Sweet James Jones Stories is the solo debut album by Pimp C

Pimp C

Chad Lamont Butler , better known by his stage name Pimp C, was an American rapper, singer, and producer...

. Released on Rap-A-Lot Records

Rap-A-Lot Records

Rap-a-Lot Records is a Houston hip hop record label. Rap-a-Lot was created in 1986. Sublabels include Smoke-a-Lot Records. The label was founded by James Prince in the mid-1980s and, with its most famous act the Geto Boys, put the South on the hip hop map. Since then, it has maintained its success...

. Producers include Leroy Williams

Leroy Williams

Leroy Williams is an American jazz drummer.Williams first began playing drums as a teenager in the 1950s. From 1959 to the middle of the 1960s he played with Judy Roberts, and following this he moved to New York City and played with Booker Ervin in 1967...

, Wendell Springer, & Mike Dean

Mike Dean (producer)

Mike Dean is an American hip-hop producer. He is known for pioneering the "Dirty South" sound in the 1990s, particularly in work for artists from Rap-A-Lot Records. Dean has most notably worked alongside Scarface of the Geto Boys, 2Pac, Do or Die, Tha Dogg Pound, Yukmouth of the Luniz, Outlawz,...

. Recording for the album took place at Dean's List House of Hits located in Houston, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

.

There also exists a bootleg version of the album, with a slightly different track listing, recorded by Pimp C while he was in jail.

Track listing

1. Hogg In The Game - 3:10
2. Swang Down/10 a Key - 4:29
3. I'm a Hustler - 4:19
4. Comin' Up (featuring Z-Ro
   Z-Ro
   Joseph Wayne McVey , better known by his stage name Z-Ro, is an American rapper, singer and producer from Houston, Texas. He was named one of America's most underrated rappers by the New York Times.-Early life:...
   
    & Lil' Flip
   Lil' Flip
   Wesley Eric Weston, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil' Flip, is a American multi-platinum hiphop artist best known for his singles Sunshine, "Game Over" and Rollin on 20's from the 2 Fast 2 Furious Soundtrack....
   
   ) - 4:57
5. I'sa Playa (featuring Bun B
   Bun B
   Bernard Freeman better known by his stage name Bun B, is an American rapper and was one half of the southern hip hop duo UGK . He is also a guest lecturer at Rice University located in Houston, Texas...
   
   , Twista
   Twista
   Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds...
   
    & Z-Ro
   Z-Ro
   Joseph Wayne McVey , better known by his stage name Z-Ro, is an American rapper, singer and producer from Houston, Texas. He was named one of America's most underrated rappers by the New York Times.-Early life:...
   
   ) - 4:37
6. I Know U Strapped - 5:08
7. I Gotta Thang - 5:37
8. Slow Down (featuring Cory Mo & Young Porter) - 5:19
9. Get My Money - 2:47
10. Young Prostitute - 3:54
11. Everytime (featuring Devin the Dude
    Devin the Dude
    Devin Copeland , better known by his stage name, Devin the Dude, is a Houston hip hop artist, and rapper. He is best known for his unique rapping style, his long career signed to Rap-A-Lot Records, and his 2002 song, "Lacville '79"....
    
    ) - 4:29
12. A Thin Line (featuring Cory Mo) - 3:56
13. My Angel - 3:50
14. Young Ghetto Stars (featuring Z-Ro
    Z-Ro
    Joseph Wayne McVey , better known by his stage name Z-Ro, is an American rapper, singer and producer from Houston, Texas. He was named one of America's most underrated rappers by the New York Times.-Early life:...
    
     & Trae
    Trae
    Frazier Thompson III, better known by his stage name Trae, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. He is a part of the underground rap collective Screwed Up Click. Trae and Z-RO, along with Dougie D, are the founding members of the group Guerilla Maab...
    
    ) - 4:25

Samples

• I Know U Strapped - Samples "Drive By" by Three 6 Mafia
  Three 6 Mafia
  Three 6 Mafia are an Academy Award-winning, American rap group originating from Memphis, Tennessee. Formed in 1991 as Triple 6 Mafia, by DJ Paul, Juicy J, & Lord Infamous, the group at its most featured six members including; Crunchy Black, Gangsta Boo and Koopsta Knicca...
  
   and "Play Hard" by Pimp C
  Pimp C
  Chad Lamont Butler , better known by his stage name Pimp C, was an American rapper, singer, and producer...
  
  
• I Gotta Thang - Samples "I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing" by Funkadelic
  Funkadelic
  Funkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...
  
  
• Young Prostitute - Samples "Bustin' Loose (Part 1)
  Bustin' Loose (Part 1)
  "Bustin' Loose " was a hit song for Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers. Released from the LP of the same name, it spent four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart in early 1979 and peaked at number thirty-four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart....
  
  " by Chuck Brown
  Chuck Brown
  Chuck Brown is a guitarist and singer who is affectionately called "The Godfather of Go-go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed in and around Washington, D.C. in the mid- and late 1970s...
  
  

Album Charts

Chart	Position
Billboard 200	# 50
HoTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	# 7