Murder Was the Case is the fifth studio album by American rapper Gucci Mane. It was released on May 5, 2009, through Big Cat Records with distribution via Tommy Boy Entertainment. Production was handled by DJ Speedy, Zaytoven, Melvin "Mel Man" Breeden and Marlon "Big Cat" Rowe, the latter two also served as executive producers.
The album debuted at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 making it Gucci Mane's third highest charting album to date. Two singles were released off the album. The first single from the album is "Stoopid" which peaked at No. 66 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The second was "Runnin' Back".[3] Both singles had the following versions of the songs: main, clean, instrumental, dirty and clean a cappellas. The single versions of both songs are longer than on the album ("Runnin' Back" is 4:15 on the single and only 3:52 on the album).