# Explosive Mode

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Explosive Mode
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [Messy Marv](/source/Messy_Marv), [San Quinn](/source/San_Quinn)
| cover      = Explosive Mode.album.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 30, 1998
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [West Coast hip hop](/source/West_Coast_hip_hop)
| length     = 1:13:39
| label      = Presidential Records
| producer   = [Sean T](/source/Sean_T_(rapper)), Mike Mosely, Tone Capone, Icey Mike Beats, [D'wayne Wiggins](/source/D'wayne_Wiggins), DJ Daryl
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = Explosive Mode 2: Back In Business
| next_year  = 2006
}}

'''''Explosive Mode''''' is a [studio album](/source/studio_album) by [San Quinn](/source/San_Quinn) and [Messy Marv](/source/Messy_Marv). It is the first installment in the three-album series, which did well through independent sales and is considered a Bay Area–classic in the late 1990s.

==Reception==
Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw described ''Explosive Mode'' as a "certified hood classic".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harshaw |first=Pendarvis |date=2025-12-09 |title=The Bay Showed Love to Messy Marv in 2025 |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13984638/messy-marv-san-francisco-rap-community-support |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=[KQED](/source/KQED_Inc.) |language=en}}</ref> Critic Steve Juon calls the album a "West coast classic", writing that "Messy Marv and San Quinn are unapologetically gangsterish, pimperish, misogynistic and straight twisted."<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 February 2005 |first=Steve |last=Juon |title=Messy Marv & San Quinn :: Explosive Mode |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2005/02/messy-marv-san-quinn-explosive-mode/ |website=RapReviews |access-date=2026-04-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Track
! Featured Guest(s)
! Producer(s)
! Length
|-
| 01.
| "Home"
| Dee-Dee
| Mike Mosely
| 5:28
|-
| 02.
| "Pop Yo Colla"
| [E-40](/source/E-40), Mixture
| C-Funk
| 5:31
|-
| 03.
| "Discourteous"
| 
| DJ Daryl
| 3:53
|-
| 04.
| "Ready 4 War"
| 
| Tone Capone
| 5:27
|-
| 05.
| "Golden State"
| [Rappin' 4-Tay](/source/Rappin'_4-Tay), Sky Skers
| Nick Peace
| 3:51
|-
| 06.
| "Mobb Shit'"
| [Marvaless](/source/Marvaless)
| [Sean T](/source/Sean_T_(rapper)), G-Man Stan 
| 4:08
|-
| 07.
| "Explosive Mode"
| Bossman
| Icey Mike Beats
| 4:10
|-
| 08.
| "Stop It"
| [Bill Bathgate](/source/Steady_Mobb'n)
| DJ Daryl
| 4:25
|-
| 09.
| "Bay Luv"
| Black N Brown, Don P, Baldhead Rick
| Reg & Race
| 3:23
|-
| 10.
| "Presidential"
| The Network 
| Mike Mosely, Femi
| 4:38
|-
| 11.
| "Hoodlyfe"
| [Celly Cel](/source/Celly_Cel)
| Mike Mosely, Femi
| 4:54
|-
| 12.
| "Want Me to Stay"
| [D'wayne Wiggins](/source/D'wayne_Wiggins)
| Dwayne Wiggins
| 5:04
|-
| 13.
| "Watch Out"
| D-Mozer, Willie Hen, Lyesha
| DJ Darryl
| 4:21
|-
| 14.
| "Money Now"
| Sky Skers
| Tone Capone
| 4:45
|-
| 15.
| "Boss Hogs"
| D-Fresh
| DJ Daryl
| 3:43
|-
| 16.
| "Takin' Inventory"
| Rich the Factor, Young Fee
| Rick The Factor
| 4:02
|-
|}

==References==
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{{Messy Marv}}
{{San Quinn}}

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Category:1998 collaborative albums
Category:Albums produced by Sean T
Category:Messy Marv albums
Category:San Quinn albums

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