When Devils Strike

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{{Infobox album

| name = When Devils Strike

| type = Studio

| artist = SPM

| cover = SPMWhenDevilsStrike.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 3, 2006

| recorded = 2005–06

| genre = {{hlist|Chicano rap|gangsta rap|chopped and screwed}}

| length =

| label = {{hlist|Dope House Records|Swishahouse}}

| producer = {{hlist|Arthur Coy Jr. (exec.)|South Park Mexican|Happy Perez|Mario Ayala|Jaime "Pain" Ortiz|Tiger}}

| prev_title = Reveille Park

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = The Last Chair Violinist

| next_year = 2008

| misc =

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = RapReviews

| rev1score = 6/10{{Cite web|last=Juon|first=Steve 'Flash'|date=November 7, 2006|title=South Park Mexican :: When Devils Strike :: Dope House Records|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2006_11_whendevils.html|access-date=December 20, 2021|website=www.rapreviews.com}}

}}

When Devils Strike is the ninth solo studio album by American hip hop recording artist SPM. It was released on October 3, 2006 via Dope House Records.

Background

The CD sold approximately 50,000 copies the first week and landed as #46 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The CD consists of 15 tracks. The album also comes with a free "Screwed & Chopped" version of the album by Michael "5000" Watts. At the time of the album's release, SPM was incarcerated.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2002_3526687 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-03 |archive-date=2011-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604233532/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2002_3526687 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2002_3544250 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-03 |archive-date=2011-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604233549/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2002_3544250 |url-status=dead }}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = At Shetoro's Crib (A Poem)

| note1 = featuring Carolyn Rodriguez

| length1 = 3:20

| extra1 = South Park Mexican

| title2 = The Day of Unity

| note2 = featuring Carolyn Rodriguez

| length2 = 4:22

| extra2 = South Park Mexican

| title3 = Garza West

| note3 = featuring Juan Gotti

| length3 = 4:58

| extra3 = South Park Mexican

| title4 = When Devils Strike

| note4 =

| length4 = 4:24

| extra4 = Happy Perez

| title5 = Something About Mary

| note5 = featuring Baby Bash & Russell Lee

| length5 = 4:42

| extra5 = South Park Mexican

| title6 = SPM Diaries

| note6 = featuring Rasheed

| length6 = 4:26

| extra6 = Jaime "Pain" Ortiz

| title7 = In My Hood

| note7 =

| length7 = 5:44

| extra7 = Johnny "Tiger" Walker

| title8 = Carolyn's Hook

| note8 = featuring Carolyn Rodriguez

| length8 = 5:40

| extra8 = Mario Ayala

| title9 = Real Gangsta

| note9 = featuring Juan Gotti

| length9 = 4:28

| extra9 = South Park Mexican

| title10 = S.P. So Bastardly

| note10 = featuring Coast

| length10 = 4:55

| extra10 = South Park Mexican

| title11 = Blazin' Janey

| note11 = featuring Carolyn Rodriguez & Powda

| length11 = 3:44

| extra11 = South Park Mexican

| title12 = If I Die

| note12 = featuring Coast

| length12 = 4:27

| extra12 = South Park Mexican

| title13 = Dope House Family

| note13 = featuring Baby Bash, Carolyn Rodriguez, Coast, Grimm, Juan Gotti, Low-G, Lucky Luciano, Powda, Quota Key & Rasheed

| length13 = 11:20

| extra13 = South Park Mexican

| title14 = Shout Outz

| note14 =

| length14 = 6:48

| extra14 = Mario Ayala

| title15 = Penitentiary Flow

| note15 =

| length15 = 2:07

| extra15 = Jaime "Pain" Ortiz

| total_length =

}}

Chart history

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! scope="col" |Chart (2006)

! scope="col" |Peak
position

scope="row" {{album chart|Billboard200|46|artist=SPM|accessdate=August 23, 2018}}
scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|19|artist=SPM|accessdate=August 23, 2018}}
scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardRap|6|artist=SPM|accessdate=August 23, 2018}}
scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|2|artist=SPM|accessdate=August 23, 2018}}

References

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