It Ain't 4 Play is the first and only album released by American rap group, Funk Mobb

Funk Mobb

Funk Mobb was a short lived rap group composed of Bay Area rappers, K-1, G-Note and Mac Shawn who were signed by Sick Wid It and Jive Records. They were only active from 1994 to 1998, first appearing on Little Bruce's debut album, XXXtra Mannish and then releasing their one and only album in 1996,...

. It was released July 15, 1996 on Sick Wid It Records

Sick Wid It Records

Sick Wid It Records is a United States based hip hop record label owned and founded by rapper E-40.- Current artists :*B-Slimm*Big Omeezy*E-40*Laroo 'The Hard Hitta'*DB'z *Issue*Droop-E*Nump*Turf Talk*Cousin Fik- Former artists :...

 and Jive Records

Jive Records

Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

. The album was produced by G-Note

Lil Italy

Lil Italy is a rapper who was briefly a member of E-40's Sick Wid It Records and the label's group Funk Mobb. At the time he was known as G-Note. In 1998 Master P signed him to No Limit Records - where in 1999 he released an album under his new moniker Lil Italy - entitled, On Top of da World...

, D-Shot

D-Shot

Dannell Stevens, better known as D-Shot is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. D-Shot got his start as a member of the rap group, The Click, which also included his siblings E-40 and Suga T, as well as his cousin B-Legit...

, K-1, K-Lou, Levitti, Mac Shawn, and Studio Ton. It peaked at number number 46 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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 and at number 28 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers

Top Heatseekers

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. One single was released, "I Wanna See Ya". The last track, "Mr. Bubble", is a bonus track

Bonus track

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 exclusive to the CD

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 release.

One song, "It's Time to Mobb", originally appeared on the Sick Wid It Records compilation, The Hogg in Me

The Hogg in Me

The Hogg in Me is compilation presented by American rap label Sick Wid It Records. It was released November 21, 1995 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. The album was produced by Celly Cel, Damian Law, Dre "Young Dog" Riggins, Filthy Rich, Kevin Gardner, K-Lou, Levitti, Redwine, Stevie Wright and...

.

Critical reception

Allmusic – "It Ain't 4 Play is an entertaining...set of Californian gangsta rap...the rhyming skills of the Funk Mobb are first-rate, making...this overlong album entertaining."

Track listing

1. "I Wanna See Ya" – 3:52
2. "Traffickin' & Smugglin'" – 3:58
3. "I'm That Nigga" (featuring B-Legit
   B-Legit
   Brandt Jones, better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California.He is a member of The Click, a rap group formed by his cousin E-40. He was featured on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find" by 2Pac in All Eyez on Me. He has been on several independent labels such as...
   
   ) – 4:46
4. "Let 'Em Know" (featuring B-Legit) – 3:46
5. "Give It to 'Em " – 4:13
6. "Rockafello" – 3:59
7. "Ain't No Love in the Drought" (featuring Levitti) – 5:04
8. "Pimps Up, Those Down" – 4:15
9. "The Zone" (featuring Little Bruce
   Little Bruce
   Little Bruce, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California, best known for this 1994 debut album released on Sick Wid It and Jive Records, XXXtra Manish.- Background :...
   
   ) – 4:11
10. "That's What We Do" (featuring Smitty) – 4:13
11. "Ya'll Know the Deal" (featuring B-Legit) – 2:54
12. "We Gettin' Stronger" (featuring Smitty, Gangsta P, Double OJK & Poo-Miller) – 5:35
13. "Millasville Playa" (featuring Levitti) – 4:52
14. "It's Time to Mobb" (featuring Little Bruce & Levitti) – 4:45
15. "Mr. Bubble" (*)
    Bonus track
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     – 4:00

Chart history

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	28
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	46

Personnel

• B-Legit – Performer, Executive producer
• D-Shot – Producer
• E-40 – Executive producer
• Funk Mobb – Producer, Performer
• G-Note – Producer, Performer, Mixing
• K-1 – Producer, Performer
• Keba Konte – Photography
• Kevin Gardner – Producer, Drum Programming, Keyboards
• K-Lou – Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Drum Programming, Keyboards
• Levitti – Producer, Performer, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Mixing

• Little Bruce – Vocals
• Mac Shawn – Producer, Performer, Mixing, Drum Programming, Keyboards
• Phunky Phat Graph-X – Artwork Design
• Pleasure – Background Vocals
• Redwine – Producer
• Smitty – Vocals
• Stevie D. – Producer, Drum Programming, Keyboards
• Studio Ton – Keyboards, Producer, Drum Programming, Engineer, Mixing
• Tom Brick – Mastering

External links

• [ It Ain't 4 Play] at Allmusic
• It Ain't 4 Play at Discogs
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• It Ain't 4 Play at MusicBrainz
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• It Ain't 4 Play at Tower Records
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