Reviews: Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Spin. Vol. 22, no. 4. New York. p. 95. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Cohen, Ian (May 3, 2006). "Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Jones, Steve (May 2, 2006). "Neil Young goes to 'War'; Pearl Jam joins the battle". USA Today. p. D.10. Archived from the original on July 12, 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ "Revolutions: Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Vibe. April 2006. p. 149. Retrieved May 12, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Johnson, Gregory (May 2006). "Critical Beatdown: Mobb Deep – Blood Money". XXL. New York: Harris Publications. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ "Unreleased Cuts Enrich Mobb Deep Best-Of". Billboard. August 18, 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Crosley, Hillary (October 28, 2006). "Game Plan". Billboard. p. 32. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ "Winners & Losers 2006". Billboard. December 9, 2006. p. 31. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Johnson & Checkoway 2012, p. 259.
- ^ Mobb Deep (2006). Blood Money (liner notes). G-Unit Records/Interscope Records. 0602498520673.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (May 29, 2020). "The Number Ones: Joan Jett And The Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'N Roll"". Stereogum. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 191.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Mobb Deep – Blood Money" (in French). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Mobb Deep Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Mobb Deep – Blood Money" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Mobb Deep Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "Mobb Deep Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "2006 Year-End Charts – Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
Works cited
[edit]- Johnson, Albert; Checkoway, Laura (2012). My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy. Touchstone Books. ISBN 978-1-4391-4933-1.