Nigga Please

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{{Infobox album
| name = Nigga Please
| type = Studio
| artist = [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]]
| cover = Odb_-_nigga_please.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1999|9|14}}
| recorded =
| studio = {{hlist|Quad Recording, [[Chung King Studios]], 36 Chambers (New York City)|American (Los Angeles)}}
| genre = [[East Coast hip hop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=47|s=49}}
| label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Buddha Monk]]|Dat Nigga Reb|DL|Flavahood Productions|[[Irv Gotti]]|Mr. Fingers|[[The Neptunes]]|[[RZA]]|[[True Master]]}}
| prev_title = [[Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version]]
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = [[The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones]]
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Wu-Tang Clan anthology|Wu-Tang Clan solo]]
| type = studio
| prev_title = [[Beneath the Surface (GZA album)|Beneath the Surface]]
| prev_year = 1999
| title = Nigga Please
| year = 1999
| next_title = [[Uncontrolled Substance]]
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{Singles
| name = Nigga Please
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Got Your Money]]
| single1date = September 14, 1999
}}
}}
{{music ratings
|rev1=[[AllMusic]]
|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/nigga-please-mw0000245613|title=Nigga Please – Ol' Dirty Bastard|first=Matt|last=Conaway|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 6, 2011}}</ref>
|rev2=''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
|rev2score=3/5<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ol' Dirty Bastard: Nigga Please|date=January 2000|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|issue=138|page=96}}</ref>
|rev3=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3score=C+<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/09/13/dirty/|title=Dirty|first=Tom|last=Sinclair|date=September 17, 1999|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|issue=503|pages=77–78|access-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509050550/https://ew.com/article/1999/09/13/dirty/|archive-date=May 9, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev4=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev4score={{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-12-ca-9141-story.html|title=Ol' Dirty Bastard, 'Nigga Please,' Elektra|first=Soren|last=Baker|author-link=Soren Baker|date=September 12, 1999|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|page=90|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref>
|rev5=''[[NME]]''
|rev5score=9/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990930143621.html|title=Ol' Dirty Bastard – N***a Please|first=Andy|last=Capper|date=September 30, 1999|magazine=[[NME]]|access-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000607114434/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990930143621.html|archive-date=June 7, 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev6=''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev6score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/131162/review/6068367/n*gg*please|title=Ol' Dirty Bastard: Nigga Please|first=Greg|last=Tate|author-link=Greg Tate|date=October 14, 1999|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|issue=823|pages=119, 127|issn=0035-791X|access-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515125935/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/131162/review/6068367/n*gg*please|archive-date=May 15, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev7=''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev7score={{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Ol' Dirty Bastard|last=Wolk|first=Douglas|author-link=Douglas Wolk|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/602 602]}}</ref>
|rev8=''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]''
|rev8score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Rodriguez|first=Carlito|title=Ol' Dirty Bastard: Nigga Please|date=November 1999|magazine=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|issue=122|pages=213–214}}</ref>
|rev9=''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
|rev9score=8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjh_OmCmm-0C&pg=PA184|title=Ol' Dirty Bastard: N***a Please|first=RJ|last=Smith|date=November 1999|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|volume=15|issue=11|access-date=March 14, 2020|pages=184–185}}</ref>
|rev10=''[[USA Today]]''
|rev10score={{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/rap.htm|title=Ol' Dirty Bastard, N**** Please|first=Steve|last=Jones|date=September 14, 1999|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|page=04D|access-date=March 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013135019/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/rap.htm|archive-date=October 13, 1999|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|noprose=yes
}}

'''''Nigga Please''''' (stylized as '''''N☆☆★A PLeASe''''') is the second [[studio album]] by American rapper and [[Wu-Tang Clan]] member [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]]. It was released on September 14, 1999, via [[Elektra Records]]. Recording sessions took place at Quad Recording Studios, at [[Chung King Studios]] and at 36 Chambers Studio in [[New York City]], and at American Studios in [[Los Angeles]]. [[Hip hop production|Production]] was handled by [[RZA]], [[The Neptunes]], [[Irv Gotti]], [[Buddha Monk]], Dat Nigga Reb, DL, Flavahood Productions, Mr. Fingers and [[True Master]]. It features [[guest appearance]]s from [[12 O'Clock (rapper)|12 O'Clock]], [[Kelis]], [[La the Darkman]], [[Lil' Mo]], [[Pharrell Williams]], [[Zu Keeper|Raison the Zukeeper]], [[Shorty Shit Stain]], and comedian [[Chris Rock]].

