My Balls and My Word

My Balls and My Word
My Balls and My Word
Studio album by Young Bleed
Released	January 20, 1998
Recorded	1996–97
Genre	Southern hip hop; gangsta rap;
Length	57:19
Label	No Limit; Priority;
Producer	C-Loc (exec.); Master P (exec.); Beats by the Pound; Happy Perez; Pimp C;
Young Bleed chronology
Singles from My Balls and My Word
	"How Ya Do Dat"; Released: September 13, 1997; "Times So Hard"; Released: April 11, 1998;

My Balls and My Word is the debut studio album by American rapper Young Bleed. It was released on January 20, 1998 as planned, through No Limit/Priority Records. Production was handled by Happy Perez, Beats By The Pound and Pimp C, with Master P and C-Loc serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Lay-Lo, C-Loc, Master P, Lee Tyme, Lucky Knuckles, Fiend and Mystikal. The album was a success, making it to number 10 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 210,000 units in its first week and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in February 1998.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep It Real" (featuring C-Loc and Master P)	Happy Perez KLC	4:15
2.	"Bring the Noise" (featuring Master P and Mystikal)	KLC Mo B. Dick Craig B. Pimp C	3:30
3.	"An Offer U Can't Refuse"	Happy Perez	1:13
4.	"The Day They Make Me Boss"	Happy Perez	5:10
5.	"Mo Money" (featuring Lay-Lo and Lucky Knuckles)	O'Dell	3:37
6.	"Pull It Off" (featuring C-Loc, Lay-Lo, Lee Tyme and Lucky Knuckles)	Happy Perez	4:53
7.	"Times So Hard" (featuring Master P, Fiend, Mo B. Dick and O'Dell)	Mo B. Dick	3:58
8.	"How Ya Do That" (featuring Master P and C-Loc)	Happy Perez KLC	4:31
9.	"Better Than Last Time" (featuring C-Loc and Max Minelli)	Happy Perez	4:48
10.	"Lil Poppa Got a Brand New Bag" (featuring Max Minelli)	Happy Perez	3:16
11.	"Confedi" (featuring C-Loc, Lee Tyme and Max Minelli)	Happy Perez	5:02
12.	"Da Last Outlaw"	Happy Perez	4:25
13.	"Ghost Rider"	Happy Perez	3:22
14.	"We Don't Stop" (featuring Max Minelli)	Happy Perez	5:22
Total length:			57:19

Glenn "Young Bleed" Clifton Jr. – main artist
Steven "C-Loc" Carrell – guest artist (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9, 11), executive producer
Percy "Master P Miller – guest artist (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 8), executive producer
Michael "Mystikal" Tyler – guest artist (track 2)
Chad "Max Minelli" Roussel – guest artist (tracks: 5, 6, 9-11, 14)
Lucky Knuckles – guest artist (tracks: 5, 6)
J-Von – guest artist (tracks: 5, 6)
Lee Tyme – guest artist (tracks: 6, 11)
Richard "Fiend" Jones – guest artist (track 7)
Raymond "Mo B. Dick" Poole – guest artist (track 7), producer (tracks: 2, 7)
Odell Vickers Jr. – guest artist (track 7), producer (track 5)
Nathan "Happy" Perez – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8-14)
Craig "KLC" Lawson – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 8)
Craig Bazile – producer (track 2)
Chad "Pimp C" Butler – producer (track 2)
Pen & Pixel Graphics – artwork
Omni Color – design
Dave Weiner – A&R
Duffy Rich – A&R
Kevin Faist – A&R

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	1

Chart (1998)	Position
US Billboard 200^[5]	194
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	45


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[7]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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