World Party is the third
studio album by the Atlanta-based, hip hop quartet
Goodie Mob. It follows their previous
Dirty South classics,
Soul Food and
Still Standing. This is the last
Goodie Mob album with the original four members before their breakup (though all four members have recently joined back together in 2010 to record a new album).
Goodie Mob made two other albums after this one with a shortened roster,
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show without
Cee-Lo and
Livin' Life As Lumberjacks without
Cee-Lo or
Big Gipp.
World Party was released in 1999 under
LaFace Records as a more commercial alternative to their usual socially conscious lyricism. What was maybe an attempt to appeal more to the masses was met with mixed reviews from their old fans and made little impact on the ones they were trying to reach.
Goodie Mob was dropped from their label as a result of this album's lackluster sales. The song
Rebuilding is one of
Kanye West's first produced tracks to be released on a nationwide album.