Shop Boyz
| Shop Boyz | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Labels | Still Shop Entertainment, LLC Management = TranScend Entertainment, LLC |
| Members | Meanie Fat Sheed |
The Shop Boyz are an Atlanta-based rap group.[1] They are most known for their single "Party Like a Rockstar"'. The group is composed of Demetrius "Meany" Hardin, Richard "Fat" Stephens and Rasheed "Sheed" Hightower.
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Career
After signing with Universal Republic Records, Shop Boyz began to record their debut album, Rockstar Mentality, which saw them create rock influenced-hip-hop. The album's lead single, "Party Like a Rockstar was released in May 2007 and achieved commercial success, reaching number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also topped US rap charts and charted in the top ten on pop and R&B charts, and went on to become the highest selling ringtone of 2007.[2] With its success, their debut, Rockstar Mentality, was released on June 19, 2007. Although it debuted at 11 on the US Billboard 200, it received a negative reception from critics and became a commercial disappointment, selling fewer than 200,000 copies to date[3] The album's second single, "They Like Me", had a similar fate, as it only charted below the top one hundred on US R&B charts. With the group only achieving minor success, they were eventually dropped by Universal Records.
In August 2008 Shop Boyz premiered "Up Thru There" as the lead single from their then-untitled second studio album. However, the song failed to gain a release for undisclosed reasons. Despite this, it still managed to chart within the lower region of US R&B charts. Shop Boyz went on to release a mixtape in 2009 entitled Forever Shop, releasing the single "Up Thru There" on the mixtape, along with the collaborative album, Community Service, Vol.2, with rapper, C-Murder, on March 23, 2010, which featured the track.[4] The group independently released an Extended play, entitled Back 2 Finish What We Started, on April 4, 2011.[5]
On March 14, 2015, after laying dormant for four years, the Shop Boyz released their second mixtape Gift And A Curse.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
US R&B [7] |
US Rap [8] |
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| 2007 | Rockstar Mentality
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11 | 4 | 2 |
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] |
US R&B [10][11][12] |
US Rap [13] |
US Pop [14] |
CAN [15] |
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| 2007 | "Party Like a Rockstar" | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 23 | Rockstar Mentality | ||
| "They Like Me" | 98 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | "Up Thru There" | — | 79 | — | — | — | Non-album song | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Awards and Nominations
BET Hip Hop Awards
- 2007: Best Track: "Party Like a Rockstar" (Won)
Grammy Awards
- 2008: Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group: "Party Like a Rockstar" (Nominated)
References
- ↑ Shop Boyz by Mosi Reeves. Vibe. July 16, 2007.
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- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/back-2-finish-what-we-started/id430426065
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External links
- Even Rappers Want to Be Rock Stars, The New York Times. Published April 22, 2007. Retrieved May 17, 2007.
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