{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Purple World | type = studio | artist = Big Moe | cover = Big Moe.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2002|4|23}} | recorded = 2001–2002 | studio = {{hlist|Southside (Houston, TX)|Holman Sound and Design (Houston, TX)|Wreckshop (Houston, TX)}} | genre = Southern hip-hop | length = {{Duration|h=1|m=2|s=57}} | label = {{hlist|Wreckshop|Priority|Capitol}} | producer = {{hlist|Blue|Noke D|Salih Williams|T-Gray}} | prev_title = City of Syrup | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Moe Life... | next_year = 2003 | misc = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/purple-world-mw0000216803|title=Purple World – Big Moe|website=AllMusic|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|accessdate=March 19, 2018}}</ref> | rev2 = ''RapReviews'' | rev2score = 7/10<ref name="RapReviews">{{cite web|last=Juon|first=Steve 'Flash'|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_04_pworld.html|title=Big Moe Purple World |work=RapReviews|date=April 30, 2002|accessdate=March 19, 2018}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Spin'' | rev3score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |date=August 2002 |title=Reviews |magazine=Spin |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |page=114 |language=en |volume=18 |issue=8 |issn=0886-3032}}</ref> }} '''''Purple World''''' is the second solo studio album by the American rapper Big Moe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Soren |author-link=Soren Baker |date=April 18, 2002 |title=DJ Screw Protege Big Moe Spills 'Purple Stuff' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1453498/dj-screw-protege-big-moe-spills-purple-stuff/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723052628/http://www.mtv.com/news/1453498/dj-screw-protege-big-moe-spills-purple-stuff/ |archive-date=July 23, 2017 |website=MTV News}}</ref> It was released on April 23, 2002, via Wreckshop/Priority Records. The recording sessions took place at Southside Studios, Holman Sound And Design and Wreckshop Studios, in Houston. The album was produced by Salih Williams, Blue, Noke D, and T-Gray. It features guest appearances from D-Gotti, Dirty $, D-Reck, Noke D, Ronnie Spencer, Toon, Tyte Eyes, Big Pokey, Isis Ré, K-Luv, Z-Ro, Big Hawk, Enjoli, Lil' Flip, Lil' Keke, Mr. 3-2, Pimp C, Ronnetta Spencer, Salih Williams, Trademark, Project Pat, the 1st Lady, and Momma Moe. The album peaked at number 29 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Intro | note1 = Skit | length1 = 0:24 | title2 = Purple World | note2 = featuring D-Reck, Tyte Eyes, D Gotti and Dirty $ | writer2 = {{hlist|Kenneth Moore|Derrick Dixon|Tyson Duplechain|Darrell Monroe|Alex Johnson}} | extra2 = T-Gray | length2 = 4:13 | title3 = S.U.C. | note3 = featuring Big Hawk and Lil' Keke | writer3 = {{hlist|Kenneth Moore|John Hawkins|Marcus Edwards|Derrick Haynes|A. Johnson|Ralph MacDonald|William Salter|Bill Withers}} | extra3 = Blue | length3 = 4:02 | title4 = Confidential Playa | note4 = featuring Tyte Eyes, Ronnie Spencer and Z-Ro | writer4 = {{hlist|Duplechain|Joseph McVey|Haynes}} | length4 = 3:58 | extra4 = Blue | title5 = Purple Stuff | note5 = featuring D Gotti | writer5 = {{hlist|Monroe|Salih Williams|Haynes|A. Johnson}} | length5 = 3:14 | extra5 = Salih Williams | title6 = When I | note6 = featuring D Gotti | writer6 = Monroe | extra6 = Salih Williams | length6 = 3:02 | title7 = Doctor's Office (Skit) | note7 = featuring Momma Moe | length7 = 1:43 | title8 = Still Da Barre Baby | note8 = featuring Ronnetta Spencer | writer8 = Haynes | extra8 = Salih Williams | length8 = 2:40 | title9 = Cash | note9 = featuring D-Reck and Pimp C | writer9 = {{hlist|Kenneth Moore|Dixon|Chad Butler|Haynes}} | extra9 = Blue | length9 = 4:34 | title10 = Dime Piece (Skit) | note10 = featuring K-Love and Toon | length10 = 0:36 | title11 = Dime Piece | note11 = featuring Salih Williams, Tyte Eyes and Isis Ré | writer11 = {{hlist|S. Williams|Duplechain|Haynes}} | extra11 = Salih Williams | length11 = 3:16 | title12 = Feel Me | note12 = featuring K-Love, Toon and Noke D | writer12 = {{hlist|Kenneth Moore|Kerry Moore|Watasha Toon|Haynes|Tharron Rodgers|Harold Lee Clayton|Sigidi Bashir Abdullah}} | extra12 = Noke D | length12 = 4:15 | title13 = It's About to Go Down | note13 = featuring Noke D, 3-2, D Gotti, Lil' Flip and Toon | writer13 = {{hlist|Haynes|Christopher Barriere|Monroe|Wesley E. Weston|Toon|Shawn Carter|Pharrell Williams|Chad Hugo|James Johnson|Christopher Wallace|Todd Shaw|Sean Combs|Deric Angelettie|Kit Walker|Mason Betha}} | extra13 = Blue | length13 = 4:12 | title14 = The Letter | note14 = featuring Enjoli | writer14 = {{hlist|Enjoli Parker|S. Williams|Haynes|A. Johnson|Joe Thomas|Jolyon Skinner|Michelle