Made Man (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Made Man
Type = studio
Artist = Silkk the Shocker

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Released = January 19, 1999
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Southern Rap
Length = 73:03
Label = No Limit / Priority/EMI
Producer = Master P, O'Dell] , KLC, Craig B, Carlos Stephens
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fy7zefwkogf2 link]
* "Entertainment Weekly" B [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,274244,00.html link]
* "Fast Forward Weekly" Rating|2|5 [http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/1999/0211/rev2.html link]
Last album = "Charge It 2 Da Game"
(1998)
This album = "Made Man"
(1999)
Next album = "My World, My Way"
(2001)

"Made Man" is a multi-platinum album by Southside rapper Silkk the Shocker. It debuted at number one on the Billboard chart by selling 240,244 units in its third week of release. [(February 5, 1999). [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,274307,00.html 'Man' Overboard] "Entertainment Weekly". Accessed July 30, 2008.] It fell to number 3 the next week, halving its sales to 116,000 units. [ [http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol64/88/shobiz/shobiz-index.html] Dead link|date=July 2008] [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/foxybrown2/articles/story/5923314/shock_the_shocker Shock the Shocker: Foxy Brown : Rolling Stone ] ] It then fell to 7th place and stayed in the top ten in the week ending February 20 [ [http://uk.real.com/guide/music/artist/Everlast/article/364639/?d=DkZPrOxsOMe2 Video - www.real.com ] ] with 92,000, accumulating a total of 450,000 and easily achieving gold status (later reaching double platinum), [ [http://www.riaa.com RIAA ] ] making it Silkk's most successful album and also the only number one release by No Limit Records that year. It spent a total of 20 weeks on the chart.Fact|date=July 2008 The album features his first collaboration with Jay-Z and second single release with Mýa. It also marks the debut in producing by Rico under the No Limit imprint. All songs were written by Silkk. "It Ain't My Fault 2" was the rapper's only significant pop hit, peaking at #26 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.

Tracklist

# "Day I Was Made" (produced by O'Dell)
# "Somebody Like Me" (featuring Mýa) (produced by Whole Records)
# "It Ain't My Fault 2" (with Mystikal) (produced by Craig B)
# "Ghetto Rain" (featuring Master P and O'Dell) (produced by Craig B)
# "This Is 4 My" (featuring Fiend) (produced by KLC)
# "Commercial One"
# "You Know What We Bout" (featuring Jay-Z and Master P) (produced by Craig B)
# "I Want to Be with You" (produced by O'Dell, KLC)
# "All Because of You" (with Mia X) (produced by KLC)
#* Samples "Lodi Dodi" by Slick Rick [http://www.worldwideconnected.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=372 Silkk the Shocker - Made Man - Review] ]
# "No Limit" (featuring Fiend) (produced by KLC)
# "End of the Road" (featuring Sons of Funk) (produced by Sons of Funk)
#* Contains elements "Easy" by The Commodores [ [http://www.epinions.com/content_240196816516 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Made Man [PA by Silkk the Shocker] ]
# "We Won't Stop (featuring Master P and C-Murder) (produced by Carlos Stephens)
# "Mr. '99" (produced by KLC)
# "It Takes More" (with The Ghetto Commission) (produced by Carlos Stephens)
# "If It Don't Make $" (produced by DJ Whop)
#* Interpolates "Dollaz and Sense" by DJ Quik
# "It's Going Around Outside" (featuring Rico Lumpkins) (produced by Rico Lumpkins)
# "Put It On Something" (with Mia X) (produced by Craig B)
# "Commercial Two"
# "Southside Niggas" (featuring Master P and C-Murder) (produced by Mo B. Dick)
# "Get It Up" (with Snoop Dogg) [produced by Beats By the Pound]
#* Interpolates Nuthin' But a "G" Thang by Dr. Dre

Chart performance

Album

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ee also

* Number-one albums of 1999 (U.S.)
* No Limit Records discography

References