''Goodfellas'' is the debut

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by hip hop group,

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, released on May 2, 2000, on

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and

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. 504 Boyz consisted of Master P, Silkk The Shocker, Mystikal, C-Murder, Mac, Krazy and Magic. It featured production from

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Carlos Stephens Carlos Stephens aka Clos, is a record producer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He found fame as a member of No Limit Records' in-house production team, Beats by the Pound. He also was the only producer of No Limit to have outside distribution for an ...

and

Donald XL Robertson Donald "XL" Robertson is an American hip-hop recording artist, record producer and entrepreneur, born and raised in New Orleans. Background Donald XL Robertson was exposed to soul, Funk & Jazz music at a very young age raised in The Big Ea ...

. The album features label mates

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, Mercedes, Erica Foxx, Samm, Black Felon/X-Con, Ms Peaches, Mr Marcelo, Jamo, Traci/Baby Girl, D.I.G. and

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, as well as

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(who, at the time, went by the name Terrar), Pharrell and RBX. ''Goodfellas'' was a huge success debuting at #1 on the

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and #2 on the ''Billboard'' 200, behind only

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's No Strings Attached, with first-week sales of 139,000 copies in the US. The album featured 2 singles: " Wobble Wobble", which made it #17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #1 on the

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. The other single/video release was Whodi. Planning of this album dates back to 1997, as ads for it can be found in the liner notes of many of the 1997 No Limit releases. The album received a

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by the

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by August 29, 2000.

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