In the United States, the album debuted at number two on both the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts with 215,000 copies sold in its first week.
The album produced three singles, "So Seductive", "Curious", and "I Know You Don't Love Me", and one promotional single "Drama Setter", as well as three music videos for "So Seductive", "Curious"/"Pimpin'" and "I Know You Don't Love Me" starring G-Unit.
"With 50, he has the notoriety of hit records. I actually wrote 'Seductive' before he wrote 'Candy Shop'. [That's why] you hear him say 'so seductive' [in the 'Candy Shop' intro]. 50, he plays a big part in all our albums. I feel like we can stand on our own cause we're writing all our material," Tony told SOHH.com. "50, he just adds on. I love to hear 50 get on a record. I love the way 50 rides the beat. I did 'Seductive', 50 came on it and I was like, 'I gotta keep him on it' cause it sounds ten times better with him on it."
The album was delayed and highly anticipated, due to Tony Yayo's time in prison.
The songs "So Seductive" and "Live By The Gun" were featured in the 2005 Xbox video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof. Tony Yayo appears in the video game providing his own voice and likeness and is a playable character in arcade mode.
The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. Some critics noted that the album had stellar production but thought that Tony's vocals and lyrics were not up to par. Writing for Rolling Stone, Christian Hoard said: "With the exception of a few complete duds, Felon is a solid stopgap, although it may also mark the moment when designer bullet holes start to go out of fashion".[6]
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thoughts, predicate, felon, debut, studio, album, american, rapper, tony, yayo, released, august, 2005, through, unit, interscope, records, recording, sessions, took, place, sound, integrated, studios, sony, music, studios, unit, studios, sound, sound, right, . Thoughts of a Predicate Felon is the debut studio album by American rapper Tony Yayo It was released on August 30 2005 through G Unit Interscope Records Recording sessions took place at Sound One at Integrated Studios Sony Music Studios G Unit Studios Sound On Sound and Right Track Recording in New York at 54 Sound in Detroit at Encore Studios in Los Angeles and at Joi Studios in Atlanta Production was handled by Focus Eminem Black Jeruz DJ Khalil Domingo Havoc J R Rotem LT Moe Megahertz Punch Ron Browz Sam Sneed Sebb Studio 44 and Sha Money XL who also served as co executive producer It features guest appearances from fellow G Unit members 50 Cent who also served as executive producer Lloyd Banks Young Buck Olivia and Spider Loc as well as Eminem Obie Trice Jagged Edge Joe and Kokane Thoughts of a Predicate FelonStudio album by Tony YayoReleasedAugust 30 2005 2005 08 30 Recorded2004 05StudioSound OneIntegrated Studios New York NY Sony Music Studios New York NY G Unit Studios New York NY 54 Sound Detroit MI Encore Studios Los Angeles CA Sound On Sound New York NY Right Track Recording New York NY JOI Studios Atlanta GA GenreHardcore hip hopgangsta rapLength1 00 41LabelG UnitInterscopeProducer50 Cent exec Sha Money XL also co exec Black JeruzDJ KhalilDomingoEminemFocus HavocJ R RotemLT MoeMegahertzPunchRon BrowzSam SneedSebbStudio 44Singles from Thoughts of a Predicate Felon So Seductive Released June 7 2005 Curious Released July 18 2005 I Know You Don t Love Me Released November 4 2005In the United States the album debuted at number two on both the Billboard 200 and the Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums charts with 215 000 copies sold in its first week The album produced three singles So Seductive Curious and I Know You Don t Love Me and one promotional single Drama Setter as well as three music videos for So Seductive Curious Pimpin and I Know You Don t Love Me starring G Unit Contents 1 Background 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 5 1 Weekly charts 5 2 Year end charts 6 References 7 External linksBackground Edit With 50 he has the notoriety of hit records I actually wrote Seductive before he wrote Candy Shop That s why you hear him say so seductive in the Candy Shop intro 50 he plays a big part in all our albums I feel like we can stand on our own cause we re writing all our material Tony told SOHH com 50 he just adds on I love to hear 50 get