Jim Jones & Skull Gang Present A Tribute to Bad Santa Starring Mike Epps is a Christmas themed rap album released on November 25, 2008 by Jim Jones

Jim Jones (rapper)

Joseph Guillermo Jones II , better known by his stage name Jim Jones, is an American rapper and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is Co-CEO of Diplomat Records...

 and Skull Gang

Skull Gang

Skull Gang is a rap group formed in 2007 by Harlem rapper Juelz Santana the group is most known for their mixtapes Jim Jones & Skull Gang Present a Tribute to Bad Santa & Juelz Santana Presents Skull Gang: Takeover. Skull Gang released their debut album with the help of Juelz Santana entitled...

. Guest appearances include artist from Dipset and ByrdGang.

Background & History

Jim Jones

Jim Jones (rapper)

Joseph Guillermo Jones II , better known by his stage name Jim Jones, is an American rapper and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is Co-CEO of Diplomat Records...

 and Juelz Santana

Juelz Santana

LaRon Louis James , better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He appeared on Cam'ron's 2002 singles, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma"...

's Skull Gang

Skull Gang

Skull Gang is a rap group formed in 2007 by Harlem rapper Juelz Santana the group is most known for their mixtapes Jim Jones & Skull Gang Present a Tribute to Bad Santa & Juelz Santana Presents Skull Gang: Takeover. Skull Gang released their debut album with the help of Juelz Santana entitled...

 made an album based on Christmas in the hood. Mike Epps

Mike Epps

Michael Elliot "Mike" Epps is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, singer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and the sequel-to-the-sequel, Friday After Next, and also starring alongside Ice Cube in All About the Benjamins...

 is hosting the album and is featured on many skits. It spawned two singles "Intro" or better known as "Bad Santa Intro" and "Jingle Bellz". Both singles had videos (Bad Santa Intro, Jingle Bellz) which both premiered on 106 & Park

106 & Park

106 & Park is a Top Ten Hip-Hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that airs weekdays at 6:00 PM on BET . Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show...

 the same day. The videos were directed by Jim Jones and Kevin Custer.

Since its release on November 25, the Bad Santa tribute album has failed to crack the top 200 of Nielsen's weekly SoundScan report.

Deonta Cummings is filing a suit against Jim Jones

Jim Jones (rapper)

Joseph Guillermo Jones II , better known by his stage name Jim Jones, is an American rapper and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is Co-CEO of Diplomat Records...

 and E1 Records (formerly Koch) alleging that his artist, Ivory Keys, was not given proper compensation or credit for his contribution to the album Jim Jones & Skull Gang Present A Tribute To Bad Santa Starring Mike Epps.

Track listing

#	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1	Intro	Jim Jones, Sen and Shoota	3:13
2	Mike Epps Skit #1	Mike Epps	0:45
3	Christmas Eve	Jim Jones, Tom Gist and NOE NOE (rapper) Duane Bridgeford, better known by his stage name NOE is an American hip hop recording artist. He is best known for his affiliation with Jim Jones and his involvement in the group ByrdGang...	3:06
4	Christmas In The Ghetto	Juelz Santana, Starr and RAB	3:52
5	Baby Keep It Here	Sen, Freekey Zeekey, Chink Santana and Tom Gist	3:55
6	Mike Epps Skit #2	Mike Epps	0:15
7	Christmas Like This	Riz, Shoota and Mel Matrix	4:23
8	Christmas Song	Skull Gang	2:34
9	All the Things Skit	Mike Epps	0:24
10	All the Things I Want	Sen, NOE and Freekey Zeekey	4:22
11	Jingle Bellz	Starr and Juelz Santana	3:42
12	Mike Epps Skit # 4	Mike Epps	1:08
13	Better Not Cry	Shoota, Tom Gist, Red and NOE	5:02
14	On the First Day	Freekey Zeekey, Sen and Shoota	2:59
15	Merry Christmas	Skull Gang and Roger Dat	2:58
16	12 Days Of Christmas	Riz, NOE, Jetlag Ash and John Famous	4:38
17	Byrdgang Christmas	Black, Shoota and Sandman	4:54
18	Gotta Get That	Shoota, Tom Gist Hard Luck	3:42
19	It's Christmas Time	Mel Matrix, Jim Jones, Sandman and Esso	4:03