# Funk Mobb
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{{short description|American hip hop group}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2012}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Funk Mobb
| image = Da Funk Mobb.jpg
| caption = From left to right: G-Note, K-1 and Mac Shawn in the studio. From the album's liner notes.
| alias =
| origin = [Vallejo, California](/source/Vallejo%2C_California), U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|[West Coast hip hop](/source/West_Coast_hip_hop)|[gangsta rap](/source/gangsta_rap)}}
| years_active = 1994–1998
| label = {{hlist|[Sick Wid It](/source/Sick_Wid_It_Records)|[Jive](/source/Jive_Records)}}
| website =
| current_members = K-1
[G-Note](/source/Lil_Italy)
Mac Shawn
}}
'''Funk Mobb''' was an American, short-lived rap group composed of Bay Area rappers, K-1, [G-Note](/source/Lil_Italy) and Mac Shawn who were signed by [Sick Wid It](/source/Sick_Wid_It_Records) and [Jive Records](/source/Jive_Records). They were active from 1994 to 1998, first appearing on [Little Bruce](/source/Little_Bruce)'s debut album, XXXtra Mannish and then releasing their one and only album in 1996, ''[It Ain't 4 Play](/source/It_Ain't_4_Play)''. It peaked at number 46 on the [''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums](/source/Top_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Albums) and at number 28 on the [''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers](/source/Top_Heatseekers).[[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r237859|pure_url=yes}} ((( It Ain't 4 Play > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))]. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2010-01-01.] After the album the group would disband with Mac Shawn releasing two albums, 1997's ''Music fo' the Mobb'' and 2001's ''Worldwide Bosses and Playas'' and even joining [Death Row Records](/source/Death_Row_Records) for a short while. In 1999 G-Note joined [No Limit Records](/source/No_Limit_Records)[{{cite web |url=https://www.angelfire.com/fl2/southsideballers/lilitaly.bio.html |title=Archived copy |website=[Angelfire](/source/Angelfire) |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111014810/http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/southsideballers/lilitaly.bio.html |archive-date=11 November 2012 |url-status=live}}] and changed his name to [Lil Italy](/source/Lil_Italy).[{{cite web|url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bossplayers1 |title=Boss Players | The Clicks D-Shot Presents: Boss Players Vol 1 |publisher=CD Baby |date= |accessdate=2012-04-04}}] There he released his debut solo album, ''[On Top of da World](/source/On_Top_of_da_World)''.
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
*''[It Ain't 4 Play](/source/It_Ain't_4_Play)'' (1996)
===Solo projects===
*Mac Shawn – ''Music fo' tha' Mobb'' (1997)
*[G-Note](/source/Lil_Italy) – ''[On Top of da World](/source/On_Top_of_da_World)'' (1999)
*G-Note – ''Full Blown'' (2001)
*Mac Shawn Presents – ''Worldwide Bosses and Playas'' (2001)
===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Album
! Song
|-
|| 1992
| ''[Tryin' to Get a Buck](/source/Tryin'_to_Get_a_Buck)''
| "Just Living" ([B-Legit](/source/B-Legit) featuring Mac Shawn)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1994
| ''[XXXtra Manish](/source/XXXtra_Manish)''
| "Funk Mobb Niggaz" ([Little Bruce](/source/Little_Bruce) featuring Funk Mobb)
|-
| ''[Heat 4 Yo Azz](/source/Heat_4_Yo_Azz)''
| "Pimp's, Playa's and Hustla's" ([Celly Cel](/source/Celly_Cel) featuring Funk Mobb)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1995
| ''[In a Major Way](/source/In_a_Major_Way)''
| "Sideways" ([E-40](/source/E-40) featuring B-Legit, Mac Shawn)
|-
| ''[The Hogg in Me](/source/The_Hogg_in_Me)''
| "Time to Mobb" (Funk Mobb featuring Levitti, Little Bruce)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1996
| ''[Paper Chasin'](/source/Paper_Chasin')''
| "Hustlas and Tendas" ([Suga-T](/source/Suga-T) featuring B-Legit, Funk Mobb)
|-
| ''[The Hemp Museum](/source/The_Hemp_Museum_(album))''
| "My Flow of Cash" (B-Legit featuring Funk Mobb)
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1998
| ''The Golden Bay'' compilation
| "The Akadomma Family" (B-Legit, Funk Mobb, Levitti)
|-
| ''3 Beam Circus'' compilation
| "Get Yo' Wig Split" (Funk Mobb)
|-
| ''[The Rumble](/source/The_Rumble_(N2Deep_album))''
| "Bay Area Playaz" ([N2Deep](/source/N2Deep) featuring Mac Shawn, [Taydatay](/source/Taydatay), [Cougnut](/source/Cougnut), Da' Unda' Dogg, [Kaveo](/source/Kaveo), [Baby Beesh](/source/Baby_Beesh), Don Cisco, J Sweets)
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1999
| ''[Hempin' Ain't Easy](/source/Hempin'_Ain't_Easy)''
| "Keep It P.I." (B-Legit featuring Mac Shawn)
|-
|rowspan="2"|''[Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000](/source/Suge_Knight_Represents%3A_Chronic_2000)''
| "I Thought You Knew" (Mac Shawn featuring E-40, [Daz Dillinger](/source/Daz_Dillinger))
|-
| "It's Goin' Down" (Mac Shawn featuring Daz Dillinger, [Tha Realest](/source/Tha_Realest))
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2000
| ''[Too Gangsta for Radio](/source/Too_Gangsta_for_Radio)''
| "Real Type Gangsta" (Mac Shawn)
|-
| ''707'' compilation
| "From the Wrist" (Funk Mobb, B-Legit, Little Bruce)
|-
|| 2001
| ''[2002](/source/2002_(Tha_Dogg_Pound_album))''
| "Your Gyrlfriend 2" ([Tha Dogg Pound](/source/Tha_Dogg_Pound) featuring Mac Shawn, [Soopafly](/source/Soopafly))
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p182455|label=Funk Mobb}}
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Funk+Mobb Funk Mobb] at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)
{{Authority control}}
Category:Hip-hop groups from California
Category:Jive Records artists
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1998
Category:Musical groups established in 1994
Category:Musical groups from the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Musical trios from California
Category:Musicians from Vallejo, California
Category:Gangsta rap groups
Category:1994 establishments in California
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