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Track Listing
1. Puff's Intro
2. Do You Wanna Get $? - (featuring Puff Daddy)
3. Take What's Yours - (featuring DMX)
4. Mad Rapper (Interlude)
5. Will They Die 4 You? - (featuring Puff Daddy/Lil' Kim)
6. Lookin' at Me - (featuring Puff Daddy)
7. White Girl (Interlude)
8. Love U So - (featuring Billy Lawrence)
9. Player Way, The - (featuring 8Ball/MJG)
10. Hater (Interlude)
11. Niggaz Wanna Act - (featuring Busta Rhymes)
12. Feel So Good
13. What You Want - (featuring Total)
14. Phone Conversation (Interlude)
15. Cheat on You - (featuring Lil' Cease/Jay-Z)
16. 24 Hrs. To Live - (featuring The Lox/Black Rob/DMX)
17. I Need to Be - (featuring Monifah)
18. Watch Your Back (Interlude)
19. Wanna Hurt Mase?
20. Jealous Guy - (featuring 112)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | 112, Billy Lawrence, Black Rob, Busta Rhymes, DMX, Eightball, Jay-Z, Lil' Cease, Lil' Kim, MJG, Monifah, Puff Daddy, The Lox, Total | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Mase, Puff Daddy, The Lox, Total, Monifah, Billy Lawrence, Eightball & MJG, DMX, Lil' Kim, Busta Ryhmes, Lil' Cease, Jay-Z, Black Rob, 112 (rap vocals); Carlos "Six July" Broady (piano); J-Dub (programming); DJ Iroc (scratches); Kelly Price (background vocals).
Producers include: Sean "Puffy" Combs, Jermaine Dupri, J-Dub, Ron Lawrence, Deric Angelettie.
Engineers include: Ben Garrison, Stephen Dent, Doug Wilson.
Principally recorded at Daddy's House Recording Studio, Chung King Studios and The Hit Factory, New York, New York; Doppler Studios and Krosswire Studios, Atlanta, Georgia.
HARLEM WORLD was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Best Rap Album.
Bad Boy recording artist Mase made his debut on Puff Daddy's "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" single, and since then it has been nothing but success for the Harlem-born rap star. His unhurried delivery and uncomplicated lyrics are the hallmarks of his unique style. On HARLEM WORLD, Mase proves that there's more to quality hip-hop than mile-a-minute rapping and hard-core beats.
The tracks on HARLEM WORLD are instantly accessible, as most of the songs use samples that listeners will be familiar with. Mase's first single "Feels So Good" reinvents Kool & The Gang's "Hollywood Swingin'," while "Love U So" samples Teena Marie's "Square Biz." With Puffy in his corner, Mase's first at-bat can't help but dominate the hip-hop arena.
Industry Reviews
4 stars (out of 5) - ...Harlem on the rise? Most definitely.
...rap's newest bad boy more than holds his own on his solo debut. Like Puff Daddy, he laces hardcore raps with pop hooks and drops Big Willie boasts....his distinctive marble-mouthed drawl, however, creates a regular-guy persona all too rare in hip-hop. - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (11/21/1997)
Solid Material - ...Creatively refreshing, well-crafted lyrics and a high-energy track over a hyped beat easily make this...
Rap Pages (01/01/1998)
...rap's newest bad boy more than holds his own on his solo debut. Like Puff Daddy, he laces hardcore raps with pop hooks and drops Big Willie boasts....his distinctive marble-mouthed drawl, however, creates a regular-guy persona all too rare in hip-hop.
Entertainment Weekly (11/21/1997)
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