Young, Black, Rich and Famous

Young, Black, Rich and Famous
Studio album by M-Doc
Released	October 27, 1998
Recorded	1998
Genre	R&B hip hop
Length	53:51
Label	Alexia InDaSoul
Producer	M-Doc N.O.I.D. T.J. Jere MC C-Breeze Ronnie Tyson Ed Strickland
M-Doc chronology
M. Doc Wit Stevio: C'mon Getcha Groove On (1995) Young, Black, Rich and Famous (1998)
Singles from Young, Black, Rich and Famous
"Free"
Compact disc

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Allmusic

Young, Black, Rich and Famous is the third album by the rap artist, producer and songwriter M-Doc.

The set felt somewhere between rap and R&B, and its ambitions were probably best realized on the lead single, which was a cover of the Deniece Williams' number one hit from 1977 "Free" M-Doc's version of the song released as the lead single scored minor chart success on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, where it peaked at number sixty-one in 1998.

To the album contributed several other performers. Among them, the singer CeCe Peniston (on the track "Keep It Real"), with whom M-Doc collaborated on the singles produced for her ("Searchin'", "I'm Not Over You" and "He Loves Me 2").

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Featured artist(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	M-Doc, Elroy Smith		1:02
2.	"Revenge"	L.Smith, M-Doc, K.Little	Rhyme	4:19
3.	"Keep It Real"	M-Doc, T.Armstrong, R.Smith-also Furious 5, S.Robinson	CeCe Peniston	4:49
4.	"You Showed Your Ace"	M-Doc, Ernest Wilson		4:45
5.	"Put Me On"	M-Doc	Cristina	4:36
6.	"I Just Wanna Be"	M-Doc	Jessie Campbell	5:18
7.	"The Great Escape"	M-Doc, Elroy Smith, Tanjila Pettis		4:54
8.	"Free"	Deniece Williams, Nathan Watts, Susaye Green, Henry Redd	Cristina	4:48
9.	"Young, Black, Rich and Famous Interlude"	M-Doc, Jere MC		1:21
10.	"Can We Got Down?"			4:16
11.	"Drinks on Me"	M-Doc, C-Breeze, Fredrick J. Taerrin, Richard Rudolph, Minnie Ripperton		4:25
12.	"We Do It Like That"	Scott Hammond, Persan Love, C.Mitchell, M-Doc, D.A. Smart, T.Parker		4:57
13.	"Keep Doin' Whatcha Doin'"	M-Doc, K.Little, Elroy Smith	Rhyme	4:15
Total length:				53:51

Credits and personnel

• M-Doc - lead vocal, writer, producer, co-producer, executive producer, programming
• Jessie Campbell - lead vocal
• Cristina - lead vocal, back vocal
• Rhyme - back vocal
• CeCe Peniston - back vocal
• Shorty Gage - additional rap vocal
• Greg Gibbs - additional back vocal
• Blah Zae Blah - vocal
• D.A. Smart - vocal, writer
• Twista - vocal
• L.Smith - writer

• K.Little - writer
• Elroy Smith - writer
• T.Armstrong - writer
• R.Smith-also Furious 5 - writer
• Tanjila Pettis - writer
• S.Robinson - writer
• Ernest Wilson - writer
• Deniece Williams - writer
• Nathan Watts - writer
• Susaye Green - writer
• Henry Redd - writer
• Fredrick J. Taerrin - writer
• Richard Rudolph - writer
• Minnie Riperton - writer
• Scott Hammond - writer
• Persan Love - writer
• C.Mitchell - writer
• T.Parker - writer
• Lemoyne Alexander - instruments, producer
• Ant Dub - vocal producer

• N.O.I.D. - producer
• T.J. - producer
• Jere MC - producer
• C-Breeze - producer, writer
• Keith Henderson - guitar
• Ronnie Tyson - piano, Rhodes keyboards, guitar, back vocal, additional producer
• Lamar Jones - bass
• Steve Maestro - scratches
• Steve Weeder - engineer
• Steve Johnson - assistant engineer
• Matt Prock - mix
• Larry Sturm - mix
• Joey "The Don" Donatello - mix
• Ed Strickland - associate executive producer
• FPD3 and Jeff Weese - art direction, design
• Indasoul Songs (ASCAP) - publisher
• Alexia Music (Broadcast Music Incorporated) - publisher
• Nydrin Music (Broadcast Music Incorporated) - publisher
• Exactly Different (ASCAP) - publisher

References

General

• "M-Doc - Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
• "M-Doc - Discography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.

Specific

External links

• M-Doc at AllMusic
• CeCe Peniston at AllMusic