''World War III'' is the third solo studio album by American rapper Mac. It was released on September 28, 1999 via No Limit/

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. Production was handled by XL,

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, Renior, Raj Smoove, Suga Bear, Bass Heavy, Big Gene, DJ Wop, Ke'Noe, and Mac himself. It features

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s from Magic, Ms. Peaches, Samm, Storm, Calliope Popeye,

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, D.I.G.,

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, Renior,

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, Suga Bear and XL. In the United States, the album debuted at number 44 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 6 on the

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charts. Along with a promotional single, an accompanying music video was released for the song "War Party" premiered on '' Rap City''. In 2001, Mac was convicted of

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and sentenced to thirty years in prison. He was released from prison in 2021 after serving twenty years.

Track listing

Personnel

*McKinley " Mac" Phipps, Jr. – vocals, producer (tracks: 14, 15) *Awood " Magic" Johnson, Jr. – vocals (tracks: 2, 6, 14) *Donnie "D.I.G." Duplesis – vocals (track 2) *Janelle "Storm" Perrilliat – vocals (tracks: 4, 20) *Percy "

" Miller – vocals (track 5), additional vocals (track 17), executive producer *Mia "

" Young – vocals (track 7) *Corey "

" Miller – vocals (track 8) *Aldreamer "Peaches" Smith – vocals (tracks: 10, 17, 19), additional vocals (track 15) *Samuel "Samm" Johnson – vocals (tracks: 13, 14) *Calliope Popeye – vocals (track 13) *Sugar – vocals (track 14), producer (tracks: 3, 12) *Pierre Renoir – vocals (track 14), producer (tracks: 3, 11, 13) *Donald " XL" Robertson – vocals (track 14), additional vocals (track 12), producer (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 18), associate producer (track 8), additional producer (track 15) *

– vocals (track 19), additional vocals (tracks: 12, 15) *Eugene "Big Gene" Stephens – producer (track 1), associate producer (track 8), additional producer (track 15) *Maurice "Ke'Noe" Jordan – producer (track 5) *

– producer (tracks: 7, 8, 19) *Earl Anthony "DJ Wop" Register, Jr. – producer (track 9), additional producer (track 15) *Roger Donald "Raj Smoove" Dickerson II – producer (tracks: 10, 20) *Roderick "Bass Heavy" Tillman – producer (track 17), associate producer (track 8) *Richard "Bigg Cheeez" Bernard – associate producer (track 8), additional producer (tracks: 9, 10, 20) *Phipps – additional vocals (track 1) *Vyshonn "

Silkk the Shocker Vyshonn King Miller (born June 18, 1975), better known by his stage name Silkk the Shocker (formerly Silkk), is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. The brother of Master P, Miller signed with his record label No Limit Records, an im ...

" Miller – additional vocals (track 5) *Andrew " Skull Duggery" Jordan – additional vocals (track 5) *Jamo – additional vocals (tracks: 8, 9, 15) *Kiné – additional vocals (track 15) *Gabe Chiesa – mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20) *Alex Sok – mixing (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8, 11–13, 19) *Rob Worthington – engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20) *Michael Pandos – engineering assistant (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 8, 11–13, 19) *Leslie Henderson – cover photo *

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Graphics, Inc. – artwork *Jodi Cohen – design, layout *Duffy Rich – A&R *Lupe Ceballos – project coordinator

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1999 albums Mac (rapper) albums No Limit Records albums Priority Records albums