In the United States, the album debuted at number 10 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number two on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] with 93,000 copies sold in the first week.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Boehlert|first=Eric|date=September 22, 1999|title=Eve Rides to the Top of the Chart|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eve-rides-to-the-top-of-the-chart-250679/|access-date=March 2, 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref> It was certified Gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] on December 6, 1999. The album also peaked at number 59 in Germany and number 64 in the Netherlands.

Its [[lead single]], "[[Got Your Money]]", peaked at No. 11 in the [[UK Singles Chart|UK]], No. 33 in the US, No. 82 in France, No. 96 in the Netherlands, and was certified Silver by the [[British Phonographic Industry]]. The [[music video]] for "Got Your Money" was directed by [[Hype Williams]].

It was the last album to be released in ODB's lifetime before his death on November 13, 2004, due to complications of a [[drug overdose]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Devenish|first=Colin|date=15 December 2004|title=ODB Died of Drug Overdose|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/odb-died-of-drug-overdose-246613/|access-date=4 February 2023|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Album name==
Before its release Ol' Dirty Bastard announced multiple title possibilities for the album, including ''God Made Dirt and Dirt Don't Hurt'' and ''The Black Man Is God, White Man Is the Devil''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Heimlich|first=Adam|date=September 23, 1999|title=Ol' Dirty Bastard Is a Free Man|newspaper=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|publisher=Index Newspapers|location=Seattle|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/ol-dirty-bastard-is-a-free-man/Content?oid=2107|access-date=October 6, 2011|issn=1935-9004}}</ref> In a 1997 interview with [[MTV]], which went unreleased until 2015, he said that the album might be called ''Dirty's World''.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 47:36

| title1 = Recognize
| note1 = featuring [[Chris Rock]] and [[Pharrell Williams]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Ol' Dirty Bastard|Russell Tyrone Jones]]|[[Pharrell Williams|Pharrell Lanscilo Williams]]|[[Chad Hugo|Charles Edward Hugo]]}}
| extra1 = [[The Neptunes]]
| length1 = 4:24

| title2 = I Can't Wait
| writer2 = {{hlist|Jones|[[Irv Gotti|Irving Lorenzo]]|[[Mark Snow|Martin Fulterman]]}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Dat Nigga Reb|[[Irv Gotti]]}}
| length2 = 3:59

| title3 = Cold Blooded
| writer3 = {{hlist|Jones|[[Rick James|James Ambrose Johnson Jr.]]}}
| extra3 = The Neptunes
| length3 = 3:35

| title4 = [[Got Your Money]]
| note4 = featuring [[Kelis]]
| writer4 = {{hlist|Jones|Williams|Hugo}}
| extra4 = The Neptunes
| length4 = 3:59

| title5 = Rollin' Wit You
| writer5 = {{hlist|Jones|Lorenzo|Taiwan Green}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Mr. Fingers|Irv Gotti}}
| length5 = 3:52

| title6 = Gettin' High
| note6 = featuring [[Zu Keeper|Raison the Zukeeper]], [[12 O'Clock (rapper)|12 O'Clock]], [[La the Darkman]] and [[Shorty Shit Stain]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|Jones|[[Zu Keeper|Raison Allah]]|[[La the Darkman|Lason Jackson]]|[[Buddha Monk|Ellery Chambers]]}}
| extra6 = [[Buddha Monk]]
| length6 = 2:13

| title7 = You Don't Want to Fuck With Me
| writer7 = {{hlist|Jones|Lorenzo}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|DL|Irv Gotti}}
| length7 = 4:05

| title8 = Nigga Please
| writer8 = {{hlist|Jones|[[RZA|Robert Fitzgerald Diggs]]}}
| extra8 = [[RZA]]
| length8 = 2:49

