{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Mash Confusion | type = studio | artist = A-1 | cover = Mash Confusion.jpg | alt = | released = August 24, 1999 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Gangsta rap, G-funk, West Coast hip hop | length = 71:23 | label = Sick Wid It, Jive | producer = B-Legit <small>(exec.)</small>, Bosko, E-40 <small>(exec.)</small>, Funk Daddy, Jimmy Weaver, K-Lou, Sam Bostic, Studio Ton, Tone Capone | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Mash Confusion | type = studio | single1 = Big Man | single1date = 1999 }} }}
'''''Mash Confusion''''' is the debut album by American rap group A-1, released August 24, 1999 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. A-1 is composed of Big Bone and D-Day. The album features production by Bosko, K-Lou, Sam Bostic, Studio Ton and Tone Capone. Several guest performers appear on the album, including: E-40, B-Legit, Little Bruce, Killa Tay, Phats Bossi and Nikki Scarfoze.
Along with a single, a music video<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAVRFR60M7s A-1 - "Big Man" (official video)]. YouTube. Retrieved 2017-11-26.</ref> was produced for the song, "Big Man", featuring E-40.
The song, "Represent", originally appeared on the 1997 compilation album, ''Southwest Riders'' and was also released as a music video<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtcR45YozxU A-1 - "Represent" (official video)]. YouTube. Retrieved 2010-02-11.</ref> to promote the compilation. The video features cameo appearances by E-40, B-Legit, Celly Cel and Suga-T.
A-1 first appeared together on the 1995 Sick Wid It compilation album, ''The Hogg in Me'', on the song, "All Work No Play".
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Farley">Farley, Keith. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r427639|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''Mash Confusion'']. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
Allmusic - "Featured on Sick Wid It's ''Southwest Riders'' compilation barely a year before, A-1's album debut for the label is a bruising piece of midtempo G-funk, stacked with machine-gun percussion and A-1's slick raps. Though E-40 features on the best track, "The Big Man," there are plenty of great jams and spotlights for A-1, on "Gangstaz Anthem," "Mathematics," and "Represent."<ref name="Farley"/>
== Track listing == # "Intro" – 1:00 # "Mathematics" <small>(featuring E-40, Phats Bossi, Nikki Scarfoze & Little Bruce)</small> – 6:04 # "Keep It to Ya Self" <small>(featuring Filthy Phil)</small> – 5:10 # "Gangsta's Anthem" <small>(featuring Killa Tay)</small> – 4:08 # "Big Man" <small>(featuring E-40)</small> – 4:39 # "What the Fuck Can I Do" – 4:47 # "Critic Killaz" <small>(featuring The Mossie)</small> – 4:51 # "Mash Confusion" – 3:26 # "Struggle N' the Projects" <small>(featuring Harm)</small> – 3:53 # "Represent" – 4:25 # "Tryin' to Get It" <small>(featuring B-Legit, Nikki Scarfoze & Mr. Malik)</small> – 3:28 # "Faces" – 4:19 # "Niggaz Just Learn" – 4:03 # "Keep Ya Thang" – 4:02 # "Minor League Throwdown" <small>(featuring Livin' Proof, K-Cree, I.Q. & A.D.)</small> – 3:49 # "Little 'Bout Me" – 4:10 # "Twisted" – 3:57 # "Outro" – 1:12
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== External links == *{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r427639}} *[https://www.discogs.com/A-1-Mash-Confusion/release/3149797 Mash Confusion] at Discogs
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Category:1999 debut albums Category:Albums produced by Studio Ton Category:Albums produced by Bosko Category:Jive Records albums Category:Sick Wid It Records albums Category:Gangsta rap albums by American artists Category:West Coast hip-hop albums