Family Scriptures
Family Scriptures is the debut studio album by American hip hop collective Mo Thugs. It was released on November 5, 1996, via Mo Thugs/Relativity Records. The recording sessions took place at Private Island Trax in Los Angeles. It was produced by Krayzie Bone, who also served as executive producer together with Layzie Bone, Archie Blaine, Bobby Jones and Paul "Tombstone" O'Neil, with co-producers Gates and Sin. It features contributions from Flesh-n-Bone, II Tru, Ken Dawg, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Poetic Hustla'z, Souljah Boy, the Graveyard Shift, and Tré.
The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States selling 219,000 . On January 3, 1997, it received Platinum certification status by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 1,000,000 copies.
Its sequel, Mo Thugs Family Scriptures Chapter II: Family Reunion, was released on May 26, 1998.
Controversy
On April 28, 2011, former Bone Thugs-n-Harmony/Mo Thugs associate Roland Brown filed the lawsuit in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for breach of contract over unpaid royalties, claiming he wrote “Take Your Time” and “Here With Me” by Tré. Naming Mo Thugs Records, Loud Records, Relativity Records, Ruthless Records, Sony Music and Warner Music Group as defendants, Brown was seeking for $27 million.Track listing
;Sample credits- Track 5 contains elements from "Moments in Love" written by Anne Dudley, Gary Langan, Jonathan Jeczalik, Paul Morley and Trevor Horn and performed by Art of Noise
- Track 8 contains elements from "May the Force Be with You" written by George Clinton, William Collins and Gary Lee Cooper and performed by Bootsy's Rubber Band
- Track 9 contains replayed elements from "Devotion" written by Philip Bailey and Maurice White and performed by Earth, Wind & Fire
- Track 11 contains elements from "Ain't Nothing I Can Do" written by Leo Graham, Paul Richmond and Darryl Ellis and performed by Tyrone Davis
- Track 14 contains elements from "I Feel Like Loving You Today" written by Isaac Hayes and performed by Donald Byrd
Personnel
- Anthony Henderson – performer, producer, co-producer, executive producer
- Kimberly Cromartie – performer
- Niko Williams – performer
- Rebecca Forsha – performer
- Ronald Poole – performer
- Anthony Chappell – performer
- Richard Drake – performer
- Belinda Wallace – performer
- Cabrina Wilson – performer
- Steven Howse – performer, executive producer
- Paul O'Neil – performer, keyboards & producer, co-producer
- Actavius Mills – performer, co-producer
- Arran Baldwin – performer, co-producer
- Kendon Anthony – performer
- Willy Lyons – performer
- Stanley Howse – performer
- Bobby Jones – keyboards, producer, co-producer, mixing & recording
- Jimmy Zavala – saxophone
- Romeo Antonio – guitar
- David Sewell – guitar
- Archie Blaine – producer, mixing & recording
- Jeff Shirley – mixing, recording
- Brian K. Nutter – recording
- Furman Smith – recording
- John Wydrycs – mixing
- Eric Fahlborg – recording
- Paul Real – assistant engineering
- Mark "V" Myers – mixing & recording
- Jason Mackey – recording
- Jessie Stewart – recording, assistant engineering
- Nate Carpenter – assistant engineering
- David Bett – art direction
- Patrick Aquintey – art direction
- Josh Nichols – cover
- Christian Lantry – photography
- Steve Lobel – A&R
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