The Paper Route

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The Paper Route
The Paper Route (Mack 10 album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 5, 2000 (2000-09-05)
Recorded2000
Genre
Length48:56
Label
Producer
Mack 10 chronology
The Recipe
(1998)
The Paper Route
(2000)
Bang or Ball
(2001)
Singles from The Paper Route
  1. "From tha Streetz"
    Released: August 13, 2000
  2. "Tight to Def"
    Released: October 17, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
HipHopDX 3/5 [2]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Paper Route is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper Mack 10. It was released on September 5, 2000 through Hoo-Bangin'/Priority Records. Production was handled by Rashad Coes, Beatballers, Caviar, Easy Mo Bee, Leslie Brathwaite, Mark Twayne, Overdose, Rick Rock, Timbaland and Young Tre. It features guest appearances from Techniec, Big Gipp, Caviar, Jazze Pha, Kokane, Pinky, Skoop Delania, T-Boz, Too $hort, Xzibit, YoungBloodZ, and Westside Connection. The album debuted at number nineteen on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, with 47,000 copies in its first-week of sales.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" (Parody of Frosty the Snowman) 0:20
2."From tha Streetz"
3:23
3."Nobody" (featuring Westside Connection and Timbaland) Timbaland 5:11
4."I'm Special" (Skit)  0:24
5."I'm Dope"
  • Rolison
  • Rashad Coes
  • Terrell Anderson
Rashad Coes4:08
6."Pimp or Die" (featuring Techniec and Too $hort)
Beat Ballers4:11
7."Tight to Def" (featuring T-Boz)
  • Rashad Coes
  • Mack 10 (co.)
  • T-Boz (co.)
4:59
8."Pop X" (featuring Techniec, Caviar, Xzibit, Skoop Delania and Pinky)
  • Rolison
  • Williams III
  • Jimmy Tucker
  • Coes
Rashad Coes4:03
9."Keep It Gangsta" (featuring Jazze Pha) Rick Rock 4:03
10."Hustle Game"
Easy Mo Bee 3:51
11."Spousal Abuse" (featuring Techniec and Kokane)
  • Rolison
  • Williams III
  • Jerry Long
  • Kannon Cross
  • William Moore
  • Caviar
  • Overdose
4:07
12."For Sale" (featuring YoungBloodZ, Big Gipp and Techniec)
  • Rolison
  • Jeffrey Raymond Grigsby
  • Sean Paul Ryan Joseph
  • Cameron Gipp
  • Williams III
Mark Twayne3:57
13."Tha Weekend" (featuring Ice Cube and Techniec)
  • Rolison
  • Jackson
  • Williams III
  • Leslie Brathwaite
Leslie Brathwaite6:33
Total length:48:56

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 19

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