Let's Get Ready

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This article is about the album by Mystikal. For the non-profit organization please see Let's Get Ready (Education).
Let's Get Ready
Studio album by Mystikal
Released September 26, 2000 (USA)
Recorded 1999-2000
Genre Hip hop
Length 54:27
Label Jive Records
Producer The Neptunes, Earthtone III, P.A.[disambiguation needed ], Medicine Man, Bink!, Leroy Edwards, David Faulk, KLC, Mo B. Dick, O'dell
Mystikal chronology
Ghetto Fabulous
(1998)
Let's Get Ready
(2000)
Tarantula
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly A−[2]
RapReviews 8/10[3]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[4]

Let's Get Ready is the fourth hip hop solo album by New Orleans-based rapper Mystikal, released on September 26, 2000. It has sold approximately 2,227,536 copies, and was certified double platinum in the U.S.[5][6] It peaked at 44 on the Canadian album chart and was certified gold (50,000 units exported.)[7] The album featured Mystikal's two biggest singles, "Shake Ya Ass", which peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Danger (Been So Long)", which peaked at #14.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

# Title Featured performers Producer(s) Length
1. "Ready to Rumble" The Medicine Men 4:51
2. "Shake Ya Ass" Pharrell The Neptunes 4:16
3. "Jump" The Neptunes 4:06
4. "Danger (Been So Long)" Nivea The Neptunes 3:31
5. "Come See About Me" Da Brat, Petey Pablo PA 4:41
6. "Big Truck Boys" KLC 5:15
7. "I Rock, I Roll" Mo B. Dick 4:31
8. "U Would If U Could" O'dell 5:09
9. "Mystikal Fever" Bink! 3:52
10. "Family" Nivea The Neptunes 4:51
11. "Ain't Gonna See Tomorrow" Earthtone III 4:28
12. "The Braids" Earthtone III 4:06
13. "Smoked Out" David "D-Funk" Faulk, Leroy "Precise" Edwards 3:57
14. "Murderer III" KLC 4:20
15. "Neck uv da Woods" OutKast Earthtone III 4:05
16. "I'm Throwed Off" (Hidden Track) 4:33
17. "Lookin' for Me" (Hidden Track) 4:51

[edit] Chart positions

Chart Peak
U.S. Billboard 200 1[8]
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[8] 1
U.S. Billboard Year-End Charts 2000 Top Albums 75[9]
U.S. Billboard Year-End Charts 2001 Top Albums 84[10]

[edit] Credits

  • "Shake Ya Ass"
    • (Chad Hugo / Mystikal (as Michael Tyler) / Pharrell Williams)
    • Performed by Mystikal
    • Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Waters Of Nazareth
    • Music (BMI) / EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) / Chase Chad Music (ASCAP) /
    • The Braid Publishing (Adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) (ASCAP)
    • Courtesy of Jive Records
  • "Mystikal Fever"
    • (Mystikal (as Michael Tyler) / Roosevelt Harrell)
    • Performed by Mystikal
    • Published by The Braid Publishing (Adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.)
    • (ASCAP) / One Shot Deal Muzak (SESAC)
    • Courtesy of Jive Records
  • "Jump"
    • Written by Mystikal (as Michael Tyler), Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
    • Produced by THE NEPTUNES
    • Performed by Mystikal
    • Courtesy of NO LIMIT/JIVE RECORDS

(from IMDb)

[edit] In popular culture

  • "Shake Ya Ass" was featured in the 2002 film About a Boy as a song that the main protagonist really enjoys, it gives him more respect in his school for having the album, which was given to him by his older friend played by Hugh Grant.
  • It was also heard in Scary Movie 2, as well as in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV.
  • "Neck uv da Woods" was featured in the 1999 film The Wood.
  • "Mystikal Fever" was featured in the 2001 film, Kiss of the Dragon, during a Jet Li fight scene.
  • "Danger (Been So Long)" was featured in the episode "Eric Visits Again" in the short-lived college sitcom Undeclared.

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Preceded by
Music by Madonna
Billboard 200 number-one album
October 14–20, 2000
Succeeded by
Kid A by Radiohead
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