Memphis Bleek discography

Memphis Bleek discography
Studio albums	4
Music videos	15
Singles	17
Mixtapes	12

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".

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.^[2][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.^[7][8][9] 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

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Sales	Certifications
		US [7]	US R&B [8]	US Rap [9]
Coming of Age	Released: August 3, 1999 Label: Get Low, Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	7	1	—	US: 436,000[10]	RIAA: Gold[5]
The Understanding	Released: December 5, 2000 Label: Get Low, Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	16	1	—	US: 833,000[10]	RIAA: Gold[5]
M.A.D.E.	Released: December 16, 2003 Label: Get Low, Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	35	5	—	US: 419,000[10]	RIAA: Gold
534	Released: May 17, 2005 Label: Get Low, Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam Format: CD, LP, digital download	11	3	1	US: 164,000[10]
The Process[11]	Released: May 24, 2016 Label: Roc Solid Format: CD, digital download	To be released
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected information

Title	Album details
Bedstuy Do or Die[12] (with Papoose)	Released: 2005 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
ImI: The Mixtape Vol.1[13]	Released: 2006 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
Feed the Streets[14]	Released: 2006 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
Heir to the Throne[15]	Released: 2007 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
Feed the Streets 2[16]	Released: November 29, 2007 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
Feed the Streets 3[17]	Released: March 30, 2008 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
Eat Off the Land[18]	Released: 2008 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
Feed the Streets 4[19]	Released: February 25, 2009 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
Signed & Sealed[20]	Released: July 10, 2009 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
The Return[21]	Released: June 29, 2010 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
Feed the Streets: Free Food Part 1[22]	Released: September 20, 2010 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
The Movement[23]	Released: April 10, 2012 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download
The Movement 2[24]	Released: March 21, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
		US [2]	US R&B [3]	US Rap [4]	UK [25]
"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"[26] (featuring Beanie Sigel)		—	—	—	—
"What You Think of That"^[A] (featuring Jay-Z)		—	109	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.
"Need Me In Your Life"[27] (featuring Nate Dogg)	2004	—	—	—	—
"Like That"^[B] (featuring Swizz Beatz)	2005	113	47	22	—	534
"Infatuated"[28] (featuring Boxie)		—	—	—	—
"Dear Summer"^[C] (featuring Jay-Z)		116	30	—	—
"Still Ill"[29]	2010	—	—	—	—	The Process
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		US [30]	US R&B [31]	US Rap [32]
"4 da Fam" (Amil featuring Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek)	2000	—	99	29	All Money Is Legal
"Hey Papi" (Jay-Z featuring Memphis Bleek and Amil)		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"^[D] (Sparkle featuring Memphis Bleek)		—	113	—	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

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US R&B [33]
"Parking Lot Pimpin'"^[E] (Jay-Z featuring Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek)	2000	113	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

