Memphis Bleek discography
The discography of American rapper Memphis Bleek consists of four studio albums, twelve mixtapes, seventeen singles (including four as a featured artist) and fifteen music videos. An early signing to rapper Jay-Z's record label Roc-A-Fella Records, Bleek appeared on several of Jay-Z's early songs,[1] and collaborated with him on the single "It's Alright" from the soundtrack to the film Streets Is Watching, which peaked at number 61 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[2] Bleek went on to release his debut album, Coming of Age, in 1999, which contained the singles "Memphis Bleek Is...", "My Hood to Your Hood" and "What You Think of That".
Memphis Bleek discography | |
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Studio albums | 4 |
Music videos | 15 |
Singles | 17 |
Mixtapes | 12 |
After collaborating with Jay-Z on the singles "Hey Papi" and "Change the Game", Bleek's second album, The Understanding, was released on December 5, 2000. The album featured the single "Is That Your Chick (The Lost Verses)", a collaboration with Jay-Z and fellow rappers Missy Elliott and Twista, which achieved chart success in the United States, peaking at number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 18 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number seven on the US Hot Rap Singles chart.[3][4] The album also included the singles "My Mind Right" and "Do My...". Both Coming of Age and The Understanding were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5]
Bleek released his third album, M.A.D.E., on December 16, 2003,[6] which featured the singles "Round Here" and "Need Me In Your Life"; the former peaked at number 53 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[3] His fourth album, 534, peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200, number three on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number one on the US Top Rap Albums chart following its release on May 17, 2005. 534 contained the singles "Like That" featuring Swizz Beatz, which peaked at number 47 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 22 on the Hot Rap Songs chart,[3][4] and "Dear Summer".
Albums
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||
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US |
US R&B |
US Rap | ||||
Coming of Age |
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7 | 1 | 1 |
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The Understanding |
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16 | 1 | 1 |
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M.A.D.E. |
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35 | 5 | 1 | ||
534 |
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11 | 3 | 1 |
Mixtapes
Title | Album details |
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Bed Stuy Do or Die[8] (with Papoose) |
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ImI: The Mixtape Vol.1[9] |
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Feed the Streets[10] |
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Heir to the Throne[11] |
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Feed the Streets 2[12] |
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Feed the Streets 3[13] |
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Eat Off the Land[14] |
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Feed the Streets 4[15] |
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Signed & Sealed[16] |
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The Return[17] |
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Feed the Streets: Free Food Part 1[18] |
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Kush Vol 1 |
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The Movement[19] |
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Kush Vol 2 |
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The Movement 2[20] |
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Singles
As lead artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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US [2] |
US R&B [3] |
US Rap [4] |
UK [21] | ||||||||||
"It's Alright" (with Jay-Z) |
1998 | 61 | 32 | 9 | — | Streets Is Watching soundtrack | |||||||
"Memphis Bleek Is..." | 1999 | — | 93 | 33 | — | Coming of Age | |||||||
"My Hood to Your Hood"[22] (featuring Beanie Sigel) |
— | — | — | — | |||||||||
"What You Think of That" (featuring Jay-Z) |
— | —[A] | 49 | 58 | |||||||||
"My Mind Right" | 2000 | — | 85 | — | — | The Understanding | |||||||
"Is That Your Chick (The Lost Verses)" (featuring Jay-Z, Twista and Missy Elliott) |
68 | 18 | 7 | — | |||||||||
"Do My..." (featuring Jay-Z) |
2001 | — | 68 | 24 | — | ||||||||
"Round Here" (featuring Trick Daddy and T.I.) |
2003 | — | 53 | — | — | M.A.D.E. | |||||||
"Like That" (featuring Swizz Beatz) |
2005 | —[B] | 47 | 22 | — | 534 | |||||||
"Infatuated"[23] (featuring Boxie) |
— | — | — | — | |||||||||
"Dear Summer" (featuring Jay-Z) |
—[C] | 30 | — | — | |||||||||
"Still Ill"[24] | 2010 | — | — | — | — | The Process | |||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
As featured artist
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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US [25] |
US R&B [26] |
US Rap [27] | |||||||||||
"4 da Fam" (Amil featuring Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel) |
2000 | — | 99 | 29 | All Money Is Legal | ||||||||
"Hey Papi" (Jay-Z featuring Amil and Memphis Bleek) |
76 | 16 | 12 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps soundtrack | |||||||||
"Change the Game" (Jay-Z featuring Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek) |
