# Rapper's Ball
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{{Infobox song
| name = Rappers' Ball
| cover = Rappers Ball.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [E-40](/source/E-40) featuring [Too $hort](/source/Too_%24hort) and [K-Ci](/source/K-Ci)
| album = [Tha Hall of Game](/source/Tha_Hall_of_Game)
| B-side =
| released = {{Start date|1996|9|18}}
| recorded = 1996
| studio = Pajama Studios ([Oakland, CA](/source/Oakland%2C_California))
| genre = {{hlist|[West Coast hip-hop](/source/West_Coast_hip-hop)|[R&B](/source/Contemporary_R%26B)}}
| length = {{Duration|m=5|s=27}}
| label = {{hlist|[Sick Wid' It](/source/Sick_Wid_It_Records)|[Jive](/source/Jive_Records)}}
| writer = {{hlist|[Earl Stevens](/source/E-40)|[Todd Shaw](/source/Too_Short)|[Cedric Hailey](/source/K-Ci)|[Anthony Banks](/source/Ant_Banks)}}
| producer = [Ant Banks](/source/Ant_Banks)
| chronology = [E-40](/source/E-40)
| prev_title = Scandalous
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = [Things'll Never Change](/source/Things'll_Never_Change)
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [Too $hort](/source/Too_%24hort)
| type = single
| prev_title = [Gettin' It](/source/Gettin'_It_(song))
| prev_year = 1996
| title = Rappers' Ball
| year = 1996
| next_title = [Call Me](/source/Call_Me_(Too_Short_and_Lil'_Kim_song))
| next_year = 1997
}}{{Extra chronology
| artist = [K-Ci](/source/K-Ci)
| type = single
| prev_title = [How Could You](/source/How_Could_You_(K-Ci_%26_JoJo_song))
| prev_year = 1996
| title = Rappers' Ball
| year = 1996
| next_title = [You Bring Me Up](/source/You_Bring_Me_Up)
| next_year = 1997
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|aqkxWMxaBOU|"Rapper's Ball"}}}}
}}
"'''Rappers' Ball'''" is a song co-written and performed by American rappers [E-40](/source/E-40) and [Too $hort](/source/Too_Short) and American R&B singer [K-Ci](/source/K-Ci). It was released on September 18, 1996 via Sick Wid' It/[Jive Records](/source/Jive_Records) as the lead single from E-40's third full-length solo studio album ''[Tha Hall of Game](/source/Tha_Hall_of_Game)''. Co-written and produced by [Ant Banks](/source/Ant_Banks), the song contains a portion of Too $hort's 1985 composition "Playboy Short".
Charting in the United States as a b-side of the album's second single "[Things'll Never Change](/source/Things'll_Never_Change)", "Rappers' Ball" peaked at number 29 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100), number 19 on the [Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs), number 40 on the [R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay](/source/R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Airplay), number 4 on the [Hot Rap Songs](/source/Hot_Rap_Songs) and number 26 on the [Dance Singles Sales](/source/Dance_Singles_Sales) charts.
An accompanying [music video](/source/music_video) was filmed on July 13, 1996 by Eric Haywood. Beside E-40, Too $hort and K-Ci, [B-Legit](/source/B-Legit), [Joe Clair](/source/Joe_Clair), [Mack 10](/source/Mack_10) and [Richie Rich](/source/Richie_Rich_(rapper)) among others provided [cameo appearance](/source/cameo_appearance)s. [2Pac](/source/Tupac_Shakur), who also made a cameo appearance in the music video, winks at the camera when E-40 rapped in his verse "Don't buy an $85,000 car before you buy a house", making reference to [the Notorious B.I.G.](/source/the_Notorious_B.I.G.) owning expensive cars but still not having purchased his own home. The music video was released for the week ending on September 1, 1996.
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Rappers' Ball
| note1 = Radio Version
| writer1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 =
| title2 = Rappers' Ball
| note2 = Instrumental
| writer2 =
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| length2 =
| title3 = Rappers' Ball
| note3 = LP Version
| writer3 =
| extra3 =
| length3 =
| title4 = Rappers' Ball
| note4 = Acappella
| writer4 =
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| length4 =
| total_length =
}}
==Personnel==
*Earl "[E-40](/source/E-40)" Stevens – lead vocals, executive producer
*Todd "[Too $hort](/source/Too_%24hort)" Shaw – lead vocals
*Cedric "[K-Ci](/source/K-Ci)" Hailey – background vocals, vocal arrangement
*Anthony "[Ant](/source/Ant_Banks)" Banks – keyboards, drum programming, producer, recording, mixing
*Ryan Arnold – recording
*Eric Janko – recording
*Carlos Warlick – mixing
*[Tom Coyne](/source/Tom_Coyne_(music_engineer)) – mastering
*[Pen & Pixel](/source/Pen_%26_Pixel) – artwork
*Chaz Hayes – management
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak
position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|29|artist=E-40|rowheader=true|access-date=December 21, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|19|artist=E-40|rowheader=true|access-date=December 21, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphopairplay|40|artist=E-40|rowheader=true|access-date=December 21, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|4|artist=E-40|rowheader=true|access-date=December 21, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [Dance Singles Sales](/source/Dance_Singles_Sales) (''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'')[{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/E-40/chart-history/dsa/ |title=E-40 Chart History (Dance Singles Sales) |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |access-date=December 21, 2024}}]
| 26
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Discogs master|93312|Rappers' Ball|type=single}}
{{E-40}}
{{Too Short (rapper)}}
Category:1996 songs
Category:E-40 songs
Category:1996 singles
Category:Too Short songs
Category:Jive Records singles
Category:Songs written by E-40
Category:Songs written by K-Ci
Category:Songs written by Too Short
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