Let's Get Ready

This article is about Mystikal's 2000 album. For the US non-profit, see Let's Get Ready (organization). For the 2019 song, see My First Album (Peppa Pig album).

Let's Get Ready
Studio album by Mystikal
Released	September 26, 2000 (2000-09-26)
Recorded	1999–2000
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	76:52
Label	Jive
Producer	The Neptunes Earthtone III P.A. The Medicine Men Bink! Leroy Edwards David Faulk KLC Mo B. Dick Odell
Mystikal chronology
Ghetto Fabulous (1998) Let's Get Ready (2000) Tarantula (2001)
Singles from Let's Get Ready
"Shake Ya Ass" Released: July 18, 2000 "Danger (Been So Long)" Released: December 12, 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [2]
NME	[3]
RapReviews	8/10 [4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Let's Get Ready is the fourth studio album by American rapper Mystikal, released on September 26, 2000. The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 330,663 copies in its first week. ^[6] It has sold approximately 2,227,536 copies and was certified double platinum in the U.S. ^[7] The album featured Mystikal's two biggest singles, "Shake Ya Ass", which peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Danger (Been So Long)", which peaked at number 14. It serves as Mystikal's first album since parting ways with No Limit Records.

Track listing

Let's Get Ready track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ready to Rumble"	Michael Tyler Craig Lawson Odell Vickers Raymond Poole Craig Bazile	The Medicine Men	4:51
2.	"Shake Ya Ass" (featuring Pharrell Williams)	Tyler Chad Hugo Pharrell Williams	The Neptunes	4:16
3.	"Jump"	Tyler Williams Hugo	The Neptunes	4:06
4.	"Danger (Been So Long)" (featuring Nivea)	Tyler Hugo Williams	The Neptunes	3:31
5.	"Come See About Me" (featuring Da Brat and Petey Pablo)	Tyler Kawan Prather Maurice Sinclair James Hollins Shawntae Harris Moses Barrett III	PA Ralph Cacciurri Blake Eiseman	4:41
6.	"Big Truck Boys"	Tyler Lawson	KLC	5:15
7.	"I Rock, I Roll"	Tyler Poole	MO B Dick	4:31
8.	"U Would If U Could"	Tyler Vickers	Odell	5:09
9.	"Mystikal Fever"	Tyler	Bink!	3:52
10.	"Family" (featuring Latrelle)	Tyler Hugo Williams	The Neptunes	4:51
11.	"Ain't Gonna See Tomorrow"	Tyler André Benjamin Antwan Patton David Sheats	Earthtone III	4:28
12.	"The Braids"	Tyler Benjamin Patton Sheats	Earthtone III	4:06
13.	"Smoked Out"	Tyler	David "D-Funk" Faulk Leroy "Precise" Edwards	3:57
14.	"Murderer III"	Tyler Lawson	KLC	4:20
15.	"Neck uv da Woods" (featuring Outkast)	Tyler Benjamin Patton	Earthtone III	4:05
16.	"I'm Throwed Off" (hidden track)		KLC	4:33
17.	"Lookin' for Me" (hidden track)		KLC Craig B.	4:53
18.	"Petey Pablo Snippets" (hidden track)			2:17

Personnel

• Vincent Alexander – assistant engineer and mixing assistant (11)
• Won Allen – engineer (3)
• Warren Bletcher – assistant engineer (11)
• Ralph Cacciurri – engineer (11, 12, 15)
• Andrew Coleman – engineer (2, 10)
• Myrna "Peach" Crenshaw – background vocals (11)
• Preston Crump – guitar (5), bass guitar (11, 12, 15)
• Supa Engineer Duro – mixing (2–4, 10)
• Earthtone III – keyboards (12)
• Leroy "Precise" Edwards – engineer and mixing (13)
• David "D-Funk" Faulk – engineer and mixing (13)
• Chad Hugo – instruments (2, 4)
• Steve Fisher – assistant engineer (11)
• John Frye – engineer and mixing (11, 12)
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
• Joi Gilliam – background vocals (11)
• Rajinder "Conga Man" Kala – congas (15)
• KLC – engineer and mixing (1, 6–8, 13, 14)
• Daniel Fresco – mixing assistant (15)
• Latrelle – background vocals (10)
• Craig Love – guitar (5)
• Donny Mathis – guitar (12)
• Odell – remixing (13)
• Kevin Parker – engineer (11, 12)
• Marvin "Chanz" Parkman – keyboards (11, 12), synthesizer (15)
• Neal H Pogue – mixing (15)
• Jason Rome – assistant engineer (15)
• Amos Singleton – bass and lead guitar (6)
• Alvin Speights – mixing (5)
• Pat Viala – engineer (2, 4, 5, 9, 10), mixing (9)
• Pharrell Williams – instruments (2, 4)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000) Peak position US Billboard 200 [8] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [9] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position US Billboard 200 [10] 75 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [11] 22 Chart (2001) Position Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [12] 72 US Billboard 200 [13] 84 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [14] 27

Certifications

Certifications for Let's Get Ready

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [15]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA) [16]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2000

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Let's Get Ready
3. Let's Get Ready
4. RapReviews review
5. Rolling Stone review
6. articles.nydailynews.com
7. "Recording Industry Association of America". www.riaa.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2006.
8. "Mystikal Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
9. "Mystikal Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
10. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
11. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
12. "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001". Jam! . January 8, 2002. Archived from the original on November 22, 2002. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
13. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
14. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
15. "Canadian album certifications – Mystikal – Let's Get Ready". Music Canada . Retrieved August 3, 2022.
16. "American album certifications – Mystikal – Let's Get Ready". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 3, 2022.

External links

• "Danger" music video on YouTube
• "Shake Ya Ass" music video on YouTube