Six Figures

For the film, see Six Figures (film).

Six Figures
Studio album by D-Shot
Released	July 29, 1997 (1997-07-29)
Recorded	1996–1997
Studio	The Mob Shop (Vallejo, CA) Boss Studios (San Francisco Bay Area, CA) K-Lou Studios (Richmond, CA)
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
Length	49:43
Label	Shot Jive
Producer	D-Shot (also exec.) Femi Ojetunde Levitti Studio Ton
D-Shot chronology
The Shot Calla (1993) Six Figures (1997) Money, Sex & Thugs (2001)
Singles from Six Figures
"True Worldwide Playaz" Released: 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
RapReviews	7/10[2]
The Source	[3]

Six Figures is the second solo studio album by American rapper D-Shot. It was released on July 29, 1997, via Shot/Jive Records. Recording sessions took place at The Mob Shop in Vallejo, Boss Studios in San Francisco Bay Area and K-Lou Studios in Richmond. Production was handled by Femi Ojetunde, Levitti, Studio Ton, and D-Shot himself, who also served as executive producer. It features guest appearances from E-40, Levitti, B-Legit, Bo-Roc, Celly Cel, Kaveo, Mac Shawn, Mr. Malik, Spice 1 and Too $hort. The album debuted at number 81 on the Billboard 200 and number 21 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.

The album spawned two singles: "(I'll Be Yo') Huckleberry" and "True Worldwide Playaz". The song "(I'll Be Yo') Huckleberry" was originally heard in the 1997 film Booty Call, and was also released as a single to promote the film's soundtrack album. Both singles were later included on the 1999 compilation album Sick Wid It's Greatest Hits.

Critical reception

AllMusic – "...Six Figures, offers enough straight hardcore dope to make it worthwhile for any gangsta aficionado. D-Shot's rhyming is deft, and even if he simply recycles gangsta themes, he does it well... it's still a strong listen, filled with hard grooves and harder rhyming".^[1]

Rap Pages – "...Not only does D-Shot raise his own status and that of some lesser known Bay Area rappers, he corrals some of the Bay's best R&B voices..."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"They Call Him Shot"	Danell Stevens Femi Ojetunde Marvin Whitemon Billie Rae Calvin	1:30
2.	"Duck" (featuring E-40 and B-Legit)	D. Stevens Brandt Jones Whitemon	4:19
3.	"Out Tha' Pen"	D. Stevens Ojetunde Whitemon	3:13
4.	"Great Britain International...Head/Lee/Own" (featuring Levitti)	D. Stevens Lewis King Kenneth M. Hairston Richard P. Hazard Ram Ramakar	4:40
5.	"I'll Be Your Friend"	D. Stevens Ojetunde	4:45
6.	"One More Shot" (featuring Mr. Malik and Mac Shawn)	D. Stevens Larry Blackmon	5:09
7.	"True Worldwide Playaz" (featuring Too $hort and Spice 1)	D. Stevens Todd Shaw Robert Lee Greene Jr. Ojetunde Whitemon Gerald Edward Levert Edwin L. Nicholas	4:37
8.	"It's Ma Thang" (featuring Kaveo and Bo-Roc)	D. Stevens Whitemon	4:02
9.	"Six Figures" (featuring Celly Cel)	D. Stevens Marcellus McCarver	3:47
10.	"Huckleberry Hotline"	D. Stevens Whitemon	1:17
11.	"(I'll Be Yo') Huckleberry" (featuring E-40 and Levitti)	D. Stevens Earl Stevens Ojetunde Whitemon Felton C. Pilate II	4:38
12.	"Is It Cool to Fuck"	D. Stevens	4:45
13.	"Reversal Interlude"	D. Stevens Ojetunde Whitemon Calvin	3:01
Total length:			49:43

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	81
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[5]	21

References

1. Stanley, Leo. "D-Shot - Six Figures Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
2. Juon, Steve 'Flash' (July 20, 2021). "D-Shot :: Six Figures". RapReviews. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
3. Cunningham, Raymond (September 1997). "D-Shot – Six Figures". Record Report. The Source. No. 96. New York. p. 216.
4. "The Billboard 200". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 33. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 16, 1997. p. 86. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
5. "Top R&B Albums". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 33. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 16, 1997. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved January 2, 2024.

External links

• D-Shot – Six Figures at Discogs (list of releases)