Dem Franchize Boyz (album)
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''Dem Franchize Boyz'' is the self-titled debut full-length studio album by American
Southern hip-hop Southern hip-hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip-hop, or dirty south, is a blanket term for a regional genre of American hip-hop music that emerged in the Southern United States, especially in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Texas, ...
quartet
Dem Franchize Boyz Dem Franchize Boyz was an American hip hop music, hip hop group from Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, signed to E1 Music. The group had four members: Parlae (born Maurice Gleaton), Pimpin' (Jamal Willingham), Jizzal Man (Bernard Leverette), and Buddie ...
. It was released on September 14, 2004 via
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. Recording sessions took place at Rocky Road Studios and Temp Town Studio in
Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
. Production was handled by P-No, Hard Knard, and members Pimpin and Parlae. It features
guest appearance The term guest appearance generally denotes the appearance of a guest in an artistic or pop-culture setting. The guests themselves (referred to as guest artists, featured artists, guest stars, or guest fighters, depending on context), are disting ...
s from Meat and Peanut. In the United States, the album debuted at number 106 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 18 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip-hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Luminate. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated January 30, ...
and topped the
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charts. Its
lead single A lead single (or first single) is the first single to be released from a studio album by an artist or a band, usually before the album itself is released and also occasionally on the same day of the album's release date. A similar term, "debut ...
, "
White Tee "White Tee" is a 2004 song by Dem Franchize Boyz, which appeared on their debut album ''Dem Franchize Boyz'', released on So So Def Records and Universal Records. Playboi Carti sampled the song on his single "Wokeuplikethis". In 2020, Travis Sco ...
", peaked at number 79 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 25 on the
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and number 23 on the
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charts in the US. The song "Oh I Think Dey Like Me" off of the album was retitled as "
I Think They Like Me "I Think They Like Me" is a song by American hip hop group Dem Franchize Boyz. It was released in August 2005 as a single from their self-titled debut album ''Dem Franchize Boyz''. The song's chorus is sampled from their debut single " White Tee". ...
" and remixed for Jermaine Dupri's 2005 compilation '' Young, Fly & Flashy, Vol. 1'' and the group's follow-up 2006 studio album ''
On Top of Our Game ''On Top of Our Game'' is the second studio album by Atlanta-based rap group Dem Franchize Boyz. It was released on February 7, 2006, by So So Def Recordings and Virgin Records. Sales The album debuted at number 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200, wit ...
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* {{Authority control 2004 debut albums Universal Records albums Dem Franchize Boyz albums