Williams}} | extra14 = Salih Williams | length14 = 3:24 | title15 = Mashin' for Mine | note15 = featuring Isis Ré, Noke D and Dirty $ | writer15 = {{hlist|Haynes|A. Johnson|S. Williams|Denzil Foster|Thomas McElroy|Jay King|Steve Boone|John Sebastian|Mark Sebastian}} | extra15 = Salih Williams | length15 = 4:33 | title16 = We Won't Stop | note16 = featuring Z-Ro and Dirty $ | writer16 = {{hlist|McVey|A. Johnson}} | extra16 = Noke D | length16 = 3:05 | title17 = Thug Thang | note17 = featuring Big Pokey, Dirty $, D-Reck, D Gotti and The 1st Lady | writer17 = {{hlist|Kenneth Moore|Milton Powell|A. Johnson|Dixon|Monroe|Haynes}} | extra17 = Salih Williams | length17 = 3:14 | title18 = Parlay | note18 = featuring Trademark and Ronnie Spencer | writer18 = Rodgers | extra18 = Salih Williams | length18 = 4:22 | title19 = Purple Stuff (Remix) | note19 = featuring Project Pat, Big Pokey, D Gotti and Ronnie Spencer | writer19 = {{hlist|Kenneth Moore|Powell|Monroe|Haynes}} | extra19 = Salih Williams | length19 = 4:10 | total_length = 1:02:57 }}
;Sample credits *Track 3 contains replayed elements from "Just the Two of Us" written by Ralph MacDonald, William Salter and Bill Withers. *Track 12 contains replayed elements from "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" written by Harold Lee Clayton and Sigidi Bashir Abdullah. *Track 13 contains replayed elements from "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" written by Shawn Carter, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, James Johnson, Christopher Wallace, Todd Shaw, Sean Combs, Deric Angelettie, Kit Walker and Mason Betha. *Track 14 contains replayed elements from "I Wanna Know Your Name" written by Joe Thomas, Jolyon Skinner and Michelle Williams. *Track 15 contains replayed elements from "Heavy on My Mind" written by Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy and Jay King and "Summer in the City" written by Steve Boone, John Sebastian and Mark Sebastian.
==Personnel== {{div col}} *Kenneth "Big Moe" Moore – main artist *Derrick "D-Reck" Dixon – featured artist <small>(tracks: 2, 9, 17)</small>, executive producer *Tyson "Tyte Eyes" Duplechain – featured artist <small>(tracks: 2, 4, 11)</small> *Darrell "D-Gotti" Monroe – featured artist <small>(tracks: 2, 5, 6, 13, 17, 19)</small> *Dirty $ – featured artist <small>(tracks: 2, 15–17)</small> *John "Big Hawk" Hawkins – featured artist <small>(track 3)</small> *Marcus "Lil' Keke" Edwards – featured artist <small>(track 3)</small> *Ronnie Spencer – featured artist <small>(tracks: 4, 18, 19)</small> *Joseph "Z-Ro" McVey – featured artist <small>(tracks: 4, 16)</small> *Momma Moe – featured artist <small>(track 7)</small> *Ronnetta Spencer – featured artist <small>(track 8)</small> *Chad "Pimp C" Butler – featured artist <small>(track 9)</small> *K-Luv – featured artist <small>(tracks: 10, 12)</small> *Watasha Toon – featured artist <small>(tracks: 10, 12, 13)</small> *Salih Williams – featured artist <small>(track 11)</small>, producer <small>(tracks: 5, 6, 8, 11, 14, 15, 17–19)</small>, mixing *Isis Ré – featured artist <small>(tracks: 11, 15)</small> *Noke D. – featured artist <small>(tracks: 12, 13, 15)</small>, producer <small>(tracks: 12, 16)</small>, mixing *Christopher "Mr. 3-2" Barriere – featured artist <small>(track 13)</small> *Wesley "Lil' Flip" Weston – featured artist <small>(track 13)</small> *Enjoli Parker – featured artist <small>(track 14)</small> *Milton "Big Pokey" Powell – featured artist <small>(tracks: 17, 19)</small> *The 1st Lady – featured artist <small>(track 17)</small> *Trademark – featured artist <small>(track 18)</small> *Patrick "Project Pat" Houston – featured artist <small>(track 19)</small> *Blue – producer <small>(tracks: 3, 4, 9, 13)</small> *T-Gray – producer <small>(track 2)</small> *Greg Morgenstein – mixing *Marvin Watkins – A&R *Kevin Faist – A&R {{div col end}}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2002) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row" |US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 11, 2002 |title=The Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2002-05-11/?rank=29 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=114 |issue=19 |page=58 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=October 7, 2025}}</ref> | 29 |- ! scope="row" |US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 11, 2002 |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-albums/2002-05-11/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=114 |issue=19 |page=26 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=October 7, 2025}}</ref> | 3 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Discogs master|348260|Purple World|type=album}}
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