| title9 = Dirt Dog
| writer9 = {{hlist|Jones|Chambers|Diggs}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Buddha Monk|RZA <small>({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})</small>}}
| length9 = 3:08

| title10 = I Want Pussy
| writer10 = {{hlist|Jones|Diggs}}
| extra10 = RZA
| length10 = 2:28

| title11 = [[Good Morning Heartache]]
| note11 = featuring [[Lil' Mo]]
| writer11 = {{hlist|Jones|[[Irene Higginbotham]]|[[Ervin Drake]]|Dan Fisher}}
| extra11 = Flavahood Productions
| length11 = 4:20

| title12 = All in Together Now
| writer12 = {{hlist|Jones|[[True Master|Derrick Harris]]|Diggs}}
| extra12 = [[True Master]]
| length12 = 4:42

| title13 = Cracker Jack
| writer13 = {{hlist|Jones|Diggs}}
| extra13 = RZA
| length13 = 4:02
}}

{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = 20th Anniversary bonus tracks
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 66:09

| title14 = Got Your Money
| note14 = Instrumental
| writer14 =
| extra14 = The Neptunes
| length14 = 4:03

| title15 = Got Your Money
| note15 = DJ Dee Kline and Ed209 Breakbeat Mix
| writer15 = {{hlist|Jones|Williams|Hugo}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|The Neptunes|[[Deekline|DJ Dee Kline]]|Ed209}}
| length15 = 5:24

| title16 = Got Your Money
| note16 = DJ Dee Kline and Ed209 Vocal Mix
| writer16 = {{hlist|Jones|Williams|Hugo}}
| extra16 = {{hlist|The Neptunes|DJ Dee Kline|Ed209}}
| length16 = 5:22

| title17 = Got Your Money
| note17 = Oxide Remix
| writer17 = {{hlist|Jones|Williams|Hugo}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|The Neptunes|DJ Oxide}}
| length17 = 3:42
}}

;Sample credits
*Track 2 contains excerpts from "Theme From ''[[T. J. Hooker]]''" by [[Mark Snow]]
*Track 3 contains interpolations from the composition "[[Cold Blooded (song)|Cold Blooded]]" by [[Rick James]]
*Track 4 contains samples from "[[Children's Story]]" by [[Slick Rick]] and "Nigga Please" from ''[[Dolemite]]''
*Track 6 contains samples from "You Turn Me On" by [[Labelle]]
*Track 10 contains samples from "You've Made Me So Very Happy" by [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]]
*Track 12 contains samples from "65 Bars and a Taste of Soul" by [[Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band]]
*Track 13 contains samples from "Group Introduction" by [[The Emotions]]

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1999–2000)
! scope="col" | Peak<br /> position
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian R&B Albums ([[Nielsen SoundScan]])<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html|title=R&B : Top 50|website=[[Jam!]]|date=October 4, 1999|access-date=April 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991007034354/http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html|archive-date=October 7, 1999}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|64|artist=Ol%27 Dirty Bastard|album=Nigga Please|rowheader=true|access-date=March 2, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany|59|id=27556|artist=Ol' Dirty Bastard|album=Nigga Please|rowheader=true|access-date=March 2, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|10|artist=Ol' Dirty Bastard|rowheader=true|access-date=March 2, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|2|artist=Ol' Dirty Bastard|rowheader=true|access-date=March 2, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1999)
!Position
|-
|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1999|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 21, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|82
|}{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Ol' Dirty Bastard|title=Nigga Please|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1999|certyear=2000}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Ol' Dirty Bastard|title=Nigga Please|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|refname="RIAA"|salesamount=703,000|salesref=<ref>{{Cite web |author=Billboard Staff |date=2003-05-01 |title=Ol’ Dirty Bastard Signs To Roc-A-Fella |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ol-dirty-bastard-signs-to-roc-a-fella-71278/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs master|62047|Ol' Dirty Bastard – Nigga Please}}

{{Ol' Dirty Bastard}}

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[[Category:Albums produced by RZA]]
[[Category:Elektra Records albums]]
[[Category:Ol' Dirty Bastard albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Irv Gotti]]
[[Category:Albums produced by True Master]]
[[Category:Albums produced by the Neptunes]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Chung King Studios]]

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