"Rappers' Ball" is a song co-written and performed by American rappers E-40 and Too $hort and American R&B singer K-Ci. It was released on September 18, 1996 via Sick Wid' It/Jive Records as the lead single from E-40's third full-length solo studio album Tha Hall of Game. Co-written and produced by Ant Banks, the song contains a portion of Too $hort's 1985 composition "Playboy Short".
Charting in the United States as a b-side of the album's second single "Things'll Never Change", "Rappers' Ball" peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 40 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, number 4 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 26 on the Dance Singles Sales charts.
An accompanying music video was filmed on July 13, 1996 by Eric Haywood. Beside E-40, Too $hort and K-Ci, B-Legit, Joe Clair, Mack 10 and Richie Rich among others provided cameo appearances. 2Pac also makes a cameo appearance in the music video. The music video was released for the week ending on September 1, 1996.
Track listing
Personnel Earl "E-40" Stevens – lead vocals, executive producer Todd "Too $hort" Shaw – lead vocals Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey – background vocals, vocal arrangement Anthony "Ant" Banks – keyboards, drum programming, producer, recording, mixing Ryan Arnold – recording Eric Janko – recording Carlos Warlick – mixing Tom Coyne – mastering Pen & Pixel – artwork Chaz Hayes – management
Charts Chart (1997) PeakpositionUS Dance Singles Sales (Billboard) 26
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