Let 'Em Burn
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{{Infobox album
| name = Let 'Em Burn
| type = studio
| artist = Hot Boys
| cover = Hotboys_CDcov.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 25, 2003
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 60:00
| label =
| producer =
| prev_title = Guerrilla Warfare
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title =
| next_year =
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{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|last=Thomas|first=Fred|class=album|id=r633952}}
| rev2 = Chicago Tribune
| rev2score = (Positive){{Cite news |last=Baker|first=Soren|author-link=Soren Baker|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-04-18/news/0304190023_1_hot-boys-mass-exodus-cash-money-records |title=Hot Boys – Let 'Em Burn|date=April 18, 2003|work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316104329/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-04-18/news/0304190023_1_hot-boys-mass-exodus-cash-money-records |archive-date=March 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
| rev3 = RapReviews
| rev4 = The Source
| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Braxton|first=Charlie|date=May 2003|issue=164|title=Hot Boys – Let 'Em Burn|department=Record Report|url=http://www.thesource.com/html/rr_01.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204042213/http://www.thesource.com/html/rr_01.htm|archive-date=December 4, 2003|magazine=The Source|page=131|location=New York|access-date=December 3, 2024}}
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Let 'Em Burn is the third studio album by New Orleans rap group the Hot Boys, released March 25, 2003, on Cash Money Records. The album was originally recorded from 1998 to 2000, but was not released until three years later due to Juvenile, B.G. and Turk leaving Cash Money Records. All the production on the album is done by former Cash Money Records producer Mannie Fresh. Let 'Em Burn debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200, selling 64,000 copies in its first week.{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71722/linkin-parks-meteora-crashes-chart-at-no-1 |title=Linkin Park's 'Meteora' Crashes Chart at No. 1 | Billboard |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920200457/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71722/linkin-parks-meteora-crashes-chart-at-no-1 |archive-date=September 20, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
All tracks produced by Mannie Fresh.
{{Track listing
| title1 = Alicia Applefoot
| note1 = Intro
| writer1 = Byron Thomas
| length1 = 0:24
| title2 = Introduction
| note2 = feat. Big Tymers
| writer2 = {{hlist|Dwayne Carter|Terius Gray|Christopher Dorsey|Tab Virgil|Bryan Williams|Thomas}}
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = My Section
| writer3 = {{hlist|Carter|Gray|Dorsey|Virgil}}
| length3 = 4:09
| title4 = Stick & Move
| note4 = feat. Big Tymers & Lac
| writer4 = {{hlist|B. Williams|Carter|Gray|Dorsey|Virgil|Thomas}}
| length4 = 5:26
| title5 = Down Here
| writer5 = {{hlist|Carter|Gray|Dorsey|Virgil|Thomas}}
| length5 = 4:16
| title6 = Spin Tha Bend
| writer6 = {{hlist|Carter|Gray|Dorsey|Virgil|Thomas}}
| length6 = 4:13
| title7 = My Cousin's New Keyboard
| note7 = skit) (feat. Mannie Fresh
| writer7 = {{hlist|Terrence Williams|Thomas}}
| length7 = 1:13
| title8 = Let 'Em Burn
| writer8 = {{hlist|Carter|Gray|Dorsey|Virgil|Thomas}}
| length8 = 4:56
| title9 = Do Whatcha Do
| note9 = feat. Big Tymers
| writer9 = {{hlist|B. Williams|Dorsey|Virgil|Thomas}}
| length9 = 3:35
| title10 = Gangsta Nigga
| note10 = feat. TQ
| writer10 = {{hlist|Carter|Gray|Dorsey|Virgil|Terrance Quaites|Thomas}}
| length10 = 4:55
| title11 = These Hoes
| note11 = feat. Mannie Fresh & TQ
| writer11 = {{hlist|T. Williams|Thomas}}
| length11 = 2:28
| title12 = 3 Strikes
| writer12 = {{hlist|Carter|Gray|Dorsey|Virgil|Thomas}}
| length12 = 4:35
| title13 = Jack Who, Take What
| writer13 = {{hlist|Carter|Gray|Dorsey|Virgil|Thomas}}
| length13 = 4:54
| title14 = Young Riders
| writer14 = {{hlist|Carter|Gray|Dorsey|Virgil|B. Williams|Thomas}}
| length14 = 3:44
| title15 = Off Wit' Ya Head
| note15 = B.G. solo
| writer15 = {{hlist|Dorsey|Thomas}}
| length15 = 3:15
| title16 = Up In Tha Hood
| note16 = feat. Lac
| writer16 = {{hlist|Carter|Gray|Dorsey|Virgil|Thomas}}
| length16 = 5:17
| title17 = Outro
| writer17 = {{hlist|K. Moore|Thomas}}
| length17 = 1:10
}}
Personnel
- Barewolf – keyboards (2–6, 8–16)
- Leslie Brathwaite – mixing (1–6, 8–10, 12–16)
- Ryan Enstrom – engineer (4, 10, 13)
- Steve Fisher – engineer (3), assistant engineer (16), assistant mix engineer (1–6, 8–16)
- Erik Flettrich – engineer (6, 15)
- Mannie Fresh – producer, keyboards (2–6, 8–16)
- Mark "Exit" Goodchild – engineer (2–4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 16, 17), mixing (7, 11, 17)
- Charles Pettaway – guitar (6, 11, 13), bass (6)
- Kai Schoorman – engineer (2, 12)
- Deshaun Washington – engineer (9)
- Bryan Williams – executive producer
- Cory Williams – engineer (1, 11, 15), assistant engineer (3, 4, 6, 9, 13)
- Ronald Williams – executive producer
Charts
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| Chart (2003)
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| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hot-boys/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Hot Boys Chart History |work=Billboard |date= |accessdate=January 16, 2020}}
| align=center|14 |
| US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hot-boys/chart-history/blp/ |title=Hot Boys Chart History |work=Billboard |date= |accessdate=January 16, 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |
References
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Category:Cash Money Records albums
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