Guerrilla Warfare (album)

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Guerrilla Warfare
Universal
ProducerMannie Fresh, Bryan "Baby" Williams (exec.), Ronald "Slim" Williams (exec.)
Hot Boys chronology
Get It How U Live!
(1997)
Guerrilla Warfare
(1999)
Let 'Em Burn
(2003)
Singles from Guerrilla Warfare
  1. "
    We On Fire
    "

    Released: June 10, 1999
  2. "I Need a Hot Girl"
    Released: September 20, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
The Source[3]
USA Today[4]
The Village Voice(dud)[5]

Guerrilla Warfare is the second

studio album by the New Orleans hip-hop group Hot Boys, released on July 27, 1999, on Cash Money Records. It was an instant hit, debuting at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums selling 142,000 copies in its first week,[6] and remains their most successful album as a group and with Cash Money Records
.

Produced by

I Need A Hot Girl" which also peaked at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100
.

The album was recorded in one week's time at the Circle House recording studio in Miami, according to group member Turk.[7]

Commercial performance

Guerrilla Warfare was

RIAA on November 1, 1999.[8]
The album has sold over 1,500,000 copies since its release.

Track listing

Guerrilla Warfare
No.TitleLength
1."Intro (Hot & Spicy)" (featuring Mannie Fresh)2:01
2."We on Fire"4:11
3."Respect My Mind"4:43
4."Help" (B.G.)5:18
5."Ridin’"4:59
6."Off Tha Porch" (Skit)1:18
7."Get Out Tha Way"5:07
8."Clear Tha Set" (Lil Wayne)3:55
9."I Feel"4:20
10."Boys At War"5:36
11."You Dig" (Juvenile))3:57
12."I Need a Hot Girl" (feat. Big Tymers)4:52
13."Tuesdays & Thursdays"4:17
14."Bout Whatever" (Young Turk))4:12
15."Sick Uncle" (Skit)1:29
16."Shoot 1st" (featuring Paparue)5:01
17."Too Hot"4:55
Total length:70:11

All tracks are produced by Mannie Fresh

Charts

See also

  • List of number-one R&B albums of 1999 (U.S.)

References

  1. AllMusic
    . Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  2. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original
    on May 7, 2002. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  3. ^ Maddox, Lamar (September 1999). "Record Report: Hot Boys – Guerilla Warfare". The Source. No. 120. New York. p. 301.
  4. ^ Jones, Steve (July 27, 1999). "Hot Boys, Philip Glass wage war on 2 fronts Robyn Hitchcock sounds crafty 'Cheese Alarm'". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. p. 10.D. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (March 28, 2000). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  6. ^ "Linkin Park's 'Meteora' Crashes Chart At No. 1". Billboard. February 4, 2003.
  7. ^ "Turk Reflects on Lil Wayne and the Hot Boys". Vice. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA.
  9. ^ "Hot Boys Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  10. ^ "Hot Boys Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  11. ^ "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-46. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-56. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  13. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  14. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved August 16, 2020.