Road to the Riches: The Best of the Purple City Mixtapes

Road to the Riche$: The Best of the Purple City Mixtapes
Compilation album by Purple City
Released	March 8, 2005 (2005-03-08)
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	1:03:05
Label	Purple City Babygrande
Producer	Agallah Amadeus Dujeous Fred Bear Jimmy The Greek Kevin Veney Loren Hill Niche Rich Shelton Sebastian Shiest Bub Teflon
Purple City chronology
Road to the Riche$: The Best of the Purple City Mixtapes (2005) Paris to Purple City (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
HipHopDX	3/5 [2]
RapReviews	6.5/10 [3]

Road to the Riche$: The Best of the Purple City Mixtapes is the first compilation album by American hip-hop group Purple City. It was released on March 8, 2005 via Shiest Bubz's Purple City Entertainment and Babygrande Records. The album has the singles "Purple City Byrdgang" (for which a music video was shot) and "It Ain't Easy" (its B-side).

The album debuted at number 164 on the Billboard 200, number 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, number 9 on both the Top Rap Albums and Heatseekers Albums and number 13 on the Independent Albums charts in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Road to the Richest (Intro)"			1:05
2.	"Piff Iz da Answer" (performed by Shiest Bub, Un Kasa and Agallah)	Timothy Parsons Antonio Wilder Angel Aguilar	Agallah	3:00
3.	"Winning" (performed by Un Kasa and Bathgate)	Wilder Lionel Evans Aguilar	Agallah	4:07
4.	"Purple City Byrdgang" (performed by Shiest Bub, Un Kasa and Jim Jones)	Parsons Wilder Joseph Jones II Aguilar	Agallah Shiest Bub	3:55
5.	"Insight With Panchi (Skit)"			0:29
6.	"Me & U" (performed by Shiest Bub, Un Kasa and J.R. Writer)	Parsons Wilder Rusty Brito Aguilar	Agallah	3:51
7.	"It Ain't Easy" (performed by Shiest Bub and Agallah)	Parsons Aguilar	Agallah	3:35
8.	"Broadway" (performed by Shiest Bub, Agallah and Alleyway)	Parsons Aguilar Alleyway		1:55
9.	"Will Not Lose" (performed by Un Kasa)	Wilder Antwan J. Thompson	Amadeus	2:49
10.	"Insight With Panchi II (Skit)"			0:17
11.	"Copz Is Coming" (performed by Un Kasa and Juelz Santana)	Wilder LaRon James Sheldon Harris	Teflon	3:49
12.	"Real *%#@!$" (performed by Shiest Bub, Un Kasa, Agallah and D. Doubler)	Parsons Wilder Aguilar D. Doubler	Agallah	4:23
13.	"A Part of History" (performed by DK and L. Childress)	Justin Essandoh Rich Shelton Loren Hill Kevin Veney	Rich Shelton Loren Hill Kevin Veney	4:08
14.	"Insight With Panchi III (Skit)"			0:23
15.	"Roll It Up, Light It Up" (performed by Shiest Bub, Un Kasa and Agallah)	Parsons Wilder Aguilar Dimitri Christo	Jimmy The Greek	4:20
16.	"America Show" (performed by Agallah)	Aguilar	Agallah	3:49
17.	"A Star" (performed by Un Kasa and Komika)	Wilder Komika Hall Niche	Niche	3:03
18.	"The Accident (Skit)"			2:07
19.	"Late Night" (performed by Un Kasa and Sebastian)	Wilder Sebastian	Sebastian	3:38
20.	"Gun Go" (performed by Un Kasa, Agallah, Juelz Santana and Jim Jones)	Wilder Aguilar James Jones II Dujeous	Dujeous	4:05
21.	"Come 2 Get Ya" (performed by Un Kasa and Agallah)	Wilder Aguilar Fred Bear	Fred Bear	4:17
Total length:				1:03:05

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [4]	164
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [5]	24
US Top Rap Albums ( Billboard ) [6]	9
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [7]	9
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [8]	13

References

1. "Road to the Riches: The Best of the Purple City Mixtapes". AllMusic . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
2. M., Albert (February 25, 2005). "Purple City - Road to the Riches: The Best of the Purple City Mixtapes". HipHopDX . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
3. Hernandez, Pedro 'DJ Complejo' (April 5, 2005). "Purple City :: Road to the Riches: The Best of the Purple City Mixtapes :: Babygrande Records". RapReviews. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
4. "The Billboard 200". Billboard . Vol. 117, no. 15. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 9, 2005. p. 55. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
5. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard . Vol. 117, no. 15. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 9, 2005. p. 24. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
6. "Top Rap Albums". Billboard . April 9, 2005. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
7. "Top Heatseekers". Billboard . Vol. 117, no. 15. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 9, 2005. p. 57. ISSN   0006-2510.
8. "Top Independent Albums". Billboard . Vol. 117, no. 15. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 9, 2005. p. 57. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved February 12, 2025.