Choices: The Album

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Choices: The Album
Choices: The Album cover
Studio album by Three 6 Mafia
Released August 28, 2001
Recorded
Genre Southern Rap
Length
Label Loud Records/Relativity Records
Producer(s) DJ Paul
Juicy J
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 2.5/5 stars link

Three 6 Mafia chronology
Underground Vol. 3: Kings of Memphis
(2000)
Choices: The Album
(2001)
Da Unbreakables
(2003)


Choices: The Album is a soundtrack to the Three 6 Mafia direct-to-video movie, Choices: The Movie.

Released in conjunction with the straight-to-video film of the same name, Choices isn't a soundtrack but rather another in a long line of spun-off Three 6 Mafia albums. Like most post-'90s releases by the group, Choices features remarkable production from beginning to end by Juicy J and DJ Paul, and it also features a couple of standout tracks, in this case the opening few: "2-Way Freak," "Mafia," and "Baby Mama." From there the songwriting unwinds a bit as the tracks remain well produced but function more as features for the many guests (most of the Hypnotize Camp Posse, especially La' Chat, who is heavily featured) than they do as well-written tracks in league with the aforementioned standouts. Even so, Choices is one of the better Three 6 Mafia releases of the early 2000s -- certainly on a par with the preceding When the Smoke Clears, if not a notch above that album -- so fans should take note even if the album is a bit uneven and has very little at all to do with the film beyond a few skits and the title.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "2-Way Freak" - Three 6 Mafia (featuring La Chat) – 4:57
  2. "The Restaurant Scene (Skit)" – 0:40
  3. "Mafia" - Hypnotize Camp Posse – 5:20
  4. "Baby Mama" - Three 6 Mafia (featuring La Chat) – 4:43
  5. "Gangsta Niggaz" - Three 6 Mafia – 4:33
  6. "Wona Get Some, I Got Some" - Tear Da Club Up Thugs (featuring T-Rock) – 4:27
  7. "1st Crime Scene (Skit)" – 0:40
  8. "O.V." - Lord Infamous – 4:13
  9. "U Got Da Game Wrong" Three 6 Mafia (featuring La Chat) – 3:40
  10. "We Shootin' 1st" - Crunchy Blac, Gangsta Boo, Lord Infamous – 4:44
  11. "Dis B**ch, Dat H**" - Project Pat (featuring Ludacris, Crunchy Blac) – 4:22
  12. "Pass Me" - Crunchy Blac & La Chat – 3:39
  13. "Big Pat's Warehouse (Skit)" – 0:31
  14. "They Don't F**k Wit U" - Three 6 Mafia – 4:04
  15. "Slang & Serve" - T-Rock – 4:18
  16. "War Wit Us" - Three 6 Mafia (featuring La Chat) – 3:46
  17. "Mean Mug" - Three 6 Mafia (featuring La Chat) – 4:49
  18. "How It Went Down (Skit)" – 0:22
  19. "I Ain't Goin (A Hustler's Theme)" - N.L. – 4:08
  20. "Ridin' On Chrome" - Project Pat – 2:59
  21. "Talkin'" - DJ Paul & Juicy J – 0:52

[edit] Miscellanea

  • The only songs on the soundtrack to appear in the movie are "2 Way Freak" and "Ridin' On Chrome".
  • Three songs on the album have already appeared on other soundtracks. They are "Baby Mama"(Baby Boy), "They Don't F*ck Wit U"(Exit Wounds, and "War Wit Us"(the HBO prison drama Oz).
  • The song "Slang & Serve" also appeared on T-Rock's album "Rock Solid: 4:20