Mack 10 - "Bang Or Ball"

[Murrow]

Mack 10
Bang Or Ball
December 4th
Cash Money Records

Features Ice Cube, WC and Cash Money Millionares

Mack 10 sets up shop with Mannie Fresh and CM for his next album.  WC fans should get this because Dr. Dre has a few tracks as well as the first single, "Hate In Your Eyes."  The video is out now.  If anyone knows the tracklist, please post it.

[SugeFight]

From www.cashmoney-records.com

West coast rap legend Mack 10, who recently signed a recording deal with prominent independent powerhouse Cash Money Records, is set to release his latest CD, Bang Or Ball, on December 4, 2001. This unique pairing with the primarily southern label, makes Mack 10 the first West Coast act signed to the New Orleans-based label best known for its breakout success with multi-platinum hip-hop acts Juvenile, Lil Wayne, Big Tymers and The Hot Boys. Bang Or Ball pairs Mack 10 with two multi-platinum, award-winning producers - Dr. Dre on the lead single “Hate In Yo Eyes,” and Mannie Fresh on the follow-up single, “Do Tha Damn Thing.” After releasing four gold-certified solo albums and a multi-platinum project as a member of Westside Connection, Mack 10 decided it was time to find a new recording home. Upon solidifying the Cash Money deal in the spring of 2001, the Inglewood native went into the studio with the acclaimed Cash Money in-house producer Mannie Fresh, who produced a majority of the new project. Bang Or Ball contains blazing tracks full of west coast anthems, Cash Money trademark “bounce” beats, and an all-star supporting cast. Stand-out songs on the album include: the bass-driven “Do Tha Damn Thing,” the naughty “Be A Dog About It,” featuring B.G, and, what is sure to be a new classic, “Connected For Life,” featuring long time friends and mentor Ice Cube and W.C, of the Westside Connection.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Il'l be poor on Dec 4th...LoL

[Cliftone_Santiago_909]

I got this tracklising from 2untouchable.com.

01. Intro
02. So Serious
03. Chucks N' Khakis, Girbauds N' Soldiers
04. Late Night Creep
05. A Tale Of Two G's
06. One Of Da Family
07. Feel The Heat
08. Three Wheel Motion
09. Mack Dime's Theme
10. Hardcore Blastbangin'
11. Ain't Easy
12. Outro

[Nosak]

nice...


... i think this tracklisting ain't the final one !!!

[Big BpG]

I got this tracklising from 2untouchable.com.

01. Intro
02. So Serious
03. Chucks N' Khakis, Girbauds N' Soldiers
04. Late Night Creep
05. A Tale Of Two G's
06. One Of Da Family
07. Feel The Heat
08. Three Wheel Motion
09. Mack Dime's Theme
10. Hardcore Blastbangin'
11. Ain't Easy
12. Outro

That tracklisting is wrong because it' s missing the song Hate In Yo Eyes which is already out as a single....

-Big BpG

[Hittman]

This Looks Like A Very Promosing Album.

[DreSnoop00]

this album looks like its gonna be pretty dope

[Murrow]

I wonder if the only track Dre produced by was the first single?

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Nope:


Dre's Executive producing it...

[SugeFight]

I wonder if this means more Cash Money/Dre collabos.  And before you all hate--just imagine TQ over a Dre beat.

[Murrow]

Dre isn't ex. producing this album.  He is only producing a few tracks.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

so Mac 10 Lied?

[Murrow]

so Mac 10 Lied?

Dre has no time to be the executive producer for Mack 10's album.  Why would he wanna anyway?  Mannie Fresh wouldn't allow it either.  The peeps who usually ex. produce CM albums are doing again this time.  Baby Williams I think.  I remember Mac saying Dre was gonna ex. produce it too, but that was a while ago, we know that won't happen know.  

[Mr_Loc]

Here's a new article from the album from MTV.com


"Stayin' Alive" may not be the first song a hardcore rapper considers sampling, but Mack 10 expects the Dr. Dre-produced "Hate in Yo Eyes" — whose chorus plays off of the refrain of the Bee Gees disco classic — will be his biggest song ever. A catchy, driving song, "Hate in Yo Eyes" stands as the Inglewood rapper's most commercially viable release, straying from his typically abrasive sound.

"I'm already getting feedback from radio that it will be bigger than 'Backyard Boogie' and 'Foe Life,' " Mack 10 said, referring to his two biggest hits. "Radio stations that never f---ed with me before are just digging the record."

Mack 10 will be releasing Bang or Ball, his first album on Cash Money Records, on December 4. Even though he's newly aligned with Cash Money — whose roster includes Juvenile, B.G., Big Tymers and Turk — don't expect to see cameos from them in the video for "Hate in Yo Eyes." Only CM's Lil' Wayne appears in the clip. Dr. Dre was unavailable due to his commitment to other projects.

"I didn't have time to wait for our schedules to be where we're on the same page," Mack said of Dre. "I had to get my video done. But he definitely called me and said that he was behind me 100 percent.

"It's not like I've got to sell my records by putting a whole bunch of rappers in my video just so everybody thinks I'm cool," he added.

At least some of Mack's cool comes from his incendiary work with Ice Cube and WC as the Westside Connection. The group's 1996 album, Bow Down, sold more than 1 million copies and had the trio defending their coast's brand of rap music, among other topics.

The Westside Connection reconvene on Bang or Ball with "Connect for Life," a Mannie Fresh-produced track that features crooner Butch Cassidy on the chorus. In addition to being the album's second single, it is also one of the collection's strongest songs. Even though the Connection rarely records together due to Cube's movie career and other scheduling concerns, the trio sound as sharp as ever on "Connect for Life."

"I think we have a magic chemistry," he said. "There are certain groups that are just like that, like Dre and Snoop. Together, they're just the sh--. Westside Connection, it's just magic when we're together. We're to the point where we don't even have to rehearse for shows. We know each other."

During the recording of Bang or Ball, Mack 10 got to know Mannie Fresh, Cash Money's resident beatsmith. In an era when many rappers use a different producer for every song on their albums, Bang or Ball features 15 Mannie Fresh-produced beats and one each from Dr. Dre, Ron ("Work") and QDIII ("Let It Be Known").

Working extensively with the diverse Fresh allowed Mack 10 to expand his sound and become a more rounded artist than he was on his last effort, 2000's The Paper Route, which sold less than Mack's other three albums. Because of this artistic maturity, Bang or Ball is one of those rare albums that could be accepted equally in the West and the South.

"It's got a bigger range," Mack 10 said. "This is more of a complete album. The Paper Route, that was one of my favorite albums. But a lot of people's fans get spoiled. Once you create a certain sound and do things a certain way, that's what they want you to do forever. Sometimes, you've got to change with the times a little bit. I keep a little bit of the gangster sh-- in there, like the old school sh--. But you don't want anybody listening to your album to think that it came out in '95."