Fast Money (album)

Fast Money is the second studio album by American rapper Birdman. It was released on June 21, 2005, by Cash Money Records and Universal Records. Recording sessions took place at Cash Money Studios in New Orleans, M&M Studios in Spring Hill and Hit Factory Criteria in Miami. Produced by Deezle, Batman, O.G., Mannie Fresh, T-Mix, and Birdman himself, it features guest appearances from Lil' Wayne, 6 Shot, Tateeze, Bun B, Curren$y, Lil' Carl, Lil' Mo, Mack Maine, Magnolia Chop, as well as his Big Tymers partner Mannie Fresh.

Fast Money
Studio album by Birdman
Released	June 21, 2005 (2005-06-21)
Studio	Cash Money Studios (New Orleans, LA) M&M Studios (Spring Hill, FL) Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, FL)
Genre	Southern hip-hop gangsta rap
Length	1:12:59
Label	Cash Money Universal
Producer	Batman Birdman Deezle Mannie Fresh O.G. T-Mix
Birdman chronology
Birdman (2002) Fast Money (2005) Like Father, Like Son (2006)
Singles from Fast Money
"Shyne On" Released: December 14, 2004 "Neck of the Woods" Released: April 19, 2005 "We Got That" Released: 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
HipHopDX	3.5/5[2]
Now	[3]
RapReviews	6.5/10[4]

Preceded by three singles, "Shyne On", "Neck of the Woods" and "We Got That", the album debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200, number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 2 on the Top Rap Albums charts with first-week sales of 65,000 copies in the United States.^[5] The first two singles off of the album reached the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at No. 65 and 71, respectively.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Bryan Williams Darius J. Harrison	Deezle	2:11
2.	"My Territory"	Williams Batman	Birdman Batman	4:22
3.	"Neck of the Woods" (featuring Lil' Wayne)	Williams Dwayne Carter Batman	Batman	4:15
4.	"Ghetto Life" (featuring Bun B and 6 Shot)	Williams Bernard Freeman Jermaine Tucker Tristan G. Jones O.G.	T-Mix O.G.	4:21
5.	"Hug da Block"	Williams Byron Thomas	Mannie Fresh	4:55
6.	"Cash Money Niggaz" (featuring Lil' Carl)	Williams Lil' Carl Batman O.G.	Birdman Batman O.G.	4:43
7.	"Shovlin' Snow" (featuring Currensy, Main and Lil' Wayne)	Williams Shante Franklin Jermaine Anthony Preyan Carter Harrison	Deezle	4:30
8.	"Pressure's On"	Williams Batman O.G.	Birdman Batman O.G.	4:20
9.	"Get It All Together" (featuring Lil' Wayne)	Williams Carter Harrison	Deezle	5:04
10.	"We Got That" (featuring 6 Shot)	Williams Tucker Harrison	Deezle	4:17
11.	"Smoke Out" (featuring Ta and 6 Shot)	Williams Marinna Teal Tucker Batman O.G.	Batman O.G.	4:39
12.	"Big Pimpin'"	Williams O.G.	Birdman O.G.	4:44
13.	"Out the Ghetto" (featuring Magnolia Chop)	Williams Russell Veals Harrison	Deezle	2:28
14.	"Around the World"	Williams Harrison Rick James	Deezle	4:43
15.	"Solid Chic" (featuring Lil' Mo)	Williams Cynthia Loving Thomas	Mannie Fresh	5:12
16.	"We Getting It On" (featuring Ta and Big Tymers)	Williams Teal Thomas	Mannie Fresh	3:34
17.	"Get Your Shine On" (featuring Lil' Wayne)	Williams Carter Thomas	Mannie Fresh	4:41
Total length:				1:12:59

Sample credits

• Track 14 contains samples from the composition "Ghetto Life" written and performed by Rick James.

Personnel

• Bryan "Baby/Birdman" Williams – vocals, producer (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 12), executive producer
• Dwayne "Lil' Wayne" Carter – vocals (tracks: 3, 7, 9, 17)
• Bernard "Bun B" Freeman – vocals (track 4)
• Jermaine "Six Shot" Tucker – vocals (tracks: 4, 10, 11)
• Lil' Carl – vocals (track 6)
• Shante "Curren$y" Franklin – vocals (track 7)
• Jermaine "Mack Maine" Preyan – vocals (track 7)
• Marinna "Tateeze" Teal – vocals (tracks: 11, 16)
• Russell "Magnolia Chop" Veals – vocals (track 13)
• Cynthia "Lil' Mo" Loving – vocals (track 15)
• Byron "Mannie Fresh" Thomas – vocals (track 16), producer (tracks: 5, 15–17)
• Dennis Moorehead – additional keyboards (track 15)
• Darius "Deezle" Harrison – producer (tracks: 1, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14), recording (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 10)
• Batman – producer (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8, 11)
• Tristan "T-Mix" Jones – producer (track 4)
• O.G. – producer (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 11, 12)
• Fabian Marasciullo – recording, mixing
• Stephanie Gonzalez – recording (track 4), engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13–16)
• Javier Valverde – recording (track 15)
• Tommy Mara – engineering assistant (track 2)
• James Wisner – engineering assistant (track 17)
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
• Ronald "Slim" Williams – executive producer
• Russel Neblett – A&R coordinator

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	9
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7]	4
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[8]	2