''World War III'' is the third

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by the American rapper Mac, released on September 28, 1999, on

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. It was produced by a wide range of producers, including Mac himself,

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and

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 ...

Commercial Performance

''World War III'' did significantly less well on the ''

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'' compared with his previous album, '' Shell Shocked''. It peaked at #44 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and #6 on the US

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. This was his last album of original material and his last for No Limit as, shortly after its release, Mac was convicted of

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Music video

Along with singles, a music video was released for "War Party" featuring

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and D.I.G.. It was premiered on ''

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''.

Track listing

# "Intro" # "War Party" (featuring

& D.I.G.) # "Best Friends" # "Like Before"(featuring Storm) # "We Deadly" (featuring

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, Skull Duggery &

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) # "Bloody" (featuring Magic) # "You Never Know" (featuring

Mia X Mia Young (born January 9, 1970), better known by her stage name Mia X, is an American rapper and songwriter. She was the first female emcee to get a contract with rapper and entertainment magnate, Master P on his successful record label No L ...

) # "Just Another Thug" (featuring

C-Murder Corey Miller (born March 9, 1971), better known by his stage name C-Murder, is an American rapper and songwriter. He initially gained fame in the mid-1990s as a part of his brother Master P's label No Limit Records, primarily as a member of the ...

) # "Battle Cry (Tomorrow)" # "If It's Cool" (featuring Ms Peaches) # "Cops and Robbers" # "Lock Down (Remix)" # "Paradise" (featuring Popeye & Samm) # "That's Hip Hop" # "Can U Love Me? (Eyes of a Killer)" # "Genocide (Skit)" # "Genocide" (featuring Master P & Ms Peaches) # "Father's Day" # "Still Callin' Me" (featuring

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& Ms Peaches) # "Assassin Nation" (featuring Storm) # "Outro"

Samples

"If it's Cool" samples "

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" by

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Personnel

Credits from ''World War III'' *Beats by the Pound - producer *Bigg Cheez - associate producer *Lupe Ceballos - project co-ordinator *Gabe Chiesa - mixing *

- composer, featured artist, guest artist, primary artist *Jodi Cohen - design, layout design *D.I.G. - composer, featured artist *DJ Wop - producer *Fiend - guest artist *Leslie Henderson - photography *Ke'Noe - producer *Kine - vocals *M.A.C. - primary artist *Mac - performer, producer *Larry Mac - composer *

- featured artist *

- executive producer, featured artist, guest artist, primary artist *

- guest artist *Ms Peaches - featured artist *Michael Pandos - assistant engineer *Popeye - featured artist, guest artist *Rajsmoove - producer *Renior - featured artist, primary artist, producer *Donald "XL" Robertson - associate producer, drum programming, producer, vocals *Sam - featured artist *Silkk the Shocker - guest artist *Alex Sok - mixing *Sons of Funk - featured artist, primary artist, vocals *Carlos Stephens - producer *Eugene "Big Gene" Stephens - associate producer, guitar, producer *The Storm - featured artist, guest artist, primary artist *Sugar - producer, featured artist *Sugar Bear - producer *Rod "Bass Heavy" Tillman - associate producer, bass guitar, piano, producer *Rob Worthington - assistant engineer *XL - featured artist, primary artist

Charts

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References

{{Authority control 1999 albums Mac (rapper) albums No Limit Records albums Priority Records albums