''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/

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. Recording sessions took place at Cash Money Studios and Circle House Studios. Production was handled by

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, Stormy Day, Livin Proof, Massive,

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and TQ, with

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and Slim serving as executive producers. The album features contributions from the Cash Money Millionaires members

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(Baby and Mannie Fresh) and Hot Boys ( Juvenile, Turk,

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and B.G.), their Cash Money labelmates and affiliates Unplugged, Ziggler The Wiggler, Lac and Stone, as well as

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& Bravehearts,

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, TQ and

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. In the United States, the album debuted at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 2 on the

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charts with first-week sales of over 80,000 copies. On December 19, 2000, it was certified gold by the

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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

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charts.

Track listing

Personnel

*Byron "

" 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 "

" 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 *

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Graphics – design *Elaine Lee – artwork assistant *Bryan " Baby"/"Birdman" Williams – executive producer *

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– executive producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baller Blockin' (Soundtrack) Hip-hop soundtracks 2000 soundtrack albums Drama film soundtracks Gangsta rap soundtracks Universal Records soundtracks Cash Money Records soundtracks Albums produced by Mannie Fresh