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1999 studio album by Memphis Bleek
Coming of Age Memphis Bleek . It was released August 3, 1999, via The Island Def Jam Music Group , Def Jam Recordings and Jay-Z 's Roc-A-Fella Records on August 3, 1999. The album spawned the hit single "Memphis Bleek Is... ".
The album debuted and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard 200, with 118,000 units sold in its first week.[ 1] RIAA on September 14, 1999, for shipments and sales of over 500,000 units in America.
Matt Diehl of Entertainment Weekly Ja Rule and N.O.R.E. , and displaying striking sensitivity on "Regular Cat". He also noted how the album's production of "ominous inner-city symphonies and raw street beats" was ageless.[ 3] AllMusic noted how Bleek's vocal delivery was more "street-level" than Jay-Z 's, along with the album containing an "urban funk" style like most of his material, concluding that "Still, Coming of Age is a fine debut that shows Memphis Bleek already leaps and bounds ahead of most rappers."[ 2] Venni Vetti Vecci Rolling Stone ' s Rob Sheffield felt that Bleek came across as a cliché-filled rapper that lacked witticism in his lyrics and wasted the beats given to him by his producers.[ 4]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Pain in da Ass Intro" 0:43 2. "Who's Sleeping" (featuring Reb) Pat Viala 2:40 3. "Memphis Bleek Is... " Swizz Beatz 4:08 4. "What You Think of That" (featuring Jay-Z ) Buckwild 4:40 5. "Murda 4 Life" (featuring Ja Rule ) 4:47 6. "You're All Welcome (Pain Interlude)" 0:37 7. "Stay Alive In NYC" J-Runnah Darold "Pop" Trotter (co. ) 4:14 8. "You a Thug Nigga" 4:14 9. "N.O.W." (featuring Da Ranjahz) Cox Malcolm Byer Nigel Leguerre Dark Half 4:16 10. "Everybody" Omen 4:00 11. "I Won't Stop" (featuring Dark Half) Cox Bernard Parker Leguerre Bernard "Big Demi" Parker 3:07 12. "My Hood to Your Hood" (featuring Beanie Sigel ) 3:47 13. "Why U Wanna Hate For" (featuring Noreaga ) The Burn Unit 3:49 14. "Regular Cat" J-Runnah 5:12
Sample credits
"Who's Sleeping" contains a sample from "If This World Were Mine", written by Marvin Gaye , and performed by Zulema .
"What You Think of That" contains a sample of "High Velocity", written and performed by Keith Mansfield .
"Stay Alive in NYC" contains an interpolation of "Summer is the Coldest Time of Year", written by Patti Austin , James Harris, and Terry Lewis .
"Regular Cat" contains a sample of "Love and Let Love", written by Ralph MacDonald , William Eaton, and William Salter; and performed by Roberta Flack . Juan Allen – engineer (12)
B-High – co-executive producer
Big Jaz – co-executive producerKareem "Biggs" Burke – executive producerEric "EBO" Butler – mixing (7, 14)
Shawn Carter – executive producerTom Coyne – masteringDamon Dash – executive producerThe Drawing Board – art direction, design
Irv Gotti – mixing (5)Ken Duro Ifill – mixing (4, 8, 11)Jonathan Mannion – photography
Monica Morrow – stylist
Joe Quinde – engineer (3), mixing (3, 13)
Chico Spades – engineer (4, 13)
Brian Stanley – engineer (10)
Tai – instrumentation (5)
Pat Viala – engineer (2, 5, 7-12, 14), mixing (2, 5, 9, 10, 12)
^ Memphis Bleek Is "Coming Of Age" With Top Ten Debut . Mtv.com. Retrieved on January 26, 2013.^ a b Farley, Keith. "Coming of Age - Memphis Bleek" . AllMusic . Retrieved November 28, 2011 . ^ a b Diehl, Matt (September 3, 1999). "Music Review: 'Coming of Age' . Entertainment Weekly Time Inc . Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2011 . ^ a b Sheffield, Rob (August 19, 1999). "Memphis Bleek : Coming of Age" . Rolling Stone Wenner Media . Archived from the original on September 19, 2008. Retrieved November 28, 2011 .^ USA Today review ^ "Memphis Bleek Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard ^ "Memphis Bleek Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" . Billboard ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1999" . Billboard . Retrieved August 21, 2020 .^ "American album certifications – Memphis Bleek – Coming of Age" . Recording Industry Association of America .
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