{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The G Filez | type = Studio | artist = Celly Cel | cover = The G Filez.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1998|7|14}} | recorded = 1997–98 | studio = | genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip hop|gangsta rap|hardcore hip hop}} | length = {{Duration|h=1|m=15|s=32}} | label = {{hlist|Sick Wid' It|Jive}} | producer = {{hlist|B-Legit <small>(exec.)</small>|E-40 <small>(exec.)</small>|Celly Cel|C-Funk|G-Man Stan|K-Lou|Mark D|Mike Mosley|QDIII|Rick Rock|Sam Bostic|Sean T|Spliff|Studio Ton|Tone Capone}} | prev_title = Killa Kali | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = The Best of Celly Cel | next_year = 1999 | misc = }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celly Cel - The G Filez Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-g-filez-mw0000036296 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> | noprose = yes }} '''''The G Filez''''' is the third solo studio album by American rapper Celly Cel. It was released on July 14, 1998 through Sick Wid It/Jive Records. Production was handled by G-Man Stan, Sam Bostic, Spliff, Studio Ton, Tone Capone, K-Lou, Mark D, Mike Mosley, ProHoeZak, Quincy Jones III, Rick Rock, Sean T and Celly Cel himself, with co-producer Don Juan, and executive producers E-40 and B-Legit. It features guest appearances from E-40, B-Legit, C-Bo, Chill, Keak da Sneak, L.I.T., Mac Reese, Mack 10, Messy Marv, Mugzi, Rappin' 4-Tay, San Quinn, Silkk the Shocker, UGK, Miss Mocha, Otis & Shug. The album peaked at number 53 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album spawned three singles, "Fuck tha World", "Get a Real Job" and "Pop the Trunk".

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Why Must I Be Like That? | note1 = featuring E-40 | writer1 = {{hlist|Marcellus McCarver|Earl Stevens|Stan Keith|George Clinton, Jr.|Garry Shider|David Spradley}} | extra1 = {{hlist|G-Man Stan|Celly Cel <small>({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})</small>}} | length1 = 4:40 | title2 = Fuck tha World | note2 = featuring Silkk the Shocker | writer2 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Vyshonn Miller|Ricardo Thomas}} | extra2 = Rick Rock | length2 = 4:08 | title3 = Every Day Is tha Weekend | note3 = featuring Otis & Shug | writer3 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Sam Bostic}} | extra3 = Sam Bostic | length3 = 4:00 | title4 = The G Filez | note4 = featuring L.I.T. | writer4 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|T. McCarver|M. Parker|William Collins|Joel Johnson}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Spliff|Celly Cel <small>({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})</small>}} | length4 = 3:50 | title5 = Don't Wanna See Us | note5 = featuring San Quinn, Messy Marv, Black Nate and Kaveo | writer5 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Quincy Brooks|Marvin Watson|N. Barnett|Brandt Jones|Kevin Davis|Sean Thompson}} | extra5 = Sean T | length5 = 4:28 | title6 = Can I Kick It? | note6 = featuring Keak da Sneak and Young Mugzi | writer6 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Charles Williams|Dulon J. Stevens|Anthony Gilmour}} | extra6 = Tone Capone | length6 = 4:27 | title7 = Get a Real Job | writer7 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Ken Franklin}} | extra7 = K-Lou | length7 = 4:39 | title8 = Ride | note8 = featuring C-Bo | writer8 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Shawn Thomas|Mike Mosley}} | extra8 = Mike Mosley | length8 = 3:50 | title9 = All I Know | writer9 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|M. Parker}} | extra9 = Spliff | length9 = 3:52 | title10 = Pop the Trunk | note10 = featuring UGK | writer10 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Bernard Freeman|Chad Butler|Marvin Whitemon}} | extra10 = Studio Ton | length10 = 4:04 | title11 = Get It Crackin' | note11 = featuring Otis & Shug | writer11 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Bostic}} | extra11 = Sam Bostic | length11 = 4:00 | title12 = It's Goin' Down (Remix) | note12 = featuring Rappin' 4-Tay, E-40, B-Legit and Mack 10 | writer12 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Anthony Forté|E. Stevens|B. Jones|Dedrick Rolison|Gilmour}} | extra12 = Tone Capone | length12 = 5:35 | title13 = Eternal Life | note13 = featuring Mocha | writer13 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Marigetta Griffin|Keith|Michael Jones|Nick Trevisick}} | extra13 = {{hlist|G-Man Stan|Celly Cel <small>({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})</small>}} | length13 = 4:04 | title14 = Sick Wid It Party | note14 = featuring Mocha | writer14 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Keith|Charlie Wilson|Ronnie Wilson|Lonnie Simmons|Rudy Taylor}} | extra14 = G-Man Stan | length14 = 4:03 | title15 = You Neva Know | writer15 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|Whitemon}} | extra15 = Studio Ton | length15 = 3:43 | title16 = In the Traffic | note16 = featuring Mac Reese and Chill | writer16 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|C. Heard|Simon McKinley}} | extra16 = C-Funk | length16 = 4:09 | title17 = The Bay | writer17 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|M. White}} | extra17 = Mark D | length17 = 3:42 | title18 = The Function | note18 = featuring E-40 and Shay Jones | writer18 = {{hlist|M. McCarver|E. Stevens|Shay Jones|Quincy Jones III|Dajuan Cayson}} | extra18 = {{hlist|QD3|Don Juan <small>({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})</small>}} | length18 = 4:18 | total_length = 1:15:32 }}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col" |Chart (1998) ! scope="col" |Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|53|artist=Celly Cel|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 16, 2022}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|17|artist=Celly Cel|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 16, 2022}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs master|460793|Celly Cel – The G Filez}}

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