2001 | 86 | 29 | 10 | The Dynasty: Roc La Familia | ||||||||
"Good Life" (Sparkle featuring Memphis Bleek) |
— | —[D] | — | Told You So | |||||||||
"Cash, Money, Cars, Clothes" (Ruff Endz featuring Memphis Bleek) |
— | 69 | — | Someone to Love You | |||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |
Other charted songs
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US R&B [28] | |||
"Parking Lot Pimpin'" (Jay-Z featuring Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek) |
2000 | —[E] | The Dynasty: Roc La Familia |
"The ROC (Just Fire)" (Cam'ron featuring Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek) |
2002 | 77 | Come Home with Me |
Guest appearances
Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
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"Coming of Age"[29] | 1996 | Jay-Z | Reasonable Doubt |
"Can I Live II"[29] | |||
"Celebration"[30] | 1998 | Jay-Z, Sauce Money, Wais | Streets Is Watching soundtrack |
"Hand It Down (Intro)"[31] | Jay-Z | Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life | |
"Coming of Age (Da Sequel)"[31] | |||
"Thugged Out Shit"[32] | DJ Clue? | The Professional | |
"4-5-6"[33] | 1999 | Foxy Brown, Beanie Sigel | Chyna Doll |
"Murda 4 Life"[34] | Ja Rule | Venni Vetti Vecci | |
"Wheredapaperat?"[35] | Cha Cha, Ja Rule, Black Child, Lo-Down, Bareda | Dear Diary | |
"I Want It All" (Remix)[36] | Warren G, Drag-On, Tikki Diamond | I Want It All | |
"For My Thugs"[37] | Funkmaster Flex, Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Amil | The Tunnel | |
"Pop 4 Roc"[38] | Jay-Z, Amil, Beanie Sigel | Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter | |
"Who Want What"[39] | 2000 | Beanie Sigel | The Truth |
"What We Do"[40] | Sauce Money | Middle Finger U | |
"Get Your Mind Right Mami"[41] | Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg | The Dynasty: Roc La Familia | |
"You, Me, Him, and Her"[41] | Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Amil | ||
"Parking Lot Pimpin'"[41] | Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel | ||
"Holla"[41] | Jay-Z | ||
"1-900-Hustler"[41] | Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Freeway | ||
"The R.O.C."[41] | Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel | ||
"Change the Game" (Remix)[42] | 2001 | DJ Clue?, Jay-Z, Tha Dogg Pound, Beanie Sigel | The Professional 2 |
"M.A.R.C.Y."[42] | DJ Clue?, Geda K | ||
"So What You Saying"[43] | Beanie Sigel | The Reason | |
"We Are"[44] | Funkmaster Flex, Geda K | Violator: The Album, V2.0 | |
"The ROC (Just Fire)"[45] | 2002 | Cam'ron, Beanie Sigel | Come Home with Me |
"As One"[46] | Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Young Gunz, Peedi Crack, Sparks, Rell | The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse | |
"Leave Her Alone"[47] | 2003 | Nate Dogg, Freeway, Young Chris | Nate Dogg |
"Art & Life (Chi-Roc)"[48] | 2004 | Twista, Young Chris, Freeway | Kamikaze |
"Hands on the Pump"[49] | DJ Kayslay, Sauce Money, The Game | The Streetsweeper, Vol. 2 | |
"We Got 'Em Goin'"[50] | Jay-Z, R. Kelly | Unfinished Business | |
"We Still Here"[51] | 2005 | Young Gunz | Brothers from Another |
"Sigue Ahi"[52] | 2006 | Zion, De La Ghetto | Los Rompe Discotekas |
"Brooklyn In My Mind"[53] | 2007 | 9th Wonder, Mos Def, Jean Grae | The Dream Merchant Vol. 2 |
"Ryders (Da Ville to da Stuy)"[54] | Saigon | The Moral of the Story | |
"Fuck Niggas Gone Do"[55] | 2012 | Chase Fetti | Blavck Scvle |
"Roc Reloaded"[56] | Freeway, Young Chris, Neef Buck, Peedi Crack | Black Santa | |
"Lyrically Untouchable" (Remix)[57] | 2013 | Aspect, Mickey Factz, Freeway | — |
"Get Lifted" [58] | 2014 | DJ Kay Slay, Young Chris, Murda Mook, T-Rex | The Last Hip Hop Disciple |
Music videos
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"It's Alright" (with Jay-Z) |
1998 | —[59] |
"Memphis Bleek Is..." | 1999 | Darren Grant[60] |
"What You Think of That" (featuring Jay-Z) |
—[61] | |
"My Mind Right" | 2000 | Nzingha Stewart[62] |
"Is That Your Chick (The Lost Verses)" (featuring Jay-Z, Twista and Missy Elliott) |
Jeremy Rall[62] | |
"Do My..." (featuring Jay-Z) |
2001 | Dave Meyers[62] |
"Round Here" (featuring Trick Daddy and T.I.) |
2003 | Bernard Gourley, Memphis Bleek[62] |
"Like That" (featuring Swizz Beatz) |
2005 | R. Malcolm Jones[63] |
As featured performer
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"More Money, More Cash, More Hoes" (Jay-Z featuring DMX, Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek) |
1999 | Malik Sayeed[64] |
"Murda 4 Life" (Ja Rule featuring Memphis Bleek) |
Hype Williams[62] | |
"4 da Fam" (Amil featuring Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel) |
2000 | Nick Quested[62] |
"Hey Papi" (Jay-Z featuring Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek) |
Hype Williams[65] | |
"Change the Game" (Jay-Z featuring Memphis Bleek and Amil) |
2001 | Dave Meyers[66] |
"Cash, Money, Cars, Clothes" (Ruff Endz featuring Memphis Bleek) |
Simon Brand[62] | |
Notes
- A ^ "What You Think of That" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 9 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[67]
- B ^ "Like That" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 13 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[68]
- C ^ "Dear Summer" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[69]
- D ^ "Good Life" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 13 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[70]
- E ^ "Parking Lot Pimpin'" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 13 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[71]
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