''Get Money, Stay True'' is the third solo studio album by American rapper

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. It was released on April 3, 2007, via Swishahouse, Asylum Records and

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. Production was handled by Mr. Lee, Drumma Boy,

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, KLC, Russel "Aaddict" Howard and Zach Burke, with LRoc serving as co-producer. It features

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s from Crys Wall, Yung Redd, E Class,

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, Jermaine Dupri, Jon B.,

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and

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, as well as Paul Wall's short-lived hip hop supergroup Expensive Taste. The album debuted at number 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 2 on the

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and atop the

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in the United States with 92,300 copies sold in its first week. It was supported with two charted singles, " Break 'Em Off" and " I'm Throwed", which peaked on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at 72 and No. 87, respectively.

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s were directed for both singles.

Critical reception

Simon Vozick-Levinson of ''

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'' commended the production for making Paul Wall sound credible but criticized his simplistic "elementary rhymes" when put alongside the album's featured artists.

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's David Jeffries praised Wall for sticking with the formula he used for his debut album but felt his material can get stale over a lengthy runtime, concluding with, "Slice this worthy follow-up to '' The Peoples Champ'' in half and it's a different story, one that justifies Wall's place in the game". Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews saw improvement in Wall's lyrical content and delivery but felt the production throughout the album weakened his charismatic personality.

Track listing

Personnel

*Paul Michael "

" Slayton — vocals *Christopher "Yung Redd" Gallien — vocals (tracks: 1, 5) *Calvin "

" Broadus — vocals (track 2) *Marcus "

" Edwards — vocals (track 3) *

— vocals & producer (track 4) *Eddie "E Class" Brown — vocals (track 5) *Crystal "Crys Wall" Slayton — vocals (tracks: 6, 8) *Russel "Aaddict" Howard — additional vocals & producer (track 7) *Katrina "

" Taylor — vocals (track 9) *Jonathan " Jon B." Buck — vocals (track 10) *LaRon "

" James — vocals (track 12) *Craig " KLC" Lawson — additional vocals & producer (track 12) *Robert " Skinhead Rob" Aston — vocals (track 14) *Dominic "Unique" Harris — additional vocals (track 14) *Leroy " Mr. Lee" Williams Jr. — producer (tracks: 1–3, 5, 6, 8–10, 13), recording (tracks: 3, 9), mixing (tracks: 1–3, 5, 7–10, 13) *Zach Burke — producer (track 7) *Christopher " Drumma Boy" Gholson — producer (track 11) *

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— producer & mixing (track 14) *James " LRoc" Phillips — co-producer (track 4) *Lee Hines — recording (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8–10) *"Pretty" Todd E. Berry — recording (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 11–13) *Rick McRae — recording (track 7) *Chris Holmes — recording (track 14) *Phil Tan — mixing (track 4) *Leslie Braithwaite — mixing (track 11) *Josh Houghkirk — engineering (track 4) *Tad "Rowdy Rik" Mingo — engineering assistant (track 4) *H. "G-Dash" Guidry — executive producer *Michael "5000" Watts — executive producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2007 albums Paul Wall albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Drumma Boy Albums produced by Jermaine Dupri