Let's Get Ready
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This article is about the album by Mystikal
Mystikal
Michael Lawrence Tyler , better known by his stage name Mystikal, is an American rapper, and actor from New Orleans.-1993-1994: Early career:...

. For the non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 please see Let's Get Ready (Education)
Let's Get Ready (Education)
Let's Get Ready is a non-profit organization that provides free SAT and college preparation to low-income high school students. Programs are based at colleges and staffed by trained college student volunteers. Let's Get Ready is the largest network of student-run college access programs in the...

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Let's Get Ready is the fourth hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 solo album by New Orleans-based rapper Mystikal
Mystikal
Michael Lawrence Tyler , better known by his stage name Mystikal, is an American rapper, and actor from New Orleans.-1993-1994: Early career:...

, released on September 26, 2000. It has sold approximately 2,227,536 copies, and was certified double platinum in the U.S. It peaked at 44 on the Canadian album chart and was certified gold (50,000 units exported.) The album featured Mystikal's two biggest singles, "Shake Ya Ass
Shake Ya Ass
"Shake Ya Ass", also known by its clean title, "Shake It Fast", is the second single released from Mystikal's fourth album, Let's Get Ready. It also featured Pharrell. It was released on July 18, 2000 and was produced by The Neptunes...

", which peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 and "Danger (Been So Long)
Danger (Been So Long)
"Danger " was the second single released by rapper Mystikal from his fourth album, Let's Get Ready, it featured singer Nivea. It was released on December 12, 2000 and was produced by The Neptunes...

", which peaked at #14.

Track listing

# Title Featured performers Producer(s) Length
1. "Ready to Rumble" The Medicine Men
The Medicine Men
The Medicine Men, formerly known as Beats by the Pound, is a four-man hip hop and R&B platinum-selling remix and production team.The group is composed of the former In-house production team The Medicine Men, formerly known as Beats by the Pound, is a four-man hip hop and R&B platinum-selling remix...

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2. "Shake Ya Ass
Shake Ya Ass
"Shake Ya Ass", also known by its clean title, "Shake It Fast", is the second single released from Mystikal's fourth album, Let's Get Ready. It also featured Pharrell. It was released on July 18, 2000 and was produced by The Neptunes...

"
Pharrell The Neptunes
The Neptunes
The Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop, R&B and pop artists in the late-1990s and 2000s...

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3. "Jump" The Neptunes
The Neptunes
The Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop, R&B and pop artists in the late-1990s and 2000s...

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4. "Danger (Been So Long)
Danger (Been So Long)
"Danger " was the second single released by rapper Mystikal from his fourth album, Let's Get Ready, it featured singer Nivea. It was released on December 12, 2000 and was produced by The Neptunes...

"
Nivea
Nivea (singer)
Nivea B. Nash who performs under the mononym Nivea, is an American recording artist whose recordings reached the Billboard charts during the early 2000s. Nivea is known most for her singles "Don't Mess With My Man" and "Laundromat".-Early life:Hamilton was born in Savannah, Georgia, the youngest...

The Neptunes
The Neptunes
The Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop, R&B and pop artists in the late-1990s and 2000s...

3:31
5. "Come See About Me" Da Brat
Da Brat
Shawntae Harris , better known as Da Brat, is an American rapper and actress. Her debut album, Funkdafied, sold one million copies, making her the first female rapper to have a platinum-selling album.-Early life:...

, Petey Pablo
Petey Pablo
Moses Mortimer Barrett III , known by the stage name Petey Pablo, is an American rapper from Greenville, North Carolina.-Biography:...

PA 4:41
6. "Big Truck Boys" KLC
KLC
KLC is a rap producer from the Third Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana . He found fame as a member of No Limit Records' Beats By the Pound, and since leaving the label has been the leader of the Medicine Men, consisting of the same producers as the original Beats by the Pound, as well as some new talent...

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7. "I Rock, I Roll" Mo B. Dick
Mo B. Dick
Ruhi Anubis Yazid , better known as Mo B. Dick is an American singer and producer who is a member of the production team The Medicine Men, formerly called Beats By the Pound, which produced most of No Limit Records releases from 1995 to 1999. He released his debut album, Gangsta Harmony, April 13,...

4:31
8. "U Would If U Could" O'dell
The Medicine Men
The Medicine Men, formerly known as Beats by the Pound, is a four-man hip hop and R&B platinum-selling remix and production team.The group is composed of the former In-house production team The Medicine Men, formerly known as Beats by the Pound, is a four-man hip hop and R&B platinum-selling remix...

