Rockstar Mentality

Rockstar Mentality is the only studio album by American Southern rap rock group Shop Boyz. It was released on June 19, 2007 through Universal Republic Records. Production was handled by Jason Pittman, Jim Jonsin, Ron "Neff-U" Feemster, Cal Rip, David Banner, Richard Harris III, and The Original Dream Team, with Billy Hume serving as an additional producer on two tracks.

The album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 with 52,000 copies sold in the U.S. in its first week. Its lead single "Party Like a Rockstar" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, and the follow-up single "They Like Me" made it to number 98 on the same chart.



Track listing

 * Sample credits
 * Track 3 contains elements of the composition "One Thing Leads to Another" written by Adam Woods, Jamie West-Oram, Rupert Greenall, Alfie Agius and Cy Curnin.

Personnel

 * Shop Boyz
 * Brian "Bingo" Ward – vocals, executive producer
 * Demetrius "Meany" Hardin – vocals
 * Rasheed "Sheed" Hightower – vocals
 * Richard "Fat" Stephens – vocals


 * Additional musicians
 * William "Billy Hume" Whedbee – guitar (tracks: 1, 13), additional guitar (track 6) , bass (tracks: 11, 13) , additional producer (tracks: 6, 13) , mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 11-13)
 * Frank Romano – guitar (tracks: 3, 8)
 * Eric Live Florence – guitar (track 4)
 * Willie "Get Cool" Poole – keyboards (track 4)
 * Keaunda Thomas – backing vocals (track 5)
 * Mike Hartnett – guitar (tracks: 5, 6, 11, 12), bass (tracks: 6, 11, 12)
 * Darrin Williams – guitar & producer (track 9)
 * Jordan Ware – violin (track 9)


 * Technicals
 * Jason "Pit" Pittman – producer (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 11, 12)
 * Richard "Fire" Harris III – producer (track 2)
 * James "Jim Jonsin" Scheffer – producer (tracks: 3, 8)
 * Lavell "David Banner" Crump – producer (track 4)
 * Ron "Neff-U" Feemstar – producer (tracks: 7, 10)
 * Lynell Boone – producer (track 9)
 * Michael Macon – producer (track 9)
 * Turinida Sylvester – producer (track 9)
 * Calvin "Cal Rip" Miller – producer (track 13)
 * Joel Mullis – mixing (track 2)
 * Rob Marks – mixing & recording (tracks: 3, 8)
 * John Frye – mixing (track 4)
 * Kori Anders – recording (track 4)
 * Gary Fly – mixing assistant (track 4)
 * Stephen Nowoczynski – recording (tracks: 6, 11-13)
 * Bob Horn – mixing & recording (tracks: 7, 10)
 * Tom Coyne – mastering