Baller Blockin' (soundtrack)

Baller Blockin is the soundtrack album to 2000 American hood drama film of the same name. It was released on September 12, 2000 via Cash Money/Universal Records. Recording sessions took place at Cash Money Studios and Circle House Studios. Production was handled by Mannie Fresh, Stormy Day, Livin Proof, Massive, Pimp C and TQ, with Baby and Slim serving as executive producers.

Baller Blockin
Soundtrack album to Baller Blockin' by Cash Money Millionaires
Released	September 12, 2000 (2000-09-12)
Recorded	1999–2000
Studio	Cash Money Studios Circle House Studios
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	1:15:03
Label	Cash Money Universal
Producer	Livin' Proof Mannie Fresh Massive Pimp C Stormy Dai TQ
Cash Money Records soundtracks chronology
Baller Blockin (2000) Undisputed (2002)
Singles from Baller Blockin
"Baller Blockin'" Released: 2000 "Project Chick" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album features contributions from the Cash Money Millionaires members Big Tymers (Baby and Mannie Fresh) and Hot Boys (Juvenile, Turk, Lil' Wayne and B.G.), their Cash Money labelmates and affiliates Unplugged, Ziggler The Wiggler, Lac and Stone, as well as 8Ball & MJG, E-40, Nas & Bravehearts, Mack 10 & The Comrads, Rappin' 4-Tay, TQ and UGK.

In the United States, the album debuted at number 13 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts with first-week sales of over 80,000 copies. On December 19, 2000, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over 500,000 copies in the US alone.

Music videos were shot for the singles "Baller Blockin'" and "Project Chick". The second single off of the album, "Project Chick", made it to number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Bryan Williams Byron Thomas	Mannie Fresh	4:25
2.	"Baller Blockin'"	Williams Tab Virgil Terius Grey Earl Stevens Thomas	Mannie Fresh	4:40
3.	"Family Affair"	Chad Butler Bernard Freeman	Pimp C	4:50
4.	"Rover Truck"	Grey Thomas	Mannie Fresh	3:29
5.	"Skit"	Williams Thomas	Mannie Fresh	0:52
6.	"Project Bitch"	Williams Thomas Dwayne Carter Grey	Mannie Fresh	4:41
7.	"Ballin' G's"	Premro Smith Marlon Goodwin		4:21
8.	"Thugged Out"	Christopher Dorsey Thomas	Mannie Fresh	4:26
9.	"Don't Cry"	Solomon Boyd Ralph Boykins Edward Pack Damon Miller Terrell Burnside	Stormy Dai	4:37
10.	"What You Gonna Do"	Nasir Jones Jabari Jones Michael Epps Eugene Gray		4:55
11.	"Calling Me Killer"	Carter Thomas	Mannie Fresh	4:21
12.	"I Got to Go"	Terrance Quaites Franklin Crum	Livin Proof TQ	3:32
13.	"Whatever"	Williams Thomas	Mannie Fresh	4:45
14.	"Let Us Stunt"	Williams Dorsey Thomas	Mannie Fresh	3:48
15.	"Skit"	Williams Thomas	Mannie Fresh	0:37
16.	"Milk and Honey"	Dedrick Rolison Joseph Johnson Jimmy Tucker		4:34
17.	"Uptown"	Virgil Thomas	Mannie Fresh	4:08
18.	"I Don't Know"	Carter Boyd Boykins Pack Miller Burnside	Stormy Dai	3:53
19.	"Win or Lose"	Anthony Forté	Massive	3:55
Total length:				1:15:03

Personnel

• Byron "Mannie Fresh" Thomas – keyboards (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 17), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17), mixing & engineering (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17)
• Rick Marcel – lead bass (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 17)
• Terrence "Bearwolfe" Williams – keyboards assistant (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 17)
• Chad "Pimp C" Butler – producer (track 3)
• Damon "Stormy Dai" Miller – producer (tracks: 9, 18)
• Franklin "Livin Proof" Crum – producer (track 12)
• Terrence "TQ" Quaites – producer (track 12)
• Massive – producer (track 19)
• Ray Seay – mixing & engineering (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18)
• Dino Delvaille – artwork
• Pen & Pixel Graphics – design
• Elaine Lee – artwork assistant
• Bryan "Baby"/"Birdman" Williams – executive producer
• Ronald "Slim" Williams – executive producer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000) Peak position US Billboard 200[2] 13 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4] 79

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.