Tha G-Code
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Tha G-Code is the fourth studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by rapper Juvenile
Juvenile (rapper)
Terius Gray, better known by his stage name Juvenile, is an American rapper, He is also a former member of hip-hop group the Hot Boys . At the age of 19, he began recording raps, releasing his debut album Being Myself in 1995...

, released December 13, 1999, on Cash Money Records
Cash Money Records
Cash Money Records is a record label founded by brothers Bryan "Birdman" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and is distributed by Universal Republic Records as of 2011...

. It features the hit singles, "U Understand" and "I Got That Fire".

The album wasn't as successful as his previous album, 400 Degreez
400 Degreez
400 Degreez is the third studio album by New Orleans-based rapper Juvenile, released June 2, 1998, on Cash Money Records. The album received rave reviews and introduced Juvenile to mainstream hip hop listeners, selling over four million copies in the United States...

, but it did reach No. 10 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

 chart during the first week of 2000. The album was also certified platinum by the RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
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 on January 24, 2000 for sales of one million copies.

Track listing

  1. "Big Tymer (Intro)" (feat. Lovely & Atrice)
  2. "U Understand"
  3. "Fuck That Nigga" (feat. B.G.
    B.G. (rapper)
    Christopher Dorsey , better known by his stage name B.G. , is an American rapper and actor, from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his music career signed to Cash Money Records in 1993 with Lil Wayne as half of the duo The B.G.'z...

    )
  4. "A Million And One Things" (feat. Hot Boys
    Hot Boys
    The Hot Boys is a music American hip hop group active from 1996 to 2001 and reformed in 2007. The group consists of rappers formerly on the New Orleans-based record label, Cash Money Records. The members are Lil Wayne, Juvenile, B.G. and Turk.-History:The members of the group were rappers, Lil...

    )
  5. "Take Them 5"
  6. "G-Code" (feat. Lil Wayne
    Lil Wayne
    Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...

    )
  7. "Something Got 2 Shake" (feat. Big Tymers
    Big Tymers
    The Big Tymers were an American rap duo active from 1997 to 2005 from New Orleans, Louisiana. The Big Tymers consisted of Cash Money Records co-founder, Baby and former Cash Money in-house producer, Mannie Fresh. Baby later changed his stage name to Birdman after the group was dissolved...

    )
  8. "Da Magnolia" (feat. Mannie Fresh
    Mannie Fresh
    Byron O. Thomas, better known by his stage name Mannie Fresh, is currently an artist and hip-hop producer who records for Def Jam South and his own division Chubby Boy Records...

    )
  9. "Catch Your Cut" (feat. B.G.)
  10. "Lil' Boyz" (feat. Lil Wayne
    Lil Wayne
    Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...

     & Big Tymers)
  11. "Get It Right" (feat. Lil Wayne & B.G.)
  12. "Never Had Shit" (feat. Baby, B.G. & Turk
    Turk (rapper)
    Tab Virgil, Jr., better known by his stage name Turk , is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for his time with Cash Money Records and with the Hot Boys. His debut album Young & Thuggin became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard 200 and pushed his album to Gold sales in the...

    )
  13. "I Got That Fire" (feat. Mannie Fresh
    Mannie Fresh
    Byron O. Thomas, better known by his stage name Mannie Fresh, is currently an artist and hip-hop producer who records for Def Jam South and his own division Chubby Boy Records...

    )
  14. "Tha Man (feat. Turk)
  15. "March Nigga Step"
  16. "Guerrilla" (feat. B.G.)

Trivia

  • The beat to the track Tha Man was originally used as an introduction for the Big Tymers
    Big Tymers
    The Big Tymers were an American rap duo active from 1997 to 2005 from New Orleans, Louisiana. The Big Tymers consisted of Cash Money Records co-founder, Baby and former Cash Money in-house producer, Mannie Fresh. Baby later changed his stage name to Birdman after the group was dissolved...

     album How You Luv That Vol. 2
    How You Luv That Vol. 2
    How You Luv That Vol. 2 is the second album by rap duo Big Tymers released in later 1998. The singles are "Big Ballin'" and "Fuckin' With You". Mannie Fresh produced the album...

    .
  • The chorus for the songs U Understand andTake Them 5 is borrowed directly from lyrics of the song 3rd Ward Solja from Juvenile
    The Juvenile
    "The Juvenile" is a song by Jonas "Joker" Berggren of Ace of Base.It was recorded as the second single from their album Da Capo in Germany released December 9, 2002. It was originally written in 1995, as the proposed theme song to the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, but Arista Records pulled the...

    's debut album Solja Rags
    Solja Rags
    Solja Rags is the second studio album by rapper Juvenile, released May 13, 1997, on Cash Money Records. This was Juvenile's first album signed as an artist on Cash Money Records. It includes the single "Solja Rag". The album sold close to 200,000 copies...

    .

Year Album Chart Rank
2000 Tha G-Code The Billboard 200 10
2000 Tha G-Code Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1
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