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The Price of Fame is the fifth studio album by American rapper Bow Wow, released on December 19, 2006 (see 2006 in music).
The first single from the album is "Shortie Like Mine" featuring Chris Brown and Johntá Austin. The second single from the album is "Outta My System". The third single was "I Don't Know About That". The fourth and final single was supposed to be "4 Corners", but was never released as a single and a video was not shot.
Every track on the album is edited, although explicit versions of songs such as "Shortie Like Mine", "4 Corners", and "I Don't Know About That" were recorded.
The album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 with 262,001 copies sold in the first week released.[2] A month later the album was certified gold by the RIAA with an excess of 500,000 copies.[3]
[edit] Production
Producers and guest appearances include Jermaine Dupri, Chris Brown, Johntá Austin, Young Jinsu, The late Pimp C, T-Pain, Lil Scrappy, Short Dawg, Khleo Thomas, Young Capone, R. Kelly, Nitty, Lil Ronnie and more.
[edit] Track listing
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Producer(s) |
| 1. |
"Intro" |
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0:21 |
| 2. |
"Price of Fame" |
Shad Moss, Ronnie Jackson |
Bow Wow, Lil Ronnie |
2:38 |
| 3. |
"4 Corner" (featuring Lil Scrappy, Pimp C, Short Dawg and Lil Wayne) |
Chad Butler, Dwayne Carter, Shawn Carter, Jermaine Dupri, Kyambo Joshua, Darryl Richardson, Timothy Mosley, James Phillips |
Jermaine Dupri, LRoc*, No I.D.* |
5:28 |
| 4. |
"Outta My System" (featuring Johntá Austin and T-Pain) |
Jaron Alston, Dupri, Rick James |
Jermaine Dupri, LRoc*, No I.D.* |
3:58 |
| 5. |
"How You Move It" |
Teraike Crawford, Dupri, Curtis Jackson, Phillips, Phillip Pitts |
Jermaine Dupri, LRoc* |
3:53 |
| 6. |
"Shortie Like Mine" (featuring Chris Brown and Johntá Austin) |
Johntá Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox, Dupri, Shawntae Harris |
Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox* |
4:28 |
| 7. |
"Don't Know About That" (featuring Coke J and Young Capone) |
Dupri, Chadron Moore, Rodriguez Vashaun Smith |
Jermaine Dupri, Nitti |
3:50 |
| 8. |
"Tell Me" |
Dupri, Timmy Gatling, Harris, Phillips, Alton "Wokie" Stewart |
Jermaine Dupri, LRoc* |
3:34 |
| 9. |
"Damn Thing" (featuring Da Brat) |
Dupri, Phillips, Anthony "T." Waters |
Jermaine Dupri, LRoc* |
2:43 |
| 10. |
"Bet That" (featuring Khleo Thomas) |
Jaron Alston, Dupri, Phillips |
Jermaine Dupri, LRoc* |
3:45 |
| 11. |
"On Fiya" |
Moss, Tad Mingo, Rufus Blaq |
Free Agentz |
3:52 |
| 12. |
"Give It to You" |
Moss, Jackson |
Bow Wow, Lil Ronnie |
3:10 |
- Notes
- Track 2, "Price of Fame", featuring uncredited vocals by Young Jinsu.
- Track 5, "How You Move It", featuring uncredited vocals by Da Brat.
- Samples
- "4 Corners", contains excepts from "Big Pimpin'" as performed by Jay-Z featuring UGK, and written by Shawn Carter, Chad Butler, Bernard Freeman, Timothy Mosley and Kyambo Joshua.
- "Outta My System" (feat. Johntá Austin and T-Pain), samples of "Hollywood" as performed by Rick James, and written by James Johnson, Jr.
- "How You Move It", contains interpolations from the composition "Disco Inferno as performed by 50 Cent, and written by Curtis Jackson, Teraike Crawford and Phillip Pitts.
- "Tell Me", contains interpolations from the composition "When Will I See You Smile Again?" by Bell Biv DeVoe, and written by Timmy Gatling and Alton "Wokie" Stewart.
[edit] Bonus track
There was a bonus track released with the album. R. Kelly's single "I'm a Flirt" (original version) featuring Bow Wow. This was due to be the second single, but it was changed to "Outta My System." The remix to "I'm A Flirt" is on R. Kelly's 2007 album, Double Up. The remix does not include Bow Wow but on downloadable music sites, Bow Wow's verse was added to the beginning of the remix to make it Bow Wow then R. Kelly, T.I., T-Pain, and another R. Kelly verse, and on YouTube.
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