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Criminal Activity

Field	Value
name	Criminal Activity
type	studio
artist	Criminalz
cover	Criminal Activity.jpg
released	August 7, 2001
recorded	2001
studio	Find a Way (Hayward, California)
genre
length	45:50
label	Realside
producer
misc	{{Extra chronology
artist	Celly Cel
type	studio
prev_title	Deep Conversation
prev_year	2000
title	Criminal Activity
year	2001
next_title	It'z Real Out Here
next_year	2005
artist	Spice 1
type	studio
prev_title	The Last Dance
prev_year	2000
title	Criminal Activity
year	2001
next_title	Spiceberg Slim
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Criminal Activity is the only studio album by American rap supergroup Criminalz, which consisted of Spice 1 and Celly Cel. It was released on August 7, 2001, via Celly Cel's label, Realside Records. The album was produced by Doyle, G-Man Stan, and Spice 1. It peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 26 on the Billboard Independent Albums. The album features guest performances by Yukmouth, Tray Dee, Sylk-E. Fyne, and Bun B.

One song, "Boss Up", was previously released on the Spice 1 compilation The Playa Rich Project.

Critical reception

AllMusic - "Everyone was expecting a lot from this group from the first time it was mentioned...For many reasons this just doesn't work...It seems like they all wrote their verses independently of one another, then rapped in whatever order they felt like it. There's no fluid feel...as a whole this definitely falls short of any of their solo work."

RapReviews - "...Most rap groups who made great albums needed guidance to make those great albums. The Criminalz definitely lack a mastermind to weld the three of them together and make them realize their synergies...There are almost no ad-libs, there's no interacting, it might as well be that these three never were in the same studio together..."

Track listing

Chart history

Chart (2001)	Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	26
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	57

Personnel

Bernard Freeman – performer (track 5)
Doyle – producer (tracks: 4–6, 8–10, 12)
"G-Man" Stan Keith – producer (tracks: 2–3, 11), mixing & recording
James Savage – performer (tracks: 3–4, 6–7, 9–11)
Jerold Dwight Ellis III – performer (track 7)
Joi Patrice – background vocals (track 6)
J.R. – background vocals (tracks: 8, 10)
La'Mar Lorraine Johnson – performer (track 8)
Marcellus McCarver – performer (tracks: 2–6, 8–12), executive producer
Robert Lee Green, Jr. – performer (tracks: 3–12), producer (track 7)
Tracy Lamar Davis – performer (track 7)

References

Mills, Brad. [{{AllMusic
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Jost, Matthias. [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2001_11_activity.html Review: ''Criminal Activity'']. RapReviews. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.

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