Scorpion (Eve album)

Scorpion
Scorpion
Studio album by Eve
Released	March 6, 2001
Recorded	2000
Studios	Sony Music Studios (New York, NY); The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, FL); Record One (Sherman Oaks, CA); Enterprise Studios (Burbank, CA); The Hit Factory (New York, NY); Soundtrack Studios (New York, NY);
Genre	Hip hop
Length	57:26
Labels	Ruff Ryders; Interscope;
Producers	Swizz Beatz; Jay "Icepick" Jackson; Dame Grease; DJ Shok; Dr. Dre; Stevie J; Stephen Marley; Scott Storch; Teflon; Eric McCaine;
Eve chronology
Singles from Scorpion
	"Who's That Girl?"; Released: February 5, 2001; "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"; Released: April 2, 2001;

Scorpion is the second studio album by American rapper Eve. It was released by Ruff Ryders Entertainment and Interscope Records on March 6, 2001, in the United States. The album's title is a reference to Eve's zodiac sign, Scorpio. It features the hit single "Let Me Blow Ya Mind", a duet with Gwen Stefani of No Doubt, which won the first Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (now Best Melodic Rap Performance), a new category at the time.

ReleasedMarch 6, 2001

Recorded2000

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Scorpion was a critical and commercial success, debuting at number four on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 162,000 copies and became her second consecutive number-one album on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[4] Scorpion was later certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on May 10, 2001, for shipments of one million copies.^[5] Scorpion was also nominated for Best Rap Album at the 44th Grammy Awards in 2002. As of 2007, it sold 1,500,000 units in the US.^[6]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Eve Jeffers Jay "Icepick" Jackson	Icepick	0:18
2.	"Cowboy"	Jeffers Kasseem Dean Mashonda Tifrere	Swizz Beatz	3:15
3.	"Who's That Girl?"	Jeffers Darrin Dean Jackson Sheldon "Teflon" Harris	Teflon	4:42
4.	"Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (featuring Gwen Stefani and Stevie J)	Jeffers Stefani Andre Young Scott Storch Mike Elizondo Steven Jordan	Dr. Dre Storch