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9. "Mystikal Fever" Bink!
Bink (producer)
Bink is a Grammy nominated hip hop producer who is noted for his work with Roc-A-Fella Records artists. His most high-profile work has been Jay-Z's critically acclaimed album The Blueprint, for which he produced three tracks, including the first and last tracks on the album...

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10. "Family" Nivea
Nivea (singer)
Nivea B. Nash who performs under the mononym Nivea, is an American recording artist whose recordings reached the Billboard charts during the early 2000s. Nivea is known most for her singles "Don't Mess With My Man" and "Laundromat".-Early life:Hamilton was born in Savannah, Georgia, the youngest...

The Neptunes
The Neptunes
The Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop, R&B and pop artists in the late-1990s and 2000s...

4:51
11. "Ain't Gonna See Tomorrow" Earthtone III
Mr. DJ
Mr. DJ, born David Sheats, is a Grammy Award-winning American hip-hop record producer and DJ from Atlanta, Georgia.-Biography:Raised on the southside of College Park, Georgia, Mr. DJ entered the music industry as a DJ for Atlanta-based hip-hop group OutKast. According to Sheats,After touring with...

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12. "The Braids" Earthtone III 4:06
13. "Smoked Out" David "D-Funk" Faulk, Leroy "Precise" Edwards 3:57
14. "Murderer III" KLC 4:20
15. "Neck uv da Woods" OutKast
OutKast
Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast...

Earthtone III 4:05
16. "I'm Throwed Off" (Hidden Track) 4:33
17. "Lookin' for Me" (Hidden Track) 4:51

Chart positions

Chart Peak
U.S. Billboard 200 1
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Year-End Charts 2000 Top Albums 75
U.S. Billboard Year-End Charts 2001 Top Albums 84

Credits

  • "Shake Ya Ass"
    • (Chad Hugo / Mystikal (as Michael Tyler) / Pharrell Williams)
    • Performed by Mystikal
    • Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) / Waters Of Nazareth
    • Music (BMI) / EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) / Chase Chad Music (ASCAP) /
    • The Braid Publishing (Adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) (ASCAP)
    • Courtesy of Jive Records
  • "Mystikal Fever"
    • (Mystikal (as Michael Tyler) / Roosevelt Harrell)
    • Performed by Mystikal
    • Published by The Braid Publishing (Adm. by Zomba Enterprises Inc.)
    • (ASCAP) / One Shot Deal Muzak (SESAC)
    • Courtesy of Jive Records
  • "Jump"
    • Written by Mystikal (as Michael Tyler), Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
    • Produced by THE NEPTUNES
    • Performed by Mystikal
    • Courtesy of NO LIMIT/JIVE RECORDS


(from IMDb)

In popular culture

  • "Shake Ya Ass" was featured in the 2002 film About a Boy
    About a Boy (film)
    About a Boy is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by brothers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, based on the novel of the same name by Nick Hornby. The film stars Golden Globe winner Hugh Grant as Will, Nicholas Hoult as Marcus, Academy Award nominee Toni Collette as Fiona, and Academy Award winner Rachel...

     as a song that the main protagonist really enjoys, it gives him more respect in his school for having the album, which was given to him by his older friend played by Hugh Grant
    Hugh Grant
    Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His films have earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international stardom after appearing in Richard Curtis's...

    .

  • It was also heard in Scary Movie 2, as well as in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV
    Grand Theft Auto IV
    Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...

    .

"Neck uv da Woods" was featured in the 1999 film The Wood.
  • It was also featured on the soundtrack for the film "The Wood".

  • Mystikal Fever was featured in the 2001 film Kiss of the Dragon
    Kiss of the Dragon
    Kiss of the Dragon is a 2001 martial arts action film, directed by Chris Nahon, co-written and produced by Luc Besson, and starring Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, and Tchéky Karyo....

    , during a Jet Li
    Jet Li
    The fame gained by his sports winnings led to a career as a martial arts film star, beginning in mainland China and then continuing into Hong Kong. Li acquired his screen name in 1982 in the Philippines when a publicity company thought his real name was too hard to pronounce...

     fight scene.

  • "Danger (Been So Long)" was featured in the episode "Eric Visits Again" in the short-lived college sitcom Undeclared
    Undeclared
    Undeclared is an American sitcom that aired on Fox during the 2001–02 season.- Premise :The half-hour comedy was Judd Apatow's follow-up to his earlier television series Freaks and Geeks, which also lasted for one season...

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