Fast Money is the second album by American rapper Birdman. It was released on June 21, 2005, by Cash Money Records and Universal Records. Recording sessions took place at Cash Money Studios in New Orleans, M&M Studios in Spring Hill and Hit Factory Criteria in Miami. Produced by Deezle, Batman, O.G., Mannie Fresh, T-Mix, and Birdman himself, it features guest appearances from Lil Wayne, 6 Shot, Tateeze, Bun B, Curren$y, Lil' Carl, Lil' Mo, Mack Maine, Magnolia Chop, as well as his Big Tymers partner Mannie Fresh.
Preceded by three singles, "Shyne On", "Neck of the Woods" and "We Got That", the album debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200, number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 2 on the Top Rap Albums charts with first-week sales of 65,000 copies in the United States. The first two singles off of the album reached the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at No. 65 and 71, respectively.
Contents
Track listing
Sample credits
Track 14 contains samples from the composition "Ghetto Life" written and performed by Rick James.
Personnel
Bryan "Baby/Birdman" Williams – vocals, producer (tracks: 2, 6, 8, 12), executive producer
Dwayne "Lil' Wayne" Carter – vocals (tracks: 3, 7, 9, 17)
Bernard "Bun B" Freeman – vocals (track 4)
Jermaine "Six Shot" Tucker – vocals (tracks: 4, 10, 11)
Lil' Carl – vocals (track 6)
Shante "Curren$y" Franklin – vocals (track 7)
Jermaine "Mack Maine" Preyan – vocals (track 7)
Marinna "Tateeze" Teal – vocals (tracks: 11, 16)
Russell "Magnolia Chop" Veals – vocals (track 13)
Cynthia "Lil' Mo" Loving – vocals (track 15)
Byron "Mannie Fresh" Thomas – vocals (track 16), producer (tracks: 5, 15–17)
Dennis Moorehead – additional keyboards (track 15)
Darius "Deezle" Harrison – producer (tracks: 1, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14), recording (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 10)
Batman – producer (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8, 11)
Tristan "T-Mix" Jones – producer (track 4)
O.G. – producer (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 11, 12)
Fabian Marasciullo – recording, mixing
Stephanie Gonzalez – recording (track 4), engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13–16)
Javier Valverde – recording (track 15)
Tommy Mara – engineering assistant (track 2)
James Wisner – engineering assistant (track 17)
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
Ronald "Slim" Williams – executive producer
Russel Neblett – A&R coordinator