Shaquille O'Neal discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
Singles | 9 |
Soundtrack albums | 1 |
Unreleased albums | 1 |
The discography of former professional basketball player, rapper, and DJ Shaquille O'Neal consists of four studio albums, two compilation albums, two soundtracks, one unreleased album, and 19 singles. O'Neal played in the NBA from 1992 until 2011. [1] Around 1993, O'Neal was signed to Jive Records where he released his debut album, Shaq Diesel , in that year. [2] The album peaked at number 25 on the Billboard 200, [3] number 10 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, [4] and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [5] Shaq Diesel produced four singles. The first, "What's Up Doc? (Can We Rock)", peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, [6] number 56 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, [7] number 22 on Rap Songs, [8] and was certified gold by the RIAA. [9] The second, "(I Know I Got) Skillz", peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, [6] number 20 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, [7] number 3 on Rap Songs, [8] and was certified gold by the RIAA. [10] It also peaked at number 34 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. [11] The third, "I'm Outstanding", peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100, [6] number 29 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, [7] and number 6 on Rap Songs. [8] Internationally, it peaked at number 43 on the New Zealand Singles Chart [11] and number 70 on the UK Singles Chart. [12] The fourth, "Shoot Pass Slam", did not chart.
Shaq Fu: Da Return (1994) was the rapper's second album. It peaked at number 67 on the Billboard 200, [3] number 19 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, [4] and was certified gold by the RIAA. [13] The album spawned two singles: "Biological Didn't Bother" and "No Hook". The first peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100, [6] 54 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, [7] and 18 on Rap Songs. [8] The second peaked at number 66 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [7] and 16 on Rap Songs. [8] O'Neal released his third album, You Can't Stop the Reign , in 1996. It peaked at number 82 on the Billboard 200 [3] and number 21 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. [4] You Can't Stop the Reign had two singles. The first, "You Can't Stop the Reign", peaked at number 54 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, [7] 47 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, [11] and 40 on the UK Singles Chart. [12] The second single, "Strait Playin'," peaked at number 33 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [7] and number 17 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. [11] He followed the release with his first compilation, The Best of Shaquille O'Neal (1996), and two soundtracks, Kazaam (1996) and Steel (1997). The last peaked at number 185 on the Billboard 200 [14] and number 26 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. [14]
O'Neal released his fourth album, Respect , in 1996. It peaked at number 58 on the Billboard 200 [3] and number 8 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. [4] Only one single, "The Way It's Goin' Down", was released. It peaked at number 47 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [4] and 62 on the UK Singles Chart. [12] The rapper had a fifth album, Shaquille O'Neal Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1 , planned to release in 2001; however, it was cancelled. Although the album was cancelled, three singles were released, but they did not chart. In 2006, O'Neal's second compilation album was released, but it did not chart.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
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US [3] | US R&B [4] | |||
Shaq Diesel |
| 25 | 10 | |
Shaq Fu: Da Return |
| 67 | 19 |
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You Can't Stop the Reign |
| 82 | 21 | |
Respect |
| 58 | 8 | |
Gorilla Warfare (as DJ Diesel) |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
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US [14] | US R&B [14] | |||||||||
Steel |
| 185 | 26 | |||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Title | Album details |
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Shaquille O'Neal Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1 [15] [16] |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
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US [6] | US R&B [7] | US Rap [8] | NZ [11] | UK [12] | ||||
"What's Up Doc? (Can We Rock)" (with Fu-Schnickens) | 1993 | 39 | 56 | 22 | — | — |
| Shaq Diesel |
"(I Know I Got) Skillz" (featuring Def Jef) | 35 | 20 | 3 | 34 | — |
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"I'm Outstanding" | 47 | 29 | 6 | 43 | 70 | |||
"Shoot Pass Slam" [17] | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Biological Didn't Bother" | 78 | 54 | 18 | — | 182 | Shaq Fu: Da Return | ||
"No Hook" [upper-alpha 1] (featuring RZA & Method Man) | 1995 | 103 | 66 | 16 | — | — | ||
"You Can't Stop the Reign" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G.) | 1997 | — | 54 | — | 47 | 40 | You Can't Stop the Reign | |
"Strait Playin' " (featuring Peter Gunz & DJ Quik) | — | 33 | — | 17 | — | |||
"Men of Steel" (with Ice Cube, B-Real, Peter Gunz & KRS-One) | 82 | 53 | 10 | — | — | Steel | ||
"The Way It's Goin' Down" (featuring Peter Gunz) | 1998 | — | 47 | — | — | 62 | Respect | |
"Connected" [upper-alpha 2] (feat. WC and Nate Dogg) | 2001 | — | 104 | — | — | — | Shaquille O'Neal Presents His Superfriends, Vol. 1 | |
"Do It Faster" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"In The Sun" [upper-alpha 3] (featuring Common, Black Thought & Joi) | — | 109 | — | — | — | |||
"Extortion" (featuring Fat Joe & Big Pun) | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | "Nightmare Concert" of The White Shadow of Norway | |
"Bang" [21] (with Nghtmre and Lil Jon) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
"Tear It Up" [22] (with Eliminate) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Welcome to the Playhouse" [upper-alpha 4] [23] (with Steve Aoki) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Bang Your Head" [upper-alpha 4] [24] (with Hairitage) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | Gorilla Warfare | |
"Heat" [upper-alpha 4] (with Crankdat) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"No Fear" [upper-alpha 4] (with Jessica Audiffred) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Chaos" (with GAWNE) | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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UK [25] | |||
"2 Bad" (Michael Jackson) | 1995 | — | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I |
"Strawberries" (Smooth featuring Shaquille O'Neal and Roger Troutman) | 1997 | — | Reality |
"Stomp – The Remixes" (Quincy Jones featuring Melle Mel, Coolio, Yo-Yo, Shaquille O'Neal, & The Luniz) | 1998 | 28 | Non-album singles |
"Shaq & Kobe" (remix) (Rick Ross and Meek Mill featuring Shaquille O'Neal and Dame D.O.L.L.A.) | 2023 | — | Too Good to Be True |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Shoot Pass Slam" | 1993 | Jim Swaffield [26] |
"I'm Outstanding" | Jim Swaffield [27] | |
"(I Know I Got) Skillz" | Scott Kalvert [28] | |
"No Hook" | 1994 | Lionel C. Martin [29] |
"Biological Didn't Bother" | Lionel C. Martin [30] | |
"You Can't Stop the Reign" | 1996 | Joseph Kahn [31] |
"Strait Playin'" | 1997 | Cameron Casey [32] |
"Connected" | 2001 | Unknown |
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Director(s) |
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"Make 'Em Say Uhh!" | 1998 | Master P featuring Fiend, Silkk the Shocker, Mia X & Mystikal | Michael Martin |
"Still D.R.E." | 1999 | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg | Hype Williams |
"That's How I Beat Shaq" | 2001 | Aaron Carter | Bernard Gorily |
"You Wouldn't Believe" | 311 | Mark Kohr | |
"Bad Boy for Life" | P. Diddy, Black Rob and Mark Curry | Chris Robinson | |
"Dance with My Father" | 2003 | Luther Vandross | Diane Martel |
"Vanilla Twilight" | 2010 | Owl City | Steve Hoover |
"Don't Wanna Know" | 2016 | Maroon 5 | David Dobkin |
"Todo de Ti" | 2021 | Rauw Alejandro | Marlon P |
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