Warriorz Explained

Warriorz
Type:studio
Artist:M.O.P.
Cover:MOP - Warriorz.jpg
Recorded:1999–2000
Producer:
  • DJ Premier
  • Fizzy Womack
  • DR Period
  • Mahogany
  • Laze E Laze
  • Nottz
  • Chris Coker
  • Curt Cazal
Prev Title:First Family 4 Life
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:10 Years and Gunnin'
Next Year:2003

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.

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, , 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,[1] as well as an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine ("The Chopper") and an episode of The Mindy Project ("In the Club").

Track listing

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
  • "On the Radio" by Archie Bell & the Drells
4:50
4"Ante Up (Robbing-Hoodz Theory)" (featuring Funkmaster Flex)
  • E. Murray
  • J. Grinnage
  • D. Pittman
  • DR Period
  • "Soul Sister Brown Sugar" by Sam & Dave
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.
  • "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" by Sly & the Family Stone
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

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]

Chart positions

Singles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: M.O.P.. IMDb.
  2. Warriorz. M.O.P.. 2000. liner notes. Loud Records. LOUD 1778-1.