Blood Money | ||||
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Studio album by Mobb Deep | ||||
Released | May 2, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
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50 Cent (exec.), Sha Money XL (exec.), The Alchemist, Chad Beatz, Dr. Dre, Exile, Fredwreck, Havoc, J.R. Rotem, K-Lassik Beats, Ky Miller, Mike Elizondo, Product & Whitton, Profile |
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Singles from Blood Money | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 55/100 |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Blender | |
Entertainment Weekly | A− |
Pitchfork Media | 4.6/10 |
PopMatters | 5/10 |
Spin | |
Stylus Magazine | D |
USA Today | |
Vibe | |
XXL |
Blood Money is the seventh studio album by hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, released on May 2, 2006. It is the group's first and only album on G-Unit & Interscope Records. It features guest appearances by several G-Unit artists, including G-Unit members 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck and affiliate Nyce. The album also features artists such as Mary J. Blige and Nate Dogg. Blood Money is the first Mobb Deep studio album to not feature rapper Big Noyd.
Blood Money has received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 55, based on 17 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews."
In the United States, the album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with 106,000 copies sold. This entry at #3 on the Billboard 200 tied Mobb Deep's fourth album Murda Muzik for highest entry on the chart, with Murda Muzik entering the chart at #3 in 1999.
The album has sold 282,000 copies from May 2, 2006 – February 25, 2014.
The bonus track "Have a Party" originally appeared on the Get Rich or Die Tryin' soundtrack, released in 2005. The other bonus track on the album, "Outta Control Remix", also originally appeared elsewhere, appearing as a bonus track on the re-release edition of 50 Cent's The Massacre. "Outta Control Remix" was also released as a single off of The Massacre and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.