Shop Boyz
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The Shop Boyz are an Atlanta
-based hip hop
group, originating from the Kings Glen Trail in Decatur.They relocated to Des Plaines, Illinois during the early nineties. They are most known for their single "Party Like a Rockstar
" from their debut album Rockstar Mentality
. The group is composed of Demetrius "Meany" Hardin, Richard "Fat" Stevens and Rasheed "Sheed" Hightower. In mid-2008, Rich "Shoo" left the group of a battle with Sheed.
, was released through OnDeck Records, an imprint of Universal Records
on June 19, 2007. The lead single, "Party Like a Rockstar," charted on the Billboard
rap charts as well as "Rocking My New Hair Do" and the Hot 100 (peaking at #2 on the Charts). "Party Like a Rockstar" was the number one selling ringtone of 2007. Despite the success of "Party Like A Rockstar", the album sold fewer than 200,000 copies as of August 24, 2007.
Shop Boyz performed at CollegeFest
2007 in Boston
, Massachusetts
. The Shop Boyz released a new single called "Up Thru There" in September 2008.
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur is a city in, and county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. With a population of 19,335 in the 2010 census, the city is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple zip codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear the Decatur name...
-based 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...
group, originating from the Kings Glen Trail in Decatur.They relocated to Des Plaines, Illinois during the early nineties. They are most known for their single "Party Like a Rockstar
Party Like a Rockstar
"Party Like a Rockstar" is a rap song recorded by Shop Boyz. It was released as the first single from their debut album Rockstar Mentality . It reached high success during summer 2007 and was successful in the United States, peaking in the top five on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Rap...
" from their debut album Rockstar Mentality
Rockstar Mentality
Rockstar Mentality is the only album by the Shop Boyz, released on June 19, 2007. It debuted #11 on the Billboard 200 with 52,000 copies sold in the U.S. in its first week, and sold a total of 212,000 copies....
. The group is composed of Demetrius "Meany" Hardin, Richard "Fat" Stevens and Rasheed "Sheed" Hightower. In mid-2008, Rich "Shoo" left the group of a battle with Sheed.
Rockstar Mentality
The group's debut album, Rockstar MentalityRockstar Mentality
Rockstar Mentality is the only album by the Shop Boyz, released on June 19, 2007. It debuted #11 on the Billboard 200 with 52,000 copies sold in the U.S. in its first week, and sold a total of 212,000 copies....
, was released through OnDeck Records, an imprint of Universal Records
Universal Records
Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...
on June 19, 2007. The lead single, "Party Like a Rockstar," charted on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
rap charts as well as "Rocking My New Hair Do" and the Hot 100 (peaking at #2 on the Charts). "Party Like a Rockstar" was the number one selling ringtone of 2007. Despite the success of "Party Like A Rockstar", the album sold fewer than 200,000 copies as of August 24, 2007.
Shop Boyz performed at CollegeFest
CollegeFest
CollegeFest, founded in 1985, is one of the United States' largest festivals targeting college students. The 2-day event takes place on an annual basis in Boston, MA at the Hynes Convention Center. The purpose of CollegeFest is to introduce Boston's vast college student population to goods and...
2007 in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. The Shop Boyz released a new single called "Up Thru There" in September 2008.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
US Rap Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks Rap and hip-hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart began publication for the week of November 13, 2004.... |
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| 2007 | Rockstar Mentality Rockstar Mentality Rockstar Mentality is the only album by the Shop Boyz, released on June 19, 2007. It debuted #11 on the Billboard 200 with 52,000 copies sold in the U.S. in its first week, and sold a total of 212,000 copies....
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11 | 4 | 2 |
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 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... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
US Rap Hot Rap Tracks Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single... |
US Pop Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart... |
CAN Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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| 2007 | "Party Like a Rockstar Party Like a Rockstar "Party Like a Rockstar" is a rap song recorded by Shop Boyz. It was released as the first single from their debut album Rockstar Mentality . It reached high success during summer 2007 and was successful in the United States, peaking in the top five on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Rap... " |
2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 23 | Rockstar Mentality | ||
| "They Like Me They Like Me "They Like Me" is the second single from Shop Boyz's first studio album, Rockstar Mentality. The song was produced by David Banner.-Chart position:-Music video:* at KOvideo.net... " |
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| 2008 | "Up Thru There" | — | 79 | — | — | — | Non-album song | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
External links
- Official website
- Even Rappers Want to Be Rock Stars, The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. Published April 22, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2007.