Da Crime Family

Da Crime Family
Studio album by TRU
Released	June 1, 1999
Recorded	March 1998-May 1999
Genre	Gangsta Rap, Southern Hip Hop
Length	91:10
Label	No Limit, Priority
Producer	Beats By the Pound (exec.) Battlecat (exec.) O'Dell, Sugar Bear, Meech Wells
TRU chronology
Tru 2 da Game (1997) Da Crime Family (1999) The Truth (2005)
Singles from Da Crime Family
"Hoody Hooo" Released: June 10, 1999 "Tru Homies" Released: 1999

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Da Crime Family is the fifth studio album by New Orleans hip-hop group, TRU, released June 1, 1999, on No Limit Records and Priority Records. It was produced by Beats By the Pound and Battlecat. Da Crime Family slightly improved over the groups successful TRU 2 Da Game album, peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 142,000 copies in its first week. It remains their most successful album as a group with No Limit Records.

Produced by Battlecat, Da Crime Family contains the lead single "Hoody Hooo" which made it to #11 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The other single "Tru Homies", which peaked at #6 on the Hot Rap Singles and #61 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. "Hoody Hooo" samples the theme song to the Halloween film. "Tru Homies" samples "I'll Be Around" by The Spinners.

Commercial performance

The Da Crime Family was certified Gold by the RIAA, on August 8, 2000.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Tru: The Beginning"- 3:55
2. "Hoody Hooo"- 3:25
3. "Dangerous in My City"- 2:47 (featuring Fiend & Full Blooded)
4. "Miller Boyz"- 3:32 (featuring Ghetto Commission)
5. "Tru Homies"- 3:34 (featuring O'Dell)
6. "Don't Judge Me"- 4:06 (featuring Popeye)
7. "The Tank Goes On"- 3:58 (featuring O'Dell & Porsha)
8. "Hard N****'s"- 3:24 (featuring Fiend)
9. "Stay Real"- 3:32 (featuring Skull Duggery)
10. "Suppose to Be My Friend"- 3:00 (featuring Snoop Dogg & Charlie Wilson)
11. "Ghetto is a Struggle"- 3:19 (featuring Ms. Peaches & Porsha)
12. "Run Away Slaves"- 4:10
13. "Livin' Like a Hustler"- 2:49 (featuring Ms. Peaches & Mo B. Dick)
14. "No Limit Army"- 4:22 (featuring Mac & Pheno)

Disc 2

1. "Bounce"- 2:17
2. "You'll Never Change"- 3:28 (featuring Mac & D.I.G.)
3. "Hail Mary"- 3:23 (featuring Magic)
4. "I Don't Want You No More"- 3:40 (featuring Mr. Serv-On)
5. "Soldier Till I Die"- 3:21 (featuring D.I.G. & Magic)
6. "Buss That"- 2:08 (featuring Mia X)
7. "Don't Fuck With Tru"- 3:14
8. "Never"- 2:36 (featuring Baby Soulja, Reginelli & D.I.G.)
9. "R.I.P. Kevin"- 4:21 (featuring O'Dell)
10. "Bounce to This"- 2:58 (featuring Big Ed)
11. "It's a Beautiful Thing"- 2:17 (featuring Snoop Dogg)
12. "The World Is Yours"- 2:35
13. "We Riders"- 2:18
14. "Prayer for a G"- 3:03
15. "Tru Homies" (Radio Edit)- 4:15 (featuring O'Dell)

Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1999	Da Crime Family	5	2