Unlady Like

Unlady Like
Studio album by Mia X
Released	June 24, 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Genre	Southern hip hop gangsta rap
Length	80:19
Label	No Limit Priority EMI
Producer	Master P (exec.) Beats By the Pound
Mia X chronology
Good Girl Gone Bad (1995) Unlady Like (1997) Mama Drama (1998)

Unlady Like is the second studio album by American rapper Mia X. It was released on June 24, 1997, on No Limit Records, distributed by Priority Records and EMI, and featured production from Beats By the Pound. The album made it to number 21 on the Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. ^[1] Fellow No Limit Soldiers Master P, C-Murder, Silkk the Shocker, Mr. Serv-On, Fiend, Mac, Kane & Abel, KLC, Mystikal, Mercedes, Mo B Dick, O'Dell and Big Ed are featured, along with Foxy Brown. The song "The Party Don't Stop" charted on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Airplay chart in August 1997.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	B+ [3]
The Source	[4]
Vibe	(favorable)

AllMusic editor Leo Stanley was critical of the "cheap production and borrowed ideas" throughout the album, but concluded that "Mia X has personality and can occasionally toss out a funny line, and there are a few cuts where it all gels; that's where Unlady Like becomes highly entertaining, sub-gangsta hardcore hip-hop." ^[2] In his Consumer Guide, Robert Christgau criticized the "predictably generic" boasts, "typically excessive" runtime and the overabundance of cliches, but after hearing Mia X's ode to her deceased friend, he critiqued that "her declarations of leather-skinned cynicism and wit's-end vulnerability take on a retrospective weight that counterbalances their surface contradictions." ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"You Don't Wanna Go 2 War" (featuring TRU and Mystikal)	KLC	5:26
2.	"The Party Don't Stop" (featuring Master P and Foxy Brown)	Craig B	4:13
3.	"I Pitty U"	O'Dell	4:13
4.	"Who Got tha Clout" (featuring Mystikal)	O'Dell	3:22
5.	"Ain't 2 be Played Wit"	Craig B	3:01
6.	"Unlady Like" (featuring KLC)	KLC	4:24
7.	"Intro"		0:37
8.	"I'll Take Ya Man '97"	KLC	4:47
9.	"Let's Get It Straight" (featuring Mystikal)	KLC	3:29
10.	"4Ever Tru" (featuring TRU)	Craig B	5:19
11.	"Bring da Drama" (featuring Fiend, Big Ed and Mr. Serv-On)	Craig B	2:51
12.	"All Ns"	Craig B	4:09
13.	"Mama's Family" (featuring Fiend, KLC, Kane & Abel, Mac and Mr. Serv-On)	Craig B	5:52
14.	"I Don't Know Why" (featuring Mo B. Dick)	Mo B. Dick	4:28
15.	"Hoodlum Poetry"	Craig B	5:22
16.	"Rainy Dayz"	Mo B. Dick	4:52
17.	"Mommie's Angels" (featuring Mo B. Dick)	Mo B. Dick	4:01
18.	"You & Me" (featuring O'Dell and T.C.)	O'Dell	4:38
19.	"RIP, Jill"	KLC	3:37
20.	"Thank You" (featuring Mo B. Dick, T.C. and Mercedes)	O'Dell and KLC	1:31

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position US Billboard 200 [5] 21 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [6] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position US Billboard 200 [7] 186 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [8] 39

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [1]	Gold	515,000 [9]

References

1. "American album certifications – Mia X – Unlady Like". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 17, 2021.
2. Stanley, Leo. "Unlady Like - Mia X". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
3. Christgau, Robert (June 30, 1998). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
4. Burke, Miguel (August 1997). "Mia X – Unladylike". Record Report. The Source . No. 95. New York. p. 160.
5. "Mia X Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
6. "Mia X Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
7. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997" . Billboard. Archived from the original on April 27, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
8. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1997" . Billboard. Archived from the original on April 27, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
9. Concepcion, Mariel (June 9, 2007). "A bad rap?". Billboard . Vol. 119, no. 23. pp. 24–25. Retrieved February 3, 2022– via Internet Archive.