Hypnotize Camp Posse (album)

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Hypnotize Camp Posse
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
Genre
Length68:18
Label Loud Records, Hypnotize Minds
Producer DJ Paul and Juicy J
Professional ratings
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Hypnotize Camp Posse is the only studio album by the Hypnotize Camp Posse, a collaboration between Three 6 Mafia and members of its label, Hypnotize Minds. The Hypnotize Camp Posse group is essentially a larger or "broader" form of Three 6 Mafia, as it includes all the members of Three 6 Mafia as well as all the artists signed to Hypnotize Minds. [2] All the artists featured on the album were Hypnotize Minds artists with the exception of guest artist Pastor Troy, a member of the Atlanta-based group D.S.G.B. (Down South Georgia Boys). [1] [3] The album was released by Loud Records and Hypnotize Minds on January 25, 2000, and distributed through RED Distribution. [4] [5]

Contents

On February 12, 2000, the album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard Independent Albums chart. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Rinky Dink Records" (Skit) 0:52
2."We 'Bout to Ride"5:55
3."Drive By"
  • Project Pat
3:35
4."Azz & Tittiez"
5:34
5."Die a Soldier"
  • DJ Paul
  • Lord Infamous
  • La Chat
  • Project Pat
  • T-Rock
  • Crunchy Black
  • Gangsta Boo
  • M.C. Mack
  • Scan Man
5:28
6."We Ain't Playin'"
  • Gangsta Boo
  • Project Pat
  • Koopsta Knicca
4:08
7."Fie It on Up"
  • T-Rock
  • Lord Infamous
  • DJ Paul
  • Juicy J
4:18
8."Big Mouth, Big Talk" (featuring Pastor Troy)
3:56
9."What's Going On" (Skit) 0:54
10."Dick Suckin' Hoes"
  • Gangsta Boo
  • DJ Paul
  • Juicy J
4:25
11."Don't Make Me Kill"
  • DJ Paul
  • Lord Infamous
  • Juicy J
  • Project Pat
  • Scan Man
  • M.C. Mack
4:24
12."Don't Trust 'Em"
  • Crunchy Black
  • T-Rock
4:26
13."Who Run It"
  • DJ Paul
  • Juicy J
  • Crunchy Black
  • Lord Infamous
  • Gangsta Boo
  • Koopsta Knicca
4:44
14."Project Hoes"
  • Project Pat
  • T-Rock
  • La Chat
3:55
15."Da First Date"
  • DJ Paul
  • Juicy J
  • Lord Infamous
  • Koopsta Knicca
5:05
16."Hoes Can Be Like Niggaz"
  • La Chat
3:05
17."Outro" (Skit) 3:34
Total length:68:18

Artists

All performers featured on the album were members of Hypnotize Camp Posse and signed to Hypnotize Minds when the album was recorded, with the exception of Pastor Troy, who appears as a guest artist on "Big Mouth, Big Talk" and is also credited as a co-producer on 8 tracks.

Thirteen members of Hypnotize Camp Posse make lyrical appearances on the album, including all six full members of Three 6 Mafia.

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 36
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [8] 11
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [6] 1

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