Warriorz

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Warriorz
MOP - Warriorz.jpg
Studio album by
M.O.P.
ReleasedOctober 10, 2000 (2000-10-10)
Recorded1999–2000
Genre
Length73:16
Label
Producer
  • DJ Premier
  • Fizzy Womack
  • DR Period
  • Mahogany
  • Laze E Laze
  • Nottz
  • Chris Coker
  • Curt Cazal
M.O.P. chronology
First Family 4 Life
(1998)		Warriorz
(2000)		 10 Years and Gunnin'
(2003)
Singles from Warriorz
  1. "G-Building"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Ante Up (Robbin Hoodz Theory)"
    Released: 2000
  3. "Cold As Ice"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
HipHopDX 3.5/5 [2]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
RapReviews9.5/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Source Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spin 8/10 [7]
The Village Voice A− [8]

Warriorz is the fourth full-length studio album released by M.O.P., a hip hop duo composed of emcees Billy Danze and Lil' Fame. The album was released on October 10, 2000. Despite the growing popularity of M.O.P., this album marked their last major-label-affiliated release. Loud Records folded in 2002 and M.O.P. did not follow other Loud artists to Columbia Records. Warriorz is M.O.P.'s most successful album by far. It debuted 65 places higher on the Billboard 200 charts than its previously highest-selling album, First Family 4 Life .

Contents

This album spawned the radio hit "Ante Up", which subsequently spawned a remix that also featured Busta Rhymes, Remy Ma, and M.O.P. associate Teflon. "Ante Up" appeared in the soundtracks of several films after its release due to its popularity, featuring in War on Everyone , The Last Castle , Bodied , Brown Sugar , Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star , A Simple Favor , the dance film You Got Served , and 30 Minutes or Less . The song was also featured in an episode of the short lived television series Robbery Homicide Division , [9] as well as an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine ("The Chopper") and an episode of The Mindy Project ("In the Club").

Track listing

No.TitleComposer(s)Producer(s)Sample(s)Length
1"Premier Intro"1:34
2"Welcome to Brownsville" (featuring Teflon)3:59
3"Everyday" (featuring the Product G&B)
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • D. McRae
  • M. Moore-Hough
  • DJ Premier
4:50
4"Ante Up (Robbing-Hoodz Theory)" (featuring Funkmaster Flex)
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • D. Pittman
  • DR Period
4:08
5"Face Off"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • C. Martin
  • DJ Premier
  • "Just a Prisoner" and "It's Too Late" by Billy Paul
4:06
6"Warriorz"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • Imsomie Leeper
  • Mahogany
4:43
7"G-Building"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • M.O.P.
3:36
8"Old Timerz"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • L. Elliot
  • Laze E Laze
3:50
9"On the Front Line"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • C. Martin
  • DJ Premier
3:06
10"Nig-Gotiate"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • Fizzy Womack
2:26
11"Follow Instructions"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • C. Martin
  • DJ Premier
5:03
12"Calm Down"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • Fizzy Womack
3:39
13"Power"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • Fizzy Womack
4:30
14"Home Sweet Home" (featuring Lord Have Mercy)3:58
15"Background Niggaz"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • D. Pittman
  • DR Period
3:54
16"Cold as Ice"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • Fizzy Womack
4:04
17"Operation Lockdown"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • C. Coker
  • Chris Coker
4:05
18"Roll Call"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • C. Martin
  • DJ Premier
4:03
19"Foundation"
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • C. Small
  • Curt Cazal
3:42
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
20"Stress Y'all"
  • First Family
3:39

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [10]

Chart positions

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