Black Mafia (album)

Black Mafia is the second studio album by American hip-hop duo Steady Mobb'n. It was released on November 24, 1998, through No Limit/Priority Records, marking the duo's second and final full-length for the label.

Produced by Beats by the Pound and Meech Wells, it features guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, C-Murder, Mystikal, Fiend, Freedom, Full Blooded, Lil' Soldiers, Mac, Magic, Master P, Mia X, M.P., Mr. Serv-On, Prime Suspects, Renzo, Silkk the Shocker and Gambino Family. According to group member Billy Bavgate, the record was completed in one week.

The album failed to match the major success of their 1997's Pre-Meditated Drama, debuting at number 82 on the Billboard 200 and number 19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts with 21,000 copies sold in its first week. It was supported with the only promotional single "Ghetto Life". Most critics blame the albums lackluster sales and weak delivery on the account of DJ Daryl not being present on the album. Steady Mobb'n departed No Limit Records thereafter.

Track listing

Sample credits

• Track 1 contains elements from "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" written by Marvin Gaye.
• Track 3 contains elements from "Sweet Sticky Thing" written by James Williams, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce and William Beck.
• Track 13 contains elements from "The Message" written by Edward Fletcher, Sylvia Robinson, Melvin Glover and Clifton Chase.

Personnel

Charts

References

External links

• Steady Mobb'n – Black Mafia at Discogs (list of releases)