My Balls and My Word

My Balls and My Word
My Balls and My Word
Studio album by Young Bleed
Released	January 20, 1998
Recorded	1996–97
Genre	Southern hip hop; gangsta rap;
Length	57:19
Label	No Limit; Priority;
Producer	C-Loc (exec.); Master P (exec.); Beats by the Pound; Happy Perez; Pimp C;
Young Bleed chronology
Singles from My Balls and My Word
	"How Ya Do Dat"; Released: September 13, 1997; "Times So Hard"; Released: April 11, 1998;

My Balls and My Word is the debut studio album by American rapper Young Bleed. It was released on January 20, 1998, through No Limit/Priority Records. The production was handled by Happy Perez, Beats by the Pound and Pimp C, with Master P and C-Loc serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Lay-Lo, C-Loc, Master P, Lee Tyme, Lucky Knuckles, Fiend and Mystikal. The album was a success, making it to number 10 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 210,000 units in its first week and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in February 1998. By April 25, 1998, the album was certified Platinum for excesses of a million copies sold in the United States of America.

Critical reception[edit]

The Chicago Tribune wrote that "Young Bleed subtly and gently mocks the stereotype of laid-back Southerners."^[2]

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep It Real" (featuring C-Loc and Master P)	Happy Perez KLC	4:15
2.	"Bring the Noise" (featuring Master P and Mystikal)	KLC Mo B. Dick Craig B. Pimp C	3:30
3.	"An Offer U Can't Refuse"	Happy Perez	1:13
4.	"The Day They Make Me Boss"	Happy Perez	5:10
5.	"Mo Money" (featuring Lay-Lo and Lucky Knuckles)	O'Dell	3:37
6.	"Pull It Off" (featuring C-Loc, Lay-Lo, Lee Tyme and Lucky Knuckles)	Happy Perez	4:53
7.	"Times So Hard" (featuring Master P, Fiend, Mo B. Dick and O'Dell)	Mo B. Dick	3:58
8.	"How Ya Do That" (featuring Master P and C-Loc)	Happy Perez KLC	4:31
9.	"Better Than Last Time" (featuring C-Loc and Max Minelli)	Happy Perez	4:48
10.	"Lil Poppa Got a Brand New Bag" (featuring Max Minelli)	Happy Perez	3:16
11.	"Confedi" (featuring C-Loc, Lee Tyme and Max Minelli)	Happy Perez	5:02
12.	"Da Last Outlaw"	Happy Perez	4:25
13.	"Ghost Rider"	Happy Perez	3:22
14.	"We Don't Stop" (featuring Max Minelli)	Happy Perez	5:22
Total length:			57:19

Glenn "Young Bleed" Clifton Jr. – main artist
Steven "C-Loc" Carrell – guest artist (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9, 11), executive producer
Percy "Master P Miller – guest artist (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 8), executive producer
Michael "Mystikal" Tyler – guest artist (track 2)
Chad "Max Minelli" Roussel – guest artist (tracks: 5, 6, 9-11, 14)
Lucky Knuckles – guest artist (tracks: 5, 6)
J-Von – guest artist (tracks: 5, 6)
Lee Tyme – guest artist (tracks: 6, 11)
Richard "Fiend" Jones – guest artist (track 7)
Raymond "Mo B. Dick" Poole – guest artist (track 7), producer (tracks: 2, 7)
Odell Vickers Jr. – guest artist (track 7), producer (track 5)
Nathan "Happy" Perez – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8-14)
Craig "KLC" Lawson – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 8)
Craig Bazile – producer (track 2)
Chad "Pimp C" Butler – producer (track 2)
Pen & Pixel Graphics – artwork
Omni Color – design
Dave Weiner – A&R
Duffy Rich – A&R
Kevin Faist – A&R

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[4]	10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	1

Chart (1998)	Position
US Billboard 200^[6]	194
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[7]	45


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[8]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "My Balls & My Word Young Bleed". AllMusic. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Baker, Soren (13 Feb 1998). "Young Bleed My Balls and My Word". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 44.
^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (February 28, 2023). "Young Bleed :: All I Have In This World, Are… My Balls and My Word – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
^ "Young Bleed Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
^ "Young Bleed Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
^ "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-38. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
^ "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-50. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Young Bleed – MY BALLS AND MY WORD (ALL I HAVE IN THIS WORLD..)". Recording Industry Association of America.

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