# Criminal Activity > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Criminal_Activity > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Criminal_Activity.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Activity > Source revision: 1308456450 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Criminal Activity | type = studio | artist = [Criminalz](/source/Criminalz) | cover = Criminal Activity.jpg | alt = | released = August 7, 2001 | recorded = 2001 | venue = | studio = Find a Way ([Hayward, California](/source/Hayward%2C_California)) | genre = {{hlist|[West Coast hip hop](/source/West_Coast_hip_hop)|[hardcore rap](/source/hardcore_rap)|[gangsta rap](/source/gangsta_rap)}} | length = 45:50 | label = Realside | producer = {{hlist||Doyle|G-Man Stan|[Spice 1](/source/Spice_1)}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [Celly Cel](/source/Celly_Cel) | type = studio | prev_title = [Deep Conversation](/source/Deep_Conversation) | prev_year = 2000 | title = Criminal Activity | year = 2001 | next_title = [It'z Real Out Here](/source/It'z_Real_Out_Here) | next_year = 2005 }}{{Extra chronology | artist = [Spice 1](/source/Spice_1) | type = studio | prev_title = [The Last Dance](/source/The_Last_Dance_(Spice_1_album)) | prev_year = 2000 | title = Criminal Activity | year = 2001 | next_title = [Spiceberg Slim](/source/Spiceberg_Slim) | next_year = 2002 }} }} '''''Criminal Activity''''' is the only studio album by American rap [supergroup](/source/supergroup_(music)) [Criminalz](/source/Criminalz), which consisted of [Spice 1](/source/Spice_1) and [Celly Cel](/source/Celly_Cel).Mills, Brad. [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p507769|pure_url=yes}} ((( Criminalz > Overview )))]. [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic). Retrieved on 2010-02-08. It was released on August 7, 2001, via Celly Cel's label, Realside Records. The album was produced by Doyle, G-Man Stan, and Spice 1. It peaked at number 57 on the [''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums](/source/Top_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Albums) and number 26 on the [''Billboard'' Independent Albums](/source/Independent_Albums).[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r546866|pure_url=yes}} ((( Criminal Activity > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))]. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2010-02-08. The album features guest performances by [Yukmouth](/source/Yukmouth), [Tray Dee](/source/Tray_Dee), [Sylk-E. Fyne](/source/Sylk-E._Fyne), and [Bun B](/source/Bun_B). One song, "Boss Up", was previously released on the Spice 1 compilation ''[The Playa Rich Project](/source/The_Playa_Rich_Project)''. == Critical reception == {{Music ratings |rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |rev1score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}Mills, Brad. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r546866|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''Criminal Activity'']. [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic). Retrieved on 2010-02-08. |rev2 = ''RapReviews'' |rev2score = 4/10Jost, Matthias. [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2001_11_activity.html Review: ''Criminal Activity'']. RapReviews. Retrieved on 2010-02-08. }} [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) - "Everyone was expecting a lot from this group from the first time it was mentioned...For many reasons this just doesn't work...It seems like they all wrote their verses independently of one another, then rapped in whatever order they felt like it. There's no fluid feel...as a whole this definitely falls short of any of their solo work." ''RapReviews'' - "...Most rap groups who made great albums needed guidance to make those great albums. The Criminalz definitely lack a mastermind to weld the three of them together and make them realize their synergies...There are almost no ad-libs, there's no interacting, it might as well be that these three never were in the same studio together..." == Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Lockdown | note1 = Intro | length1 = 1:01 | title2 = Criminal Activity | note2 = performed by [Celly Cel](/source/Celly_Cel) | length2 = 1:43 | extra2 = G-Man Stan | title3 = Ridaz | note3 = performed by Celly Cel, [Spice 1](/source/Spice_1) and [Jayo Felony](/source/Jayo_Felony) | length3 = 4:16 | extra3 = G-Man Stan | title4 = Puttin' In Work | note4 = performed by Jayo Felony, Celly Cel and Spice 1 | length4 = 4:31 | extra4 = Doyle | title5 = Niggaz Like Us | note5 = performed by Celly Cel, Spice 1 and [Bun B](/source/Bun_B) | length5 = 4:34 | extra5 = Doyle | title6 = My Life | note6 = performed by Jayo Felony, Spice 1 and Celly Cel | length6 = 4:23 | extra6 = Doyle | title7 = Boss Up | note7 = performed by Spice 1, Jayo Felony, [Big Tray Deee](/source/Big_Tray_Deee) and [Yukmouth](/source/Yukmouth) | length7 = 4:26 | extra7 = [Spice 1](/source/Spice_1) | title8 = Doin' It Big | note8 = performed by Celly Cel, Spice 1 and [Sylk-E. Fyne](/source/Sylk-E._Fyne) | length8 = 4:22 | extra8 = Doyle | title9 = The Real World | note9 = performed by Celly Cel, Spice 1 and Jayo Felony | length9 = 4:07 | extra9 = Doyle | title10 = Reminisce | note10 = performed by Spice 1, Celly Cel and Jayo Felony | length10 = 4:49 | extra10 = Doyle | title11 = What They Hittin' Fo? | note11 = performed by Spice 1, Celly Cel and Jayo Felony | length11 = 4:23 | extra11 = G-Man Stan | title12 = Rollin' wit My Folks | note12 = performed by Spice 1 and Celly Cel | length12 = 3:14 | extra12 = Doyle | total_length = 45:50 }} == Chart history == {| class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (2001) !align="left"|Peak
position |- |align="left"|U.S. [''Billboard'' Independent Albums](/source/Independent_Albums) |align="center"|26 |- |align="left"|U.S. [''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums](/source/Top_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Albums) |align="center"|57 |} == Personnel == * [Bernard Freeman](/source/Bun_B) – performer (track 5) * Doyle – producer (tracks: 4–6, 8–10, 12) * "G-Man" Stan Keith – producer (tracks: 2–3, 11), mixing & recording * [James Savage](/source/Jayo_Felony) – performer (tracks: 3–4, 6–7, 9–11) * [Jerold Dwight Ellis III](/source/Yukmouth) – performer (track 7) * Joi Patrice – background vocals (track 6) * J.R. – background vocals (tracks: 8, 10) * [La'Mar Lorraine Johnson](/source/Sylk-E._Fyne) – performer (track 8) * [Marcellus McCarver](/source/Celly_Cel) – performer (tracks: 2–6, 8–12), executive producer * [Robert Lee Green, Jr.](/source/Spice_1) – performer (tracks: 3–12), producer (track 7) * [Tracy Lamar Davis](/source/Big_Tray_Deee) – performer (track 7) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * ''[http://www.discogs.com/Criminalz-Criminal-Activity/release/985400 Criminal Activity]'' at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) * ''[http://musicbrainz.org/release/3e5dd0e3-9da7-49da-9bbe-38de0ac0d133.html Criminal Activity]'' at [MusicBrainz](/source/MusicBrainz) * ''[http://www.tower.com/criminal-activity-criminalz-cd/wapi/106494801 Criminal Activity]'' at [Tower Records](/source/Tower_Records) {{Spice 1}} {{Celly Cel}} {{Jayo Felony}} {{Authority control}} Category:Spice 1 albums Category:Celly Cel albums Category:2001 debut albums Category:Criminalz albums Category:Jayo Felony albums --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Criminal Activity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Activity) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Activity?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.