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other performer(s)	Album
"Coming of Age"[34]	1996	Jay-Z	Reasonable Doubt
"Can I Live II"[34]
"Celebration"[35]	1998	Jay-Z, Sauce Money, Wais	Streets Is Watching soundtrack
"Hand It Down (Intro)"[36]		Jay-Z	Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
"Coming of Age (Da Sequel)"[36]
"Thugged Out Shit"[37]		DJ Clue?	The Professional
"4-5-6"[38]	1999	Foxy Brown, Beanie Sigel	Chyna Doll
"Murda 4 Life"[39]		Ja Rule	Venni Vetti Vecci
"Wheredapaperat?"[40]		Cha Cha, Ja Rule, Black Child, Lo-Down, Bareda	Dear Diary
"I Want It All" (Remix)[41]		Warren G, Drag-On, Tikki Diamond	I Want It All
"For My Thugs"[42]		Funkmaster Flex, Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Amil	The Tunnel
"Pop 4 Roc"[43]		Jay-Z, Amil, Beanie Sigel	Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter
"Who Want What"[44]	2000	Beanie Sigel	The Truth
"What We Do"[45]		Sauce Money	Middle Finger U
"Get Your Mind Right Mami"[46]		Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg	The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
"You, Me, Him, and Her"[46]		Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Amil
"Parking Lot Pimpin'"[46]		Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel
"Holla"[46]		Jay-Z
"1-900-Hustler"[46]		Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Freeway
"The R.O.C."[46]		Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel
"Change the Game" (Remix)[47]	2001	DJ Clue?, Jay-Z, Tha Dogg Pound, Beanie Sigel	The Professional 2
"M.A.R.C.Y."[47]		DJ Clue?, Geda K
"So What You Saying"[48]		Beanie Sigel	The Reason
"We Are"[49]		Funkmaster Flex, Geda K	Violator: The Album, V2.0
"The ROC (Just Fire)"[50]	2002	Cam'ron, Beanie Sigel	Come Home with Me
"As One"[51]		Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Young Gunz, Peedi Crack, Sparks, Rell	The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
"Leave Her Alone"[52]	2003	Nate Dogg, Freeway, Young Chris	Nate Dogg
"Art & Life (Chi-Roc)"[53]	2004	Twista, Young Chris, Freeway	Kamikaze
"Hands on the Pump"[54]		DJ Kayslay, Sauce Money, The Game	The Streetsweeper, Vol. 2
"We Got 'Em Goin'"[55]		Jay-Z, R. Kelly	Unfinished Business
"We Still Here"[56]	2005	Young Gunz	Brothers from Another
"Sigue Ahi"[57]	2006	Zion, De La Ghetto	Los Rompe Discotekas
"Brooklyn In My Mind"[58]	2007	9th Wonder, Mos Def, Jean Grae	The Dream Merchant Vol. 2
"Ryders (Da Ville to da Stuy)"[59]		Saigon	The Moral of the Story
"Fuck Niggas Gone Do"[60]	2012	Chase Fetti	Blavck Scvle
"Roc Reloaded"[61]		Freeway, Young Chris, Neef Buck, Peedi Crack	Black Santa
"Lyrically Untouchable" (Remix)[62]	2013	Aspect, Mickey Factz, Freeway	N/A
"Get Lifted" [63]	2014	DJ Kay Slay, Young Chris, Murda Mook, T-Rex	The Last Hip Hop Disciple

Music videos

List of music videos, with directors, showing year released

Title	Year	Director(s)
"It's Alright" (with Jay-Z)	1998	N/A[64]
"Memphis Bleek Is..."	1999	Darren Grant[65]
"What You Think of That" (featuring Jay-Z)		N/A[66]
"My Mind Right" (Remix) (featuring Ja Rule)	2000	Nzingha Stewart[67]
"Is That Your Chick (The Lost Verses)" (featuring Jay-Z, Twista and Missy Elliott)	2000	Jeremy Rall[67]
"Do My..." (featuring Jay-Z)	2001	Dave Meyers[67]
"Round Here" (featuring Trick Daddy and T.I.)	2003	Bernard Gourley, Memphis Bleek[67]
"Like That" (featuring Swizz Beatz)	2005	R. Malcolm Jones[68]

As featured performer

List of music videos, with directors, showing year released

Title	Year	Director(s)
"More Money, More Cash, More Hoes" (Jay-Z featuring DMX, Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek)	1999	Malik Sayeed[69]
"Murda 4 Life" (Ja Rule featuring Memphis Bleek)		Hype Williams[67]
"4 da Fam" (Amil featuring Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek and Beanie Sigel)	2000	Nick Quested[67]
"Hey Papi" (Jay-Z featuring Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek)		Hype Williams[70]
"Change the Game" (Jay-Z featuring Memphis Bleek and Amil)	2001	Dave Meyers[71]
"Cash, Money, Cars, Clothes" (Ruff Endz featuring Memphis Bleek)		Simon Brand[67]

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.^[72]
• 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.^[73]
• 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.^[74]
• 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.^[75]
• 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.^[76]

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