''Watch What U Wish...'' is the debut studio album by American hip-hop group

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, released on March 6, 2015 digitally and March 10, 2015 physically. The album features

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s from former No Limit Records artist Fiend,

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, Locodunit, Lil Infamous, Billy Wes, Wacy Loco, Mariah Jane, and others. The album charted at No. 25 in ''

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s Top 25 Heatseekers chart for April 4, 2015.

Background

This was the first official studio album release from Da Mafia 6ix as a collective following their mixtapes

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and

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as well as their collaborative album with

titled

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. The album originally was slated to include members

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, Crunchy Black, Koopsta Knicca,

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and

Gangsta Boo Lola Chantrelle Mitchell (August 7, 1979 – January 1, 2023), better known as Gangsta Boo, was an American rapper. She rose to prominence as a member of Three 6 Mafia, which she joined at the age of 14; after releasing six albums, she left th ...

. This however changed following the death of

in December 2013 and

's departure from the group in early 2014. However, the album still featured vocals from Lord Infamous recorded before his untimely death. The album also includes a verse from Lord Infamous's son "Lil Infamous". The album's release date was originally planned for October 31, 2014, but in order to promote the album more was pushed back and the group's second Mixtape

was released instead. The group then announced a March 3 release date, but it was pushed back again just three days to March 6. The ''Watch What U Wish: Singles-N-Remixes'' Mixtape is planned to release in 2015.

Critical reception

''Watch What U Wish...'' received generally positive reviews from critics. HipHopDX gave the album a rating of 3.5. out of 5 stating that "Sans Gangsta Boo and lightly seasoned appearances from the late Lord Infamous, “Watch What U Wish” is still a hellishly good time from Da Mafia 6ix." and also "By now, Da Mafia Six completely understands’ their fanbase and doesn’t even attempt to veer outside of that box."

Singles and music videos

*The official audio for the track "Gimmi Back My Dope" featuring Lord Infamous was released on January 31, 2015. *The official visual of an excerpt of the track "Residence Evil" was released on February 3, 2015. *A remix to the track "Gimmi Back My Dope" featuring Snootie Wild was released on February 5, 2015. *The full audio to "Residence Evil" was released on February 12, 2014. *The official video to "Gimmi Back My Dope" Remix featuring Snootie Wild was released February 18, 2015. *The official video to "Forever Get High" featuring Fiend was released February 24, 2015. *The official video to "Dat Ain't Inya" featuring Fiend & La Chat was released March 5, 2015. *The official video to "You Can't" featuring the Seed of 6iX collective (Locodunit & Lil Infamous) was released on March 26, 2015. *The official video to "No Good Deed" featuring La Chat was released April 22, 2015. *The official video to "Hundid Thou Wow" featuring La Chat & Billy Wes was released May 5, 2015. *The official video to "High Like An Eagle" featuring Lord Infamous, Fiend & La Chat was released May 18, 2015.

Track listing

References

{{Authority control Three 6 Mafia albums DJ Paul albums 2015 albums