Mississippi: The Album

Mississippi: The Album
Studio album by David Banner
Released	May 20, 2003 (2003-5-20)
Recorded	2002–03
Studio	David Banner's house (Jackson, MS) The Medicine Cabinet (Baton Rouge, LA) Access Studios (Atlanta, GA) Southside Studios (Houston, TX) David Banner's Astro Van The Zone (Atlanta, GA) The FY Station (Atlanta, GA) Top Notch Studios (Dallas, TX) Seven Eight Studios (Atlanta, GA) Crack Alley (Baton Rouge, LA) Scott's House 1 Life 1 Love Studios (Jackson, MS)
Genre	Southern hip hop
Length	1:19:32
Label	SRC Universal
Producer	Billy Hume Bread & Water David Banner KLC Lil' Jon Mixzo
David Banner chronology
Them Firewater Boyz, Vol. 1 (2000) Mississippi: The Album (2003) MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water (2003)
Singles from Mississippi: The Album
"Cadillac on 22's" Released: 2003 "Like a Pimp" Released: 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllHipHop	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [3]
HipHopDX	4/5 [4]
RapReviews	8/10 [5]

Mississippi: The Album is the second solo studio album by American rapper and record producer David Banner. It was released on May 20, 2003, via Street Records Corporation and Universal Records.

Recording sessions took place at David Banner's house in Jackson and his Astro Van, at the Medicine Cabinet and Crack Alley in Baton Rouge, at Access Studios, the Zone, the FY Station and Seven Eight Studios in Atlanta, at Southside Studios in Houston, at Top Notch Studios in Dallas, at Scott's House, and at 1 Life 1 Love Studios also in Jackson.

Beside Banner, who produced the majority of the album, the production was handled by Billy Hume, Bread and Water, KLC, Lil' Jon and Mixzo. It features guest appearances from Mr. Marcus, Ax, B-Flat, Fiend, J Da Groova, Lil' Flip, Lil' Jon, Mississippi Shawty, Pastor Troy, Skyy, Smoke D, as well as his Crooked Lettaz partner Kamikaze.

The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200 and atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Lavell Crump	David Banner	1:22
2.	"What It Do" (featuring Smoke D)	Crump Freddie Douglas Southwell	KLC	5:14
3.	"Might Getcha" (featuring Lil' Jon)	Crump Jonathan Smith Premro Smith Chadron Moore	Lil' Jon	5:02
4.	"Like a Pimp" (featuring Lil' Flip)	Crump Wesley Weston Chad Butler	David Banner	4:15
5.	"Whoremonger"	Crump D. "Sweets" Smith	David Banner	1:03
6.	"Fuck 'Em" (featuring Pastor Troy)	Crump Micah Troy Wayne Hardnett	David Banner	4:43
7.	"Mississippi"	Crump	David Banner	5:05
8.	"Cadillac on 22's"	Crump	David Banner	4:25
9.	"Fast Life" (featuring Ax)	Crump Daryl Tell	Mixzo	4:53
10.	"Choose Me" (featuring Skyy)	Crump Skyler Synclair Keeton William Whedbee Cedric Leonard	Billy Hume Lil' Jon (co.)	4:26
11.	"Really Don't Wanna Go" (featuring B-Flat and Marcus)	Crump Broderick Phillips Marcus Williams	David Banner	3:26
12.	"So Trill"	Crump	Bread and Water	4:03
13.	"My Shawty" (featuring Fiend)	Crump Richard Jones	David Banner	3:55
14.	"Phone Tap"	Crump	David Banner	1:53
15.	"Bush"	Crump	David Banner	3:01
16.	"Bring It On" (featuring J Da Groova and Mississippi Shawty)	Crump J. Martin	David Banner	4:15
17.	"Still Pimpin'" (featuring Marcus and Kamikaze)	Crump Williams Brad Franklin	David Banner	7:12
18.	"Outro"	Crump	David Banner	6:41
19.	"Fire Falling"			4:38
Total length:				1:19:32

Sample credits

• Track 3 contains re-sung elements from "Stop Playing Games" written by Premro Smith and Chadron Moore.
• Track 4 contains a sample of "Take It Off" written in part by Chad Butler and Bernard Freeman.

Personnel

• Lavell "David Banner" Crump – vocals, strings (track 1), keyboard programming (track 15), producer (tracks: 1, 4–8, 11, 13–19), recording (tracks: 1, 14, 18), mixing (tracks: 1, 5, 14, 18)
• Freddie "Smoke D" Southwell – vocals (track 2)
• Jonathan "Lil' Jon" Smith – vocals & producer (track 3), additional programming & co-producer (track 10)
• Wesley "Lil' Flip" Weston – vocals (track 4)
• Micah "Pastor" Troy – vocals (track 5)
• Wayne "Bone Crusher" Hardnett Jr. – additional background vocals (track 5)
• Skyler Synclair Keeton – additional vocals (tracks: 7, 15), vocals (track 10)
• Daryl "AX" Tell – vocals (track 9)
• Broderick "B-Flat" Phillips – vocals (track 11)
• Marcus Williams – vocals (tracks: 11, 17)
• Richard "Fiend" Jones Jr. – vocals (track 13)
• J. "J Da Groova" Martin – vocals (track 16)
• Mississippi Shawty – vocals (track 16)
• Brad "Kamikaze" Franklin – vocals (track 17)
• Patrick Hayes – guitar (tracks: 1, 17)
• Robert McDowell – keyboards (track 3)
• Leonard Julien III – tenor and baritone saxophone (track 6)
• Richard L. Owens – trombone (track 6)
• Jason P. Freeman – trumpet & flugelhorn (track 6)
• Jerry E. Freeman, Jr. – trumpet & flugelhorn (track 6)
• Hornz Unlimited – horns (track 6)
• James "LRoc" Phillips – strings & additional percussion (track 6)
• William "Billy Hume" Whedbee – guitar & bass (tracks: 7, 10), producer (track 10), recording (tracks: 6, 7, 10), mixing (tracks: 4, 7, 10, 16, 17)
• Zafar Saood – guitar (track 8)
• Donald "Eldorado Redd" Jackson – saxophone (track 12)
• Chris Rosser – trombone, producer & recording (track 12)
• Freddie Mac – guitar (track 15)
• Avery Johnson – bass (track 15), recording (tracks: 3, 15)
• Strings R Us – strings (track 15)
• F. Macafee – keyboards (track 17)
• Craig "KLC" Lawson – producer, recording & mixing (track 2)
• Michael "Mixzo" Johnson – producer & recording (track 9)
• Conrad Rosser – producer & recording (track 12)
• M.J. – recording (track 4)
• Craig Bazile – recording (track 8)
• Clint Wilkerson – recording (track 11)
• Fred – recording (track 16)
• John Frye – mixing (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15)
• Rodney Mills – mastering
• Mike Schreiber – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position US Billboard 200 [6] 9 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [7] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position US Billboard 200 [8] 156 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [9] 43

References

1. Caviness, Yama (June 2, 2003). "Mississippi: The Album". AllHipHop . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
2. Bush, John. "Mississippi: The Album - David Banner | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
3. Serpick, Evan (May 23, 2003). "Mississippi: The Album". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2025– via Wayback Machine.
4. Johnson, Sherman (June 3, 2003). "David Banner - Mississippi: The Album". HipHopDX . Retrieved March 5, 2025.
5. Juon, Steve 'Flash' (May 20, 2003). "David Banner :: Mississippi: The Album :: Universal Records". RapReviews. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
6. "David Banner Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
7. "David Banner Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
8. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard . Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
9. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard . Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2025.

External links

• Mississippi: The Album at Discogs (list of releases)