Made Man (album)

For other uses, see Made man (disambiguation).

Made Man is the third studio album by American rapper Silkk the Shocker, released on January 19, 1999, on Priority Records and Master P's No Limit Records. Production for the album was handled by No Limit producers Beats By the Pound. The album features guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Mýa, Jay-Z, and Master P, the latter whom executive produced the album.

Made Man
Studio album by Silkk the Shocker
Released	January 19, 1999
Recorded	1998-1999
Genre	Southern hip hop gangsta rap
Length	73:03
Label	Priority No Limit
Producer	Master P (exec.) Beats By the Pound O'Dell Whole Records Craig B. KLC The Sons Of Funk Carlos Stephens DJ Whop Rico Crowder Mo B. Dick
Silkk the Shocker chronology
Charge It 2 da Game (1998) Made Man (1999) My World, My Way (2001)
Singles from Made Man
"Somebody Like Me" Released: February 16, 1999 "It Ain't My Fault Pt. 2" Released: February 16, 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	A-
Fast Forward Weekly
Rolling Stone
The Source
Los Angeles Times
USA Today
The Village Voice	(favorable)

The album debuted at number one on both the US Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. On April 12, 1999 Made Man was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The music video for "Ghetto Rain" was also No Limit's first animated claymation music video.

Commercial Performance

It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 selling 240,244 copies in its first week making it Silkk the Shocker's Second Platinum album and his first platinum album debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200.^[1] It sold more its first week than his previous album Charge It 2 da Game (1998).^[2] Made Man went on to be certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in April 1999. This album made Silkk The Shocker one of the only rappers to go platinum with two albums within a 1 year time span, the other was DMX in 1998.

Track listing

Made Man

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Day I Was Made"	4:24
2.	"Somebody Like Me" (featuring Mýa)	4:12
3.	"It Ain't My Fault Pt. 2" (featuring Mystikal)	3:26
4.	"Ghetto Rain" (featuring Master P & O'Dell)	4:36
5.	"This Is 4 My" (featuring Short Circuit)	2:51
6.	"Commercial One"	0:39
7.	"You Know What We Bout" (featuring Master P & Jay-Z)	4:33
8.	"I Want to Be with You" (featuring O'Dell)	4:53
9.	"All Because of You" (featuring Mia X)	4:27
10.	"No Limit" (featuring Fiend & Mystikal)	2:21
11.	"End of the Road" (featuring Sons of Funk)	4:21
12.	"We Won't Stop" (featuring Master P & C-Murder)	4:01
13.	"Mr. '99"	3:02
14.	"It Takes More" (featuring Ghetto Commission)	4:00
15.	"If It Don't Make $"	3:10
16.	"It's Going Around Outside" (featuring Rico of Sons of Funk)	4:37
17.	"Put It on Something" (featuring Mia X)	4:49
18.	"Commercial Two" (featuring Fiend & 2-4-1)	1:51
19.	"Southside Niggas" (featuring C-Murder)	3:12
20.	"Get It Up" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	3:38

All lyrics written by Vyshonn "Silkk the Shocker" Miller, and featured rappers.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peak position US Billboard 200^[3] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Billboard 200^[5] 95 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6] 23

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions^[7]
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
1999	Somebody Like Me	#28	#43	#1
	"It Ain't My Fault Pt. 2"	#12	#8	#1
1999	"Ghetto Rain"	#27	#15	#6

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic^[8]

• Craig B. - Producer
• C-Murder - Performer,
• Fiend - Performer
• Ghetto Commission - Performer
• Leslie Henderson- Photography
• Jay-Z - CGuest Artist, Performer
• Master P - Guest Artist, Performer,
• Mia X - Guest Artist, Performer,
• Mýa - Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Primary Artist
• Mystikal - Guest Artist, Performer,
• O'Dell - Featured Artist, Performer,
• Rico - Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist
• Silkk the Shocker - Performer
• Snoop Dogg - Guest Artist, Performer,
• Sons of Funk - Guest Artist, Performer
• Carlos Stephens - Producer

See also

• Number-one albums of 1999 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1999 (U.S.)
• No Limit Records discography

References

1. "Silkk the Shocker Debuts At #1". MTV News. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
2. link
3. "Silkk The Shocker Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
4. "Silkk The Shocker Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
5. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
6. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
7. Billboard Singles: Made Man. Allmusic. Retrieved on September 14, 2009.
8. http://www.allmusic.com/album/made-mann-mw0000043064/credits.^{[dead link]}