The album did not fare as well commercially as his first No Limit release, peaking at #44 on the Billboard 200. While it was still on the label, this release differed from usual No Limit releases in that it was not exclusively produced by the production team Beats by the Pound, and featured only three guest appearances from major No Limit names Master P, C-Murder, and Silkk the Shocker. In 1999, he released his second album on the label, World War III.
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Mac again was featured on many other No Limit artist's releases that year.
The album is Mac's most commercially successful to date, reaching #11 on the Billboard 200. The next year in 1998, Mac released his second solo album and first with No Limit, Shell Shocked. He was featured on Master P's Ghetto D, Mystikal's Unpredictable, and Mia X's Unlady Like, among others. and Europe, and made guest appearances on many other artists' albums before releasing his own. He toured with No Limit throughout the U.S. After rejecting an offer to move to New York and sign with Def Jam Records, Lil Mac changed his name to simply Mac and signed with Master P's No Limit Records.
Lil Mac joined the Psychoward, a New Orleans-based group consisting of 28 rappers, and the group released their debut album, in 1997. Late 1990s: No Limit Records, Shell Shocked, and World War III
The album was one of the earliest commercial hip-hop albums to come out of New Orleans, and featured production from New Orleans producer Mannie Fresh. He began his music career in 1990, and by the time he was 13 years old, under the name "Lil Mac", he released his debut album, The Lyrical Midget. in New Orleans, Louisiana, the oldest of their six children. to Sheila Phipps and McKinley Phipps, Sr.