on a record I love the way 50 rides the beat I did Seductive 50 came on it and I was like I gotta keep him on it cause it sounds ten times better with him on it The album was delayed and highly anticipated due to Tony Yayo s time in prison The songs So Seductive and Live By The Gun were featured in the 2005 Xbox video game 50 Cent Bulletproof Tony Yayo appears in the video game providing his own voice and likeness and is a playable character in arcade mode Critical reception EditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Gigwise 2 HipHopDX2 5 5 3 PopMatters3 10 4 RapReviews7 5 10 5 Rolling Stone 6 The album received generally positive reviews from music critics Some critics noted that the album had stellar production but thought that Tony s vocals and lyrics were not up to par Writing for Rolling Stone Christian Hoard said With the exception of a few complete duds Felon is a solid stopgap although it may also mark the moment when designer bullet holes start to go out of fashion 6 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Intro featuring D Prosper and Dre McKenzie 1 132 Homicide Gomez Eliseo ZorrillaDomingo3 383 It Is What It Is featuring Spider Loc Marvin BernardCurtis WilliamsSebastien VuignierMarshall MathersLuis RestoSteven KingSebbEminem a 5 004 Tattle Teller BernardRashad SmithMichael ClervoixDaryl HallJohn OatesBlack JeruzSha Money XL4 165 So Seductive featuring 50 Cent BernardCurtis JacksonMichael R HarperMike Punch Harper3 306 Eastside Westside BernardBernard Edwards Jr Ray Parker Jr Focus 2 477 Drama Setter featuring Eminem and Obie Trice BernardMathersObie TriceJeffrey BassRestoKingEminemJeff Bass a Luis Resto a 5 038 We Don t Give a Fuck featuring 50 Cent Lloyd Banks and Olivia BernardJacksonCharles LloydJasmin LopezJonathan RotemJ R Rotem3 419 Pimpin BernardTodd MooreLT Moe3 0610 Curious featuring Joe BernardSamuel AndersonSam Sneed3 2311 I m So High featuring Kokane BernardJerry Buddy Long Jr JacksonKhalil Abdul RahmanMauricio Alberto KaisermannLouis GasteDJ Khalil3 2412 Love My Style BernardDorsey WesleyAnand BakshiLaxmikant PyarelalMegahertz4 0813 Project Princess featuring Jagged Edge BernardBrandon CaseyBrian CaseyEdwards Jr Focus 3 4914 G Shit BernardRondell TurnerRon Browz3 4515 I Know You Don t Love Me featuring G Unit BernardJacksonLloydDavid BrownB HollowayG BennettEugene McDanielsLeroy PendarvisStudio 443 5516 Dear Suzie BernardKejuan MuchitaHavoc3 0717 Live by the Gun BernardEdwards Jr Focus 2 57Total length 1 00 41 Notes a signifies an additional producer Sample creditsTrack 1 contains recreated dialogue from American Me Track 2 contains elements from Los Hombres De Rabia Tambien Lloran written by Eliseo Zorrilla and performed by Danny Rivera Track 4 contains elements from Sara Smile written by Hall amp Oates and performed by Impact Track 6 contains resung elements from Mr Telephone Man by Ray Parker Jr Track 11 contains elements from Feelings by Morris Albert Track 12 contains elements from Toxic by Britney Spears and Tere Mere Beech Mein written by Laxmikant Kudalkarand Pyarelal Sharma and Anand Bakshi and performed by Lata Mangeshkar amp S P Balasubrahmanyam Track 15 contains elements from Early Ev ry Morning written by Eugene McDaniels and Leon Pendarvis and performed by Roberta FlackPersonnel EditMarvin Tony Yayo Bernard main artist Derick Prosper vocals amp score track 1 A amp R Dre McKenzie vocals track 1 Curtis Spider Loc Williams vocals track 3 Curtis 50 Cent Jackson vocals tracks 5 8 11 15 16 executive producer Marshall Eminem Mathers vocals amp producer track 7 additional producer track 3 mixing tracks 3 7 Obie Trice vocals track 7 Christopher Lloyd Banks Lloyd vocals tracks 8 15 Olivia Longott vocals track 8 Joseph Joe Thomas vocals track 10 Jerry Kokane Long Jr vocals track 11 Jagged Edge vocals track 13 David Young Buck Brown vocals track 15 Hailu backing vocals track 17 Kenyatta Beasley score track 1 Carlos C12 Bess score amp mixing track 1 Eric E Bass Johnson bass track 2 Luis Resto additional keyboards tracks 3 7 additional producer track 7 Stu Bassie Brooks additional bass track 5 bass track 14 Steven King guitar amp bass track 7 mixing tracks 3 7 Jeff Bass keyboards amp additional producer track 7 Tony Burgess guitar amp additional producer track 10 Domingo Padilla producer track 2 Sebastien Sebb Vuignier producer track 3 Robert Black Jeruz Smith producer track 4 Michael Sha Money XL Clervoix producer track 4 co executive producer Mike Punch Harper producer track 5 Bernard Focus Edwards Jr producer tracks 6 13 17 Jonathan J R Rotem producer track 8 Todd LT Moe Moore producer amp recording track 9 Samuel Sam Sneed Anderson producer track 10 DJ Khalil Abdul Rahman producer track 11 Dorsey Megahertz Wesley producer track 12 Rondell Ron Browz Turner producer track 14 Studio 44 producer track 15 Kejuan Havoc Muchita producer track 16 Steve Simons recording track 1 Ky Miller recording tracks 2 6 8 11 17 Mike Strange recording track 7 additional recording track 3 Tony Campana recording track 7 additional recording track 3 Taurus Scott recording track 7 Nicholas Aqua McCarrell recording track 10 Pat Viala recording tracks 10 11 mixing tracks 2 6 8 10 13 15 17 Wesley Morris recording track 13 Steve Baughman mixing tracks 4 5 9 14 Mauricio Veto Iragorri mixing track 4 Brian Big Bass Gardner mastering Marcus Heisser A amp R Jonathan Mannion photographyCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2005 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 7 72Australian Urban Albums ARIA 8 12Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 9 79Canadian Albums Billboard 10 3French Albums SNEP 11 50German Albums Offizielle Top 100 12 34Irish Albums IRMA 13 23New Zealand Albums RMNZ 14 38Scottish Albums OCC 15 48Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 16 58UK Albums OCC 17 41UK R amp B Albums OCC 18 2US Billboard 200 19 2US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 20 2 Year end charts Edit Chart 2005 PositionUS Billboard 200 21 152US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 22 52References Edit Jeffries David Thoughts of a Predicate Felon Tony Yayo Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved April 18 2021 Lavin Will June 28 2006 GIGWISE com Tony Yayo Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon G Unit Interscope Released 05 09 05 Gigwise Archived from the original on 2006 06 28 Retrieved April 18 2021 via Wayback Machine Ryce Jeff August 28 2005 Tony Yayo Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon HipHopDX Retrieved April 18 2021 Henderson Lee October 17 2005 Tony Yayo Thoughts of a Predicate Felon PopMatters PopMatters Retrieved April 18 2021 Hernandez Pedro September 6 2005 Tony Yayo Thoughts of a Predicate Felon G Unit Interscope Records www rapreviews com Retrieved April 18 2021 a b Hoard Christian October 6 2005 Tony Yayo Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon Music Reviews Rolling Stone Rolling Stone Archived from the original on 2007 10 02 Retrieved April 18 2021 via Wayback Machine Ryan Gavin 2011 Australia s Music Charts 1988 2010 PDF ed Mt Martha Victoria Australia Moonlight Publishing p 307 ARIA Urban Chart Week Commencing 10th October 2005 PDF Australian Recording Industry Association 815 16 October 10 2005 Archived from the original PDF on 23 February 2008 Retrieved April 16 2023 via Pandora Archive Ultratop be Tony Yayo Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved September 20 2020 Tony Yayo Chart History Canadian Albums Billboard Retrieved September 20 2020 Lescharts com Tony Yayo Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon Hung Medien Retrieved September 20 2020 Offiziellecharts de Tony Yayo Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved September 20 2020 Irish charts com Discography Tony Yayo Hung Medien Retrieved September 20 2020 Charts nz Tony Yayo Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon Hung Medien Retrieved September 20 2020 Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved September 20 2020 Swisscharts com Tony Yayo Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon Hung Medien Retrieved September 20 2020 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved September 20 2020 Official R amp B Albums Chart Top 40 Official Charts Company Retrieved April 18 2021 Tony Yayo Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved September 20 2020 Tony Yayo Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved September 20 2020 Top Billboard 200 Albums Year End 2005 Billboard Retrieved September 20 2020 Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Year End 2005 Billboard Retrieved September 20 2020 External links EditThoughts Of A Predicate Felon at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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