Family Scriptures

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Family Scriptures
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 5, 1996 (1996-11-05)
Recorded1995–96
StudioPrivate Island Trax (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre Hip hop
Length1:14:51
Label
Producer
  • Archie Blaine
  • Bobby Jones
  • Krayzie Bone
  • Paul "Tombstone" O'Neil
Mo Thugs chronology
Family Scriptures
(1996)
Chapter II: Family Reunion
(1998)
Singles from Family Scriptures
  1. "Thug Devotion"
    Released: 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly A− [2]
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Family Scriptures is the debut studio album by American hip hop collective Mo Thugs. It was released on November 5, 1996, via Mo Thugs/Relativity Records. The recording sessions took place at Private Island Trax in Los Angeles. It was produced by Krayzie Bone, who also served as executive producer together with Layzie Bone, Archie Blaine, Bobby Jones and Paul "Tombstone" O'Neil, with co-producers Gates and Sin. It features contributions from Flesh-n-Bone, II Tru, Ken Dawg, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Poetic Hustla'z, Souljah Boy, the Graveyard Shift, and Tré.

Contents

The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States selling 219,000 copies. On January 3, 1997, it received Platinum certification status by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 1,000,000 copies.

Its sequel, Mo Thugs Family Scriptures Chapter II: Family Reunion , was released on May 26, 1998.

Controversy

On April 28, 2011, former Bone Thugs-n-Harmony/Mo Thugs associate Roland Brown filed the lawsuit in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for breach of contract over unpaid royalties, claiming he wrote “Take Your Time” and “Here With Me” by Tré. Naming Mo Thugs Records, Loud Records, Relativity Records, Ruthless Records, Sony Music and Warner Music Group as defendants, Brown was seeking for $27 million ($24 million in damages and $3 million in mechanical royalties for the single, music video, and Family Scriptures album). [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" (performed by Tré and Krayzie Bone)  1:20
2."Searchin' 4 Peace" (performed by Poetic Hustla'z)
Krayzie Bone 3:32
3."Ghetto Bluez" (performed by II Tru and Layzie Bone)
Archie Blaine5:49
4."Killing Fields" (performed by the Graveyard Shift)
  • Paul O'Neil
  • Actavius Mills
  • Arran Baldwin
  • Henderson
  • Jones
  • Krayzie Bone
  • Bobby Jones (co.)
5:15
5."Mo' Murder" (performed by Krayzie Bone)Krayzie Bone4:55
6."Ain't No Reason" (performed by Ken Dawg)
  • Kendon Anthony
  • Blaine
Archie Blaine4:59
7."Take Your Time" (performed by Tré and Krayzie Bone)
  • Kimberly Cromartie
  • Niko Williams
  • Rebecca Forsha
  • Henderson
  • Jones
Bobby Jones4:53
8."Welcome to My World" (performed by II Tru and Ken Dawg)
Archie Blaine4:42
9."Thug Devotion" (performed by Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Tré, Ken Dawg and Souljah Boy)
Bobby Jones4:35
10."Here With Me" (performed by Tré)
  • Cromartie
  • Williams
  • Forsha
  • Henderson
  • Jones
  • Krayzie Bone
  • Bobby Jones (co.)
5:36
11."Playa in Me" (performed by Ken Dawg)
  • Anthony
  • Blaine
  • Leo Graham
  • Paul Richmond
  • Darryl Ellis
Archie Blaine4:38
12."No Pretender" (performed by Jhaz, Tombstone, Boogie Nikke and Krayzie Bone)
  • Henderson
  • Jones
Krayzie Bone4:37
13."Rumors and War" (performed by the Graveyard Shift and Flesh-n-Bone)
  • Bobby Jones
  • Krayzie Bone (co.)
  • Paul "Tombstone" O'Neil (co.)
  • Actavius "Sin" Mills (co.)
  • Arran "Gates" Baldwin (co.)
5:17
14."II Tru" (performed by II Tru)
  • Wallace
  • Wilson
  • Blaine
Archie Blaine3:53
15."Low Down" (performed by Souljah Boy and Krayzie Bone)
  • Lyons
  • O'Neil
  • Paul "Tombstone" O'Neil
  • Bobby Jones (co.)
4:44
16."Family Scriptures" (performed by the Graveyard Shift, Poetic Hustla'z, II Tru, Ken Dawg, Souljah Boy, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone and Tré)
  • O'Neil
  • Mills
  • Baldwin
  • Poole
  • Chappell
  • Drake
  • Wallace
  • Wilson
  • Anthony
  • Lyons
  • Henderson
  • Steven Howse
  • Stanley Howse
  • Cromartie
  • Williams
  • Forsha
  • Krayzie Bone
  • Bobby Jones (co.)
6:35
Total length:1:14:51
Sample credits

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [10] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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