Guerrilla Warfare (album)

Guerrilla Warfare
Studio album by
Hot Boys
ReleasedJuly 27, 1999
StudioCircle House Studios, Miami, Florida
Genre
Length70:11
Label
Producer
Hot Boys chronology
Get It How U Live!
(1997) 		Guerrilla Warfare
(1999) 		Let 'Em Burn
(2003)
Singles from Guerrilla Warfare
  1. "We On Fire"
    Released: June 10, 1999
  2. "I Need a Hot Girl"
    Released: September 20, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
The Source[3]
USA Today[4]
The Village Voice(dud)[5]

Guerrilla Warfare is the second studio album by the New Orleans hip-hop group Hot Boys, released on July 27, 1999, on Cash Money Records. It was an instant hit, debuting at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums selling 142,000 copies in its first week,[6] and remains their most successful album as a group and with Cash Money Records.

Produced by Mannie Fresh, Guerrilla Warfare contains the lead single, "We On Fire", which was placed at #49 on the Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. Other charting tracks include "I Need A Hot Girl" which also peaked at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album was recorded in one week's time at the Circle House recording studio in Miami, according to group member Turk.[7]

  1. ^ Gabriel, Robert. Guerrilla Warfare at AllMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  2. ^ Farr, Kathryn (September 30, 1999). "More Bounce to the Ounce". Rolling Stone. No. 822. p. 87. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on May 7, 2002. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  3. ^ Maddox, Lamar (September 1999). "Record Report: Hot Boys – Guerilla Warfare". The Source. No. 120. New York. p. 301. Archived from the original on January 24, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  4. ^ Jones, Steve (July 27, 1999). "Hot Boys, Philip Glass wage war on 2 fronts Robyn Hitchcock sounds crafty 'Cheese Alarm'". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. p. 10.D. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (March 28, 2000). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  6. ^ "Linkin Park's 'Meteora' Crashes Chart At No. 1". Billboard. February 4, 2003.
  7. ^ "Turk Reflects on Lil Wayne and the Hot Boys". Vice. Retrieved July 9, 2020.