M.O.B.: The Album Explained
M.O.B.: The Album is the only studio album by American hip hop collective ByrdGang. It was released through Asylum Records and Jim Jones' 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.
Track listing
- 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)
Personnel
- 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)
