Mack 10 (album)

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Mack 10 | type = studio | artist = Mack 10 | cover = Mack-10-album.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1995|6|20}} | recorded = 1994–1995 | studio = | genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip-hop|gangsta rap|G-funk}} | length = {{Duration|m=47|s=53}} | label = Priority | producer = {{hlist|Ice Cube|the 88X Unit|Crazy Toones|Dr. Jam|Madness 4 Real}} | next_title = Based on a True Story | next_year = 1997 | misc = {{Singles | name = Mack 10 | type = studio | single1 = Foe Life | single1date = April 29, 1995 | single2 = On Them Thangs | single2date = July 22, 1995 | single3 = Westside Slaughterhouse | single3date = December 16, 1995 }} }} '''''Mack 10''''' is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Mack 10. It was released on June 20, 1995, via Priority Records.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=C.M.|first1=Emmanuel|last2=Blair|first2=Michael|date=June 20, 2014|title=Today in Hip-Hop: Mack 10 Drops Self-Titled Debut Album - XXL|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/today-hip-hop-mack-10-releases-mack-10/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 27, 2021|website=XXL|language=en}}</ref> The album was produced by Ice Cube, the 88X Unit, Dr. Jam, Madness 4 Real, and Crazy Toones. It features guest appearances from Ice Cube, WC, and K-Dee.

The album peaked at number 33 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and went Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on September 12, 1995. The song "Foe Life" was used in the 1997 film ''Anaconda'', starring producer Ice Cube.

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|date=|title=Mack 10 Mack 10|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mack-10-mw0000176849|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 27, 2021|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Chicago Tribune'' | rev2score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="CT">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Martin |title=Recordings |work=Chicago Tribune |date=27 July 1995 |department=Tempo |page=8}}</ref> | rev3 = ''RapReviews'' | rev3score = 7.5/10<ref>{{Cite web|last=T.|first=Pete|date=September 7, 2010|title=Mack 10 Mack 10|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_mack10mack10.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 27, 2021|website=RapReviews}}</ref> }} The ''Chicago Tribune'' noted that Mack 10's "crime is that his rhymes do little to elucidate the pathos of living with violence as a viable—if not necessary—option... Although Mack 10 has his mentor's sneer and a funkier sound, he has little of Cube's vitality."<ref name=CT/>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Mickey D's Lick | writer1 = | note1 = Intro | length1 = 0:51

| title2 = Foe Life | writer2 = {{hlist|Mack 10|Ice Cube}} | extra2 = Ice Cube | length2 = 4:14

| title3 = Wanted Dead | writer3 = Mack 10 | extra3 = Ice Cube | length3 = 3:57

| title5 = Pigeon Coup | writer5 = | extra5 = | length5 = 0:31

| title6 = Chicken Hawk | writer6 = Mack 10 | extra6 = Dr. Jam | length6 = 4:23

| title7 = Here Comes the G | writer7 = Mack 10 | extra7 = Crazy Toones | length7 = 4:12

| title8 = Westside Slaughterhouse | note8 = featuring WC and Ice Cube | writer8 = {{hlist|Mack 10|Ice Cube|WC}} | extra8 = Madness 4 Real | length8 = 4:58

| title9 = Niggas Dog Scraping | writer9 = | extra9 = | length9 = 0:34

| title10 = Armed & Dangerous | writer10 = Mack 10 | extra10 = Ice Cube | length10 = 3:08

| title11 = H-O-E-K | note11 = featuring K-Dee | writer11 = {{hlist|Mack 10|K-Dee}} | extra11 = Ice Cube | length11 = 3:38

| title12 = 10 Million Ways | writer12 = Mack 10 | extra12 = Ice Cube | length12 = 4:22

| title13 = Mozi-Wozi | writer13 = Ice Cube | extra13 = Ice Cube | length13 = 4:39

| title14 = Mack 10's the Name | writer14 = Mack 10 | extra14 = The 88X Unit | length14 = 3:19 | total_length = 47:53 }}

;Sample credits *Track 4 contains an interpolation of "Mary Jane" written and performed by Rick James *Track 7 contains a sample from "Remind Me" written and performed by Patrice Rushen *Track 10 contains samples from "Devotion" written by Maurice White & Philip Bailey and performed by Earth, Wind & Fire, and "Flashlight" written by George Clinton, William Collins & Bernie Worrell and performed by Parliament *Track 12 contains a sample from "A.J. Scratch" written and performed by Kurtis Blow *Track 13 contains an interpolation of "Devotion" written by Maurice White & Philip Bailey and performed by Earth, Wind & Fire

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1995) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|33|artist=Mack 10|rowheader=true|access-date=April 8, 2025}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|2|artist=Mack 10|rowheader=true|access-date=April 8, 2025}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (1995) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1995/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1995|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 27, 2020}}</ref> | 46 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Mack 10|title=Mack 10|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1995|certyear=1995|accessdate=January 27, 2021}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs master|124709|Mack 10 – Mack 10}}

Category:Mack 10 albums Category:1995 debut albums Category:Priority Records albums Category:Albums produced by Ice Cube Category:G-funk albums