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2008 studio album by Jim Jones & ByrdGang
M.O.B.: The Album Released June 17, 2008 (2008-06-17 ) Recorded 2007–08 Studio Genre Hip hop Label
Producer
"Splash" Released: May 23, 2008
M.O.B.: The Album is the only studio album by American hip hop collective ByrdGang . It was released through Asylum Records and ByrdGang Records digitally on June 17, 2008, and the physical copies were in stores on July 1, 2008. Production was handled by Chink Santana , Joe Black, Noyz, AblazeDaArchitek, Chad Beats, DJ Green Lantern , Majik, M. Rell, Oneya and Young Los, with Black Flag Boo Boo, Dorielle and Nardo serving as co-producers. It features contributions from Jim Jones , NOE , Mel Matrix, Chink Santana, Sandman, Juelz Santana , Sen City, the late Stack Bundles, Hell Rell and Oshy. The album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard 200 , number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 5 on the Top Rap Albums .
The album's first single was "Splash" performed by Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, NOE and Chink Santana.
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "I'm the Man" (Jim Jones , NOE and Mel Matrix) 3:46 2. "Mobbin'" (NOE and Sandman featuring Juelz Santana ) DJ Green Lantern 4:01 3. "Only 17" (Jim Jones and Mel Matrix featuring Stack Bundles) Chink Santana 4:26 4. "Blasphemy" (Jim Jones and Mel Matrix featuring Stack Bundles and Sen City) J. Jones R. Elliot J. Jones S. Lockwood J. Wharton K. Griffen 4:53 5. "Money Right" (Jim Jones and NOE featuring Sen City) J. Jones D. Bridgeford S. Lockwood Q. Johnson Majik 4:50 6. "Throwin' BG's" (NOE, Sandman and Chink Santana) D. Bridgeford G. Daquin A. Parker A. Jackson AblazeDaArchitek 4:18 7. "She So Gangsta/Freakin You" (Jim Jones, Chink Santana and NOE featuring Oshy) A. Parker J. Jones D. Bridgeford T. Byrd C. Lecky Chink Santana Dorielle (co. ) 10:58 8. "Splash" (Jim Jones, NOE and Chink Santana featuring Juelz Santana) J. Jones L. James D. Bridgeford A. Parker Chink Santana 4:23 9. "Hustle" (Jim Jones and NOE) D. Bridgeford J. Jones E. Morrell M. Rell 3:40 10. "Oopsy Daisy" (Jim Jones, NOE and Mel Matrix) J. Jones D. Bridgeford J. Jones A. Parker Chink Santana Black Flag Boo Boo (co. ) 5:40 11. "Heartbeat" (Jim Jones and NOE featuring Hell Rell ) Oneya 3:56 12. "Byrdgang Money" (Jim Jones, Mel Matrix and NOE) J. Jones D. Bridgeford J. Jones C. Burnette M. Clervoix Chad Beatz 4:31 13. "Gizzang" (Jim Jones and Chink Santana) Chink Santana 6:27 14. "We Flying" (Jim Jones, Mel Matrix and NOE) J. Jones D. Bridgeford J. Jones C. Taylor III Young Los 5:06 15. "So Cold" (Jim Jones, Chink Santana and Sandman) A. Parker J. Jones G. Daquin 4:24
iTunes bonus tracksTitle 16. "Religion" (Jim Jones) 4:43 17. "Pipe Smoke" (Jim Jones and NOE featuring Riz) 5:07 18. "Keep Watching" (Jim Jones and NOE featuring Riz) 4:26
Leftover tracks
"Life's Like a Movie" (Jim Jones and Mel Matrix featuring Max B and Stack Bundles)
"Make a Chick Go" (Jim Jones featuring Jha Jha, Max B and Two)
Joseph "Jimmy " Jones – vocals (tracks: 1, 3-5, 7-18) , executive producer
Duane "NOE " Bridgeford – vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 5-12, 14, 17, 18)
Jamel "Mel Matrix" Jones – vocals (tracks: 1-4, 10, 12, 14)
Guy Connel "Sandman" DaQuin Jr. – vocals (tracks: 2, 6, 15)
LaRon "Juelz Santana " James – vocals (tracks: 2, 8)
Rayquon "Stack Bundles" Elliott – vocals (tracks: 3, 4)
Seneca "Sen City" Lockwood – vocals (tracks: 4, 5)
Andre "Chink Santana " Parker – vocals (tracks: 6-8, 13, 15) , producer (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15)
Thomas "Oshy" Byrd – vocals (track 7)
Chris "Luck" Lecky – additional vocals (track 7) , A&R
Rowena – additional vocals (track 7)
Durell "Hell Rell " Mohammed – vocals (track 11)
Joe "Joe Black" Wharton – producer (tracks: 1, 4)
K. "Noyz" Griffen – producer (tracks: 1, 4)
James "DJ Green Lantern " D'Agostino – producer (track 2)
Quinton "Majik" Johnson – producer (track 5)
Antwan "AblazeDaArchitek" Jackson – producer (track 6)
Eduardo "M. Rell" Morrell III – producer (track 9)
Vanja Oneya Ulepić – producer (track 11)
Chad Dexter "Chad Beat" Burnette – producer (track 12)
Carlos "Young Los" Taylor III – producer (track 14)
Dorielle – co-producer (track 7)
Black Flag Boo Boo – co-producer (track 10)
Nardo – co-producer (track 15)
Eric Jensen – recording (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9-15) , mixing (tracks: 1-7, 9-12, 14, 15)
Eric "Ibo" Butler – recording (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 13) , mixing (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 12, 13)
Narima Miller – recording and mixing assistant (tracks: 1-7, 9-12, 14, 15)
Michael Makowski – recording and mixing assistant (tracks: 8, 13)
Will Quinnell – mastering
Cey Adams – art direction, design
Gasper Chiaramonte – art direction, design
Crawford Morgan – photography
Daniel Garriga – additional photography
Yandielle "Yandi" Smith – management
Pamela Simon – packaging management
Theo Sedlmayr – legal
Kimberly Mason – marketing
Riz – vocals (tracks: 17, 18)
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