Blood Money (Mobb Deep album)

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Blood Money
Right Track Recording (New York)
  • Digital Insight (Las Vegas)
  • Record Plant (Los Angeles)
  • Nate's Crib
  • Sound on Sound (New York)
  • Record One (Los Angeles)
  • GenreHip hop
    Length59:56
    Label
    J.R. Rotem
  • K-Lassik Beats
  • Ky Miller
  • Mike Elizondo
  • Product & Whitton
  • Profile
  • Mobb Deep chronology
    Amerikaz Nightmare
    (2004)
    Blood Money
    (2006)
    The Infamous Mobb Deep
    (2014)
    Singles from Blood Money
    1. "Have a Party"
      Released: March 2, 2006
    2. "
      Put Em in Their Place
      "

      Released: March 14, 2006
    3. "Give It to Me"
      Released: May 2, 2006
    4. "Creep"
      Released: 2006

    Blood Money is the seventh

    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

    Blood Money was released on May 2, 2006,

    Critical reception

    Professional ratings
    Aggregate scores
    SourceRating
    Metacritic55/100[4]
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[5]
    Blender[6]
    Entertainment WeeklyA−[7]
    Pitchfork4.6/10[2]
    PopMatters5/10[1]
    Spin[8]
    Stylus MagazineD[9]
    USA Today[10]
    Vibe[11]
    XXLXL (4/5)[12]

    Blood Money has received generally mixed reviews from

    , 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

    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

    No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
    1."Smoke It"
    • Outta Control (Remix)" (bonus track; featuring 50 Cent)
    4:07
    Total length:59:56
    UK bonus track
    No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
    1."So Ill"
    • Johnson
    • Muchita
    • Miller
    Ky Miller3:02
    Total length:3:02

    The bonus track "

    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

    Weekly charts

    Chart (2006) Peak
    position
    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
    Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 42
    UK Albums (OCC)[25] 70
    US Billboard 200[26] 3
    US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[27] 1

    Year-end charts

    Chart (2006) Position
    US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[28] 71

    References

    1. ^ a b Huff, Quentin B. (May 15, 2006). "Mobb Deep: Blood Money". PopMatters. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    2. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (June 12, 2006). "Mobb Deep: Blood Money". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    3. ^ Moss, Corey (March 15, 2006). "50 Cent Says Eminem Wants Him To Hold Off On Summer LP". MTV. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    4. ^ "Blood Money by Mobb Deep". Metacritic.
    5. AllMusic
    6. ^ Eells, Josh. "The Guide: Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Blender. New York. Archived from the original on December 6, 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    7. ^ Watson, Margeaux (April 28, 2006). "The Reviews: Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Entertainment Weekly. New York. p. 135. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    8. ^ Fennessey, Sean (April 2006). "Reviews: Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Spin. Vol. 22, no. 4. New York. p. 95. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    9. ^ Cohen, Ian (May 3, 2006). "Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    10. ^ 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.
    11. ^ "Revolutions: Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Vibe. April 2006. p. 149. Retrieved May 12, 2012.[permanent dead link]
    12. ^ 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.
    13. ^ "Unreleased Cuts Enrich Mobb Deep Best-Of". Billboard. August 18, 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    14. ^ Crosley, Hillary (October 28, 2006). "Game Plan". Billboard. p. 32. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    15. ^ "Winners & Losers 2006". Billboard. December 9, 2006. p. 31. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    16. ^ Johnson & Checkoway 2012, p. 259.
    17. ^ Mobb Deep (2006). Blood Money (liner notes). G-Unit Records/Interscope Records. 0602498520673.
    18. ^ Breihan, Tom (May 29, 2020). "The Number Ones: Joan Jett And The Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'N Roll"". Stereogum. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
    19. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 191.
    20. ^ "Ultratop.be – Mobb Deep – Blood Money" (in French). Hung Medien.
    21. ^ "Mobb Deep Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
    22. ^ "Lescharts.com – Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Hung Medien.
    23. Phononet GmbH
      .
    24. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Mobb Deep – Blood Money". Hung Medien.
    25. ^ "Mobb Deep | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
    26. ^ "Mobb Deep Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
    27. ^ "Mobb Deep Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
    28. ^ "2006 Year-End Charts – Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.

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