World War III (Mac album)

World War III
Studio album by Mac
Released	September 28, 1999 (1999-09-28)
Recorded	1998–1999
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	1:10:59
Label	No Limit Priority
Producer	Bass Heavy Big Gene Carlos Stephens D.J. Wop Ke'Noe Mac Raj Smoove Renior Suga Bear XL
Mac chronology
Shell Shocked (1998) World War III (1999) Son of the City (2022)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

World War III is the third solo studio album by American rapper Mac. It was released on September 28, 1999 via No Limit/Priority Records. Production was handled by XL, Carlos Stephens, Renior, Raj Smoove, Suga Bear, Bass Heavy, Big Gene, DJ Wop, Ke'Noe, and Mac himself. It features guest appearances from Magic, Ms. Peaches, Samm, Storm, Calliope Popeye, C-Murder, D.I.G., Master P, Mia X, Renior, Sons of Funk, Suga Bear and XL.

In the United States, the album debuted at number 44 on the Billboard 200 and number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Along with a promotional single, an accompanying music video was released for the song "War Party" premiered on Rap City . In 2001, Mac was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to thirty years in prison. He was released from prison in 2021 after serving twenty years.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Big Gene	1:02
2.	"War Party" (featuring Magic and D.I.G.)	XL	3:28
3.	"Best Friends"	Renior Suga Bear	3:15
4.	"Like Before" (featuring Storm)	XL	4:33
5.	"We Deadly" (featuring Master P)	Ke'Noe	4:08
6.	"Bloody" (featuring Magic)	XL	4:31
7.	"You Never Know" (featuring Mia X)	Carlos Stephens	3:17
8.	"Just Another Thug" (featuring C-Murder)	Carlos Stephens Bass Heavy (ass.) Big Gene (ass.) Bigg Cheeez (ass.) XL (ass.)	2:48
9.	"Battle Cry (Tomorrow)"	DJ Wop Bigg Cheeez (add.)	4:17
10.	"If It's Cool" (featuring Ms. Peaches)	Raj Smoove Bigg Cheeez (add.)	4:11
11.	"Cops and Robbers"	Renior	4:24
12.	"Lock Down" (Remix)	Suga Bear	4:05
13.	"Paradise" (featuring Calliope Popeye and Samm)	Renior	4:32
14.	"That's Hip Hop" (featuring Suga Bear, Renior, XL, Samm and Magic)	Mac	2:59
15.	"Can U Love Me? (Eyes of a Killer)"	Mac DJ Wop (add.) Big Gene (add.) XL (add.)	3:47
16.	"Genocide" (Skit)		0:45
17.	"Genocide" (featuring Ms. Peaches)	Bass Heavy	3:05
18.	"Father's Day"	XL	3:52
19.	"Still Callin' Me" (featuring Ms. Peaches and Sons of Funk)	Carlos Stephens	3:49
20.	"Assassin Nation" (featuring Storm)	Raj Smoove Bigg Cheeez (add.)	3:22
21.	"Outro"		0:49
Total length:			1:10:59

Personnel

• McKinley "Mac" Phipps, Jr. – vocals, producer (tracks: 14, 15)
• Awood "Magic" Johnson, Jr. – vocals (tracks: 2, 6, 14)
• Donnie "D.I.G." Duplesis – vocals (track 2)
• Janelle "Storm" Perrilliat – vocals (tracks: 4, 20)
• Percy "Master P" Miller – vocals (track 5), additional vocals (track 17), executive producer
• Mia "Mia X" Young – vocals (track 7)
• Corey "C-Murder" Miller – vocals (track 8)
• Aldreamer "Peaches" Smith – vocals (tracks: 10, 17, 19), additional vocals (track 15)
• Samuel "Samm" Johnson – vocals (tracks: 13, 14)
• Calliope Popeye – vocals (track 13)
• Sugar – vocals (track 14), producer (tracks: 3, 12)
• Pierre Renoir – vocals (track 14), producer (tracks: 3, 11, 13)
• Donald "XL" Robertson – vocals (track 14), additional vocals (track 12), producer (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 18), associate producer (track 8), additional producer (track 15)
• Sons of Funk – vocals (track 19), additional vocals (tracks: 12, 15)
• Eugene "Big Gene" Stephens – producer (track 1), associate producer (track 8), additional producer (track 15)
• Maurice "Ke'Noe" Jordan – producer (track 5)
• Carlos Stephens – producer (tracks: 7, 8, 19)
• Earl Anthony "DJ Wop" Register, Jr. – producer (track 9), additional producer (track 15)
• Roger Donald "Raj Smoove" Dickerson II – producer (tracks: 10, 20)
• Roderick "Bass Heavy" Tillman – producer (track 17), associate producer (track 8)
• Richard "Bigg Cheeez" Bernard – associate producer (track 8), additional producer (tracks: 9, 10, 20)
• Phipps – additional vocals (track 1)
• Vyshonn "Silkk the Shocker" Miller – additional vocals (track 5)
• Andrew "Skull Duggery" Jordan – additional vocals (track 5)
• Jamo – additional vocals (tracks: 8, 9, 15)
• Kiné – additional vocals (track 15)
• Gabe Chiesa – mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20)
• Alex Sok – mixing (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8, 11–13, 19)
• Rob Worthington – engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20)
• Michael Pandos – engineering assistant (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8, 11–13, 19)
• Leslie Henderson – cover photo
• Pen & Pixel Graphics, Inc. – artwork
• Jodi Cohen – design, layout
• Duffy Rich – A&R
• Lupe Ceballos – project coordinator

Charts

Chart performance for World War III

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [2]	44
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [3]	6

References

1. Bush, John. "World War III - Mac | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved April 30, 2025.
2. "The Billboard 200". Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 42. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 16, 1999. p. 98. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved April 30, 2025.
3. "Top R&B Albums". Billboard . Vol. 111, no. 42. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 16, 1999. p. 29. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved April 30, 2025.

External links

• Mac – World War III at Discogs (list of releases)