Personnel: Mia X, Fiend, Mystikal, C-Murder, Skull Duggery, Mac, Master P, Fat Joe, Snoop Dogg, Big Ed, Steady Mobbin', Kane & Abel, Silkk The Shocker, Boz, Big Man, The Ghetto Commission, Mr. Serv-On (rap vocals); Wendy Weary, Anita Thomas, O'Dell, Byron Dolliole, Porsha (vocals); Mark Trentecosta (guitar); K-Lou (bass).

Producers: KLC, O'Dell, Craig B., Carlos.

The release of MAMA DRAMA represents a step up in the world for No Limit Records. Gradually increasing production values find DJ KLC and the Beats By The Pound production crew filling out their tracks with more complex arrangements and slickly multi-tracked vocals. Mia X's rhymes display a corresponding increase in lyrical complexity, although fans of the label's previous efforts shouldn't be discouraged; "The Colonel" is not about to abandon the formula for success which got him where he is today, namely: blatant disregard for censors in the rendition of graphic sex-and-violence narratives and a preference for shouted profanity over tricky metaphors.

Included in the general process of gentrification are guest vocals by Loud recording artist Fat Joe on "What's The Point" (along with guest spots by No Limit labelmates too numerous to mention) and Mia's attempt to write herself into a larger tradition of female rhymers with "Mama's Tribute," which explicitly references MC Lyte's classic "Paper Thin."

SONGS ON THE CD 01. Bring It On 02. Whatcha Wanna Do 03. Don't Start No.... 04. Mama Drama 05. Imma Shrine 06. I Think Somebody 07. Mama's Tribute 08. What's Ya Point 09. Thugs Like Me 10. Ride Or Run 11. TRU 12. Puttin' It Down 13. Ghetto Livin' 14. Play Wit... 15. Don't Blame Me 16. Daddy 17. Like Dat 18. Sex Ed. 19. Flip & Rip 20. Fallen Angels (Dear Girl)