Mash Confusion
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mash Confusion
| type = studio
| artist = A-1
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| released = August 24, 1999
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| genre = Gangsta rap, G-funk, West Coast hip hop
| length = 71:23
| label = Sick Wid It, Jive
| producer = B-Legit (exec.), Bosko, E-40 (exec.), Funk Daddy, Jimmy Weaver, K-Lou, Sam Bostic, Studio Ton, Tone Capone
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Mash Confusion
| type = studio
| single1 = Big Man
| single1date = 1999
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Mash Confusion is the debut album by American rap group A-1, released August 24, 1999 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. A-1 is composed of Big Bone and D-Day. The album features production by Bosko, K-Lou, Sam Bostic, Studio Ton and Tone Capone. Several guest performers appear on the album, including: E-40, B-Legit, Little Bruce, Killa Tay, Phats Bossi and Nikki Scarfoze.
Along with a single, a music video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAVRFR60M7s A-1 - "Big Man" (official video)]. YouTube. Retrieved 2017-11-26. was produced for the song, "Big Man", featuring E-40.
The song, "Represent", originally appeared on the 1997 compilation album, Southwest Riders and was also released as a music video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtcR45YozxU A-1 - "Represent" (official video)]. YouTube. Retrieved 2010-02-11. to promote the compilation. The video features cameo appearances by E-40, B-Legit, Celly Cel and Suga-T.
A-1 first appeared together on the 1995 Sick Wid It compilation album, The Hogg in Me, on the song, "All Work No Play".
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}Farley, Keith. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r427639|pure_url=yes}} Review: Mash Confusion]. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.
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Allmusic - "Featured on Sick Wid It's Southwest Riders compilation barely a year before, A-1's album debut for the label is a bruising piece of midtempo G-funk, stacked with machine-gun percussion and A-1's slick raps. Though E-40 features on the best track, "The Big Man," there are plenty of great jams and spotlights for A-1, on "Gangstaz Anthem," "Mathematics," and "Represent."
Track listing
- "Intro" – 1:00
- "Mathematics" (featuring E-40, Phats Bossi, Nikki Scarfoze & Little Bruce) – 6:04
- "Keep It to Ya Self" (featuring Filthy Phil) – 5:10
- "Gangsta's Anthem" (featuring Killa Tay) – 4:08
- "Big Man" (featuring E-40) – 4:39
- "What the Fuck Can I Do" – 4:47
- "Critic Killaz" (featuring The Mossie) – 4:51
- "Mash Confusion" – 3:26
- "Struggle N' the Projects" (featuring Harm) – 3:53
- "Represent" – 4:25
- "Tryin' to Get It" (featuring B-Legit, Nikki Scarfoze & Mr. Malik) – 3:28
- "Faces" – 4:19
- "Niggaz Just Learn" – 4:03
- "Keep Ya Thang" – 4:02
- "Minor League Throwdown" (featuring Livin' Proof, K-Cree, I.Q. & A.D.) – 3:49
- "Little 'Bout Me" – 4:10
- "Twisted" – 3:57
- "Outro" – 1:12
References
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External links
- {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r427639}}
- [https://www.discogs.com/A-1-Mash-Confusion/release/3149797 Mash Confusion] at Discogs
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Category:Albums produced by Studio Ton
Category:Albums produced by Bosko
Category:Sick Wid It Records albums