Family Scriptures | ||||
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Released | November 5, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1995–96 | |||
Studio | Private Island Trax (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 1:14:51 | |||
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Singles from Family Scriptures | ||||
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Entertainment Weekly | A−[2] |
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Family Scriptures is the debut studio album by American hip hop collective Mo Thugs. It was released on November 5, 1996 via Mo Thugs/Relativity Records. Recording sessions took place at Private Island Trax in Los Angeles. Production was handled by Krayzie Bone, who also served as executive producer together with Layzie Bone, Archie Blaine, Bobby Jones and Paul "Tombstone" O'Neil, with co-producers Gates and Sin. It features contributions from Flesh-n-Bone, II Tru, Ken Dawg, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Poetic Hustla'z, Souljah Boy, The Graveyard Shift, and Tré.
The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. On January 3, 1997, it received Platinum certification status by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 1,000,000 copies.
Its sequel, Mo Thugs Family Scriptures Chapter II: Family Reunion, was released on May 26, 1998.
On April 28, 2011, former Bone Thugs-n-Harmony/Mo Thugs associate Roland Brown filed the lawsuit in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in Cuyahoga County, Ohio for breach of contract over unpaid royalties, claiming he wrote “Take Your Time” and “Here With Me” by Tré. Naming Mo Thugs Records, Loud Records, Relativity Records, Ruthless Records, Sony Music and Warner Music Group as defendants, Brown was seeking for $27 million ($24 million in damages and $3 million in mechanical royalties for the single, music video, and Family Scriptures album).[3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" (performed by Tré and Krayzie Bone) | 1:20 | ||
2. | "Searchin' 4 Peace" (performed by Poetic Hustla'z) |
| Krayzie Bone | 3:32 |
3. | "Ghetto Bluez" (performed by II Tru and Layzie Bone) |
| Archie Blaine | 5:49 |
4. | "Killing Fields" (performed by the Graveyard Shift) |
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| 5:15 |
5. | "Mo' Murder" (performed by Krayzie Bone) | Krayzie Bone | 4:55 | |
6. | "Ain't No Reason" (performed by Ken Dawg) |
| Archie Blaine | 4:59 |
7. | "Take Your Time" (performed by Tré and Krayzie Bone) |
| Bobby Jones | 4:53 |
8. | "Welcome to My World" (performed by II Tru and Ken Dawg) |
| Archie Blaine | 4:42 |
9. | "Thug Devotion" (performed by Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Tré, Ken Dawg and Souljah Boy) |
| Bobby Jones | 4:35 |
10. | "Here With Me" (performed by Tré) |
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| 5:36 |
11. | "Playa in Me" (performed by Ken Dawg) |
| Archie Blaine | 4:38 |
12. | "No Pretender" (performed by Jhaz, Tombstone, Boogie Nikke and Krayzie Bone) |
| Krayzie Bone | 4:37 |
13. | "Rumors and War" (performed by the Graveyard Shift and Flesh-n-Bone) |
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| 5:17 |
14. | "II Tru" (performed by II Tru) |
| Archie Blaine | 3:53 |
15. | "Low Down" (performed by Souljah Boy and Krayzie Bone) |
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| 4:44 |
16. | "Family Scriptures" (performed by the Graveyard Shift, Poetic Hustla'z, II Tru, Ken Dawg, Souljah Boy, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone and Tré) |
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| 6:35 |
Total length: | 1:14:51 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[9] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |