Gangstress is the second studio album

Studio album

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 by American rapper Khia

Khia

Khia Shamone Chambers , better known just as Khia, is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, and record producer.-Early life:Khia was born on November 8, 1977 in Philadelphia and was raised in its Germantown neighborhood, and she moved to Tampa, Florida when she was 11. Khia attended Dowdell...

. The album was released by Thug Misses Entertainment and Warlock Records on July 11, 2006 (see 2006 in music

2006 in music

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) in the United States. The album was fully produced by Khia.

Upon its release the album debuted at only number sixty seven on the Billboard

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s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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 chart. With a first week sale of 2,200 copies and 17,000 to date, It became the rapper's lowest on the charts.

Chart performance

Gangstress failed to debut inside the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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, being her first album to do so, however the album did debut at #67 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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The first single released from the album, "Snatch the Cat Back", failed to impact the charts due to lack of radio support, which resulted in this single being the only single released from this album. "For the Love of Money" was also released from the album, but was not officially claimed as a single. As a result, the song was only sent to urban adult contemporary

Urban Adult Contemporary

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 radio stations and it failed to impact the urban AC airplay

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 charts.

Track listing

1. "Answering Machine" (Khia Chambers) – 3:40
2. "Respect Me" (K. Chambers) – 4:49
3. "Thugmisses Speaks, Pt. 1" (K. Chambers) – 0:19
4. "Bitch Muthafucka Got Damn" (K. Chambers) – 4:10
5. "Grandma" (K. Chambers) – 1:00
6. "Ah Ha" (K. Chambers) – 3:50
7. "Purple Rainbows & Unicorns Gave Me Herpes" (K. Chambers) – 2:38
8. "I've Been High" (K. Chambers) - 4:02
9. "Thugmisses Speaks, Pt. 2" (K. Chambers) – 0:15
10. "I've Been Called a Bitch" (K. Chambers) – 4:14
11. "Pop's" (K. Chambers) – 2:11
12. "Thugmisses Thugniggaz" (K. Chambers) – 4:36
13. "Sunshine" (K. Chambers) – 1:12
14. "Fucking Me Tonight" (K. Chambers) – 4:11
15. "Questions for the Niggaz" (K. Chambers) – 0:39
16. "Snatch the Cat Back" (K. Chambers) – 4:32
17. "Insufficient Funds" (K. Chambers) – 1:10
18. "Bryan Brooks" (K. Chambers) – 2:56
19. "Hit the Door" (featuring JA) (K. Chambers) – 4:23
20. "Thugmisses Speaks, Pt. 3" (K. Chambers) – 0:13
21. "Don't Trust" (K. Chambers) – 4:11
22. "Thugmisses Speaks, Pt. 4" (K. Chambers) – 0:13
23. "For the Love of Money" (K. Chambers) – 4:20
24. "Forgive Me for My Sins" (K. Chambers) – 5:12

Bonus DVD

11. "Khia Live" (featuring Khia performing her hits live)
12. "Photoshoot"
13. "On the Radio" (Interview)
14. "Back to T-Town"("Memory Lane")
15. "Interview"

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	67

External links

• Gangstress track listing at Billboard.com
• Gangstress chart history at Billboard.com