One Mo Nigga ta Go

One Mo Nigga ta Go
Studio album by DJ Yella
Released	March 26, 1996 (1996-03-26)
Recorded	1995–1996
Studio	Audio Achievements (Torrance, California)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	47:28
Label	Street Life Records
Producer	Chuck Gullo (exec.) David Michery (exec.) DJ Yella (also exec.) Donovan Smith (co.) Don Spratley (co.)
DJ Yella chronology
Niggaz4Life (1991) One Mo Nigga ta Go (1996)
Singles from One Mo Nigga ta Go
"4 tha E" Released: March 26, 1996 "Dat's How I'm Livin'" Released: May 18, 1996 "Send 4 Me" Released: December 17, 1996

One Mo Nigga ta Go is the only solo studio album by former N.W.A member DJ Yella, released on March 26, 1996. Its release date coincided with the first anniversary of the death of his former N.W.A groupmate Eazy-E, whom the album is dedicated to. ^{[1] [2]} The album cover shows close-up of Eazy-E's face and Yella himself at Eazy-E's grave.

Overview

Recording sessions took place at Audio Achievements in Torrance, California with Donovan "The Dirt Biker" Smith, who also provided mixing and co-production. Production was handled primarily by DJ Yella himself. The album features guest appearances from B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta, Kokane, Dirty Red, Traci Nelson and Leicy Loc. It spawned three singles: "4 tha E", a tribute song to Eazy-E, which peaked at #50 on the US Billboard Hot Rap Songs, "Dat's How I'm Livin'" and "Send 4 Me".

Yella never released any other solo material, and after the release he left the music industry to direct pornographic films until 2011, when he started working on a new album called West Coastin which currently has no information regarding the project since 2012. ^[1] One of the reasons Yella made this album was to help raise money for college for nine of Eazy-E's children. ^[3]

The album peaked at number 82 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at number 23 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Vibe	(favorable) [5]

The album was mildly received. ^[2] AllMusic gave the album 3 stars while Bradley Torreano called it "a flop". ^[1] Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Cary Darling called it along with MC Ren's The Villain in Black (which was released two weeks later after the album's release) "ordinary by hard-core rap standards". ^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dose of Reality"	A. Carraby	0:33
2.	"Westside Story" (featuring Dirty Red)	A. Carraby K. Carter M. Sims	3:43
3.	"Interlude"		0:20
4.	"Streets Won't Let Me Go" (featuring Dresta)	A. Carraby A. Wicker	4:01
5.	"Interlude"		0:10
6.	"Neva Had a Chance"	A. Carraby	4:40
7.	"Interlude"		0:14
8.	"4 tha E" (featuring Kokane)	A. Carraby J. Long, Jr. M. Sims	4:48
9.	"Interlude"		0:12
10.	"Send 4 Me" (featuring Traci Nelson)	S. Dees T. Kersey	6:15
11.	"Interlude"		0:16
12.	"Dat's How I'm Livin'" (featuring B.G. Knocc Out)	A. Carraby A. Hinton	5:00
13.	"Interlude"		0:09
14.	"Ain't No Luv" (featuring Dirty Red)	A. Carraby K. Carter M. Sims	4:20
15.	"Interlude"		0:17
16.	"2Two Face" (featuring Leicy Loc)	A. Carraby	3:37
17.	"Interlude"		0:14
18.	"So In Luv"	A. Carraby	4:57
19.	"Interlude"		0:30
20.	"Not Long Ago"	A. Carraby M. Sims	3:12
Total length:			47:28

Sample credits ^[7]

• Track 4 contains elements from "Riding High" by Faze-O
• Track 6 contains elements from "Gotta Find a Lover" by Roy Ayers Ubiquity
• Track 8 contains elements from "Eazy-Duz-It" by Eazy-E
• Track 10 is a cover of "Send for Me" by Atlantic Starr
• Track 12 contains elements from "A Love of Your Own" by Average White Band and "Real Muthaphuckkin G's" by Eazy-E
• Track 18 contains elements from "Moments in Love" by Art of Noise

Personnel

• Antoine Carraby – vocals, producer, executive producer
• Kevyn "Shaki" Carter – vocals (tracks: 2, 14)
• Andre DeSean Wicker – vocals (track 4)
• Jerry Buddy Long, Jr. – vocals (track 8)
• Traci Nelson – vocals (track 10)
• Arlandis Hinton – vocals (track 12)
• Leicy Loc – vocals (track 16)
• Mike "Crazy Neck" Sims – keyboards, guitar, bass
• Stan Martin – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Donovan "Tha Dirt Biker" Sound – co-producer, mixing, recording
• Don "D-Dawg" Spratley – co-producer (track 18)
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
• David Michery – A&R, executive producer
• Chuck Gullo – executive producer
• Doug Haverty – art direction
• Johnny Buzzerio – photography

Chart history

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [8]	82
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [9]	23

References

1. Torreano, Bradley. "Yella | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
2. Jones, Steve (March 23, 2000). "The return of N.W.A. Album ahead after attitude adjustments, Dogg addition". McLean, Virginia: USA Today. Archived from the original (Fee required) on October 22, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
3. "Eazy-E Biography". 123Movies. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
4. "One Mo Nigga ta Go – Yella". AllMusic . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
5. Love, T (July 1996). "Review: One Mo Nigga To Go". Vibe Media Group. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
6. Darling, Cary (May 2, 1996). "Rappers' albums are weak" (Fee required). Orange County, California: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Retrieved August 17, 2009.
7. "Yella". WhoSampled . Retrieved September 26, 2018.
8. "Yella Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
9. "Yella Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 26, 2018.

External links

One Mo Nigga Ta Go - Dedicated To The Memory Of Eazy-E at Discogs (list of releases)