Mean Green (album) explained

Mean Green
Type:compilation album
Artist:Various artists
Cover:Mean Green Major Players Compilation.jpg
Released:September 29, 1998
Recorded:1998
Genre:Southern hip hop, gangsta rap
Length:71:21
Label:No Limit/Priority
Producer:Master P (exec.)
Beats By the Pound, Ant Banks, Pimp C, Studio Ton, Tone Capone, Irv
Chronology:No Limit Records

Mean Green is a compilation album released by American hip hop record label No Limit Records. It was released on September 29, 1998, and featured a majority of No Limit's artists, as well as other rappers including UGK and Mack 10. Like most No Limit albums at the time, this was a success and peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200 and #6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and sold 89,000 copies in its first week of release.[1] The album was also certified Gold by the RIAA with over 500,000 copies shipped in just 5 weeks. The song by Passion "Don't Be Mad" was a success.

Music video

A music video for the single "Major Players" was released.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jay-Z, OutKast, Tribe Stage Assault On Album Chart. https://web.archive.org/web/20150519010831/http://www.mtv.com/news/1430561/jay-z-outkast-tribe-stage-assault-on-album-chart/. dead. May 19, 2015. MTV News. October 7, 1998.
  2. Web site: Recording Industry Association of America . RIAA . 2012-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH . 2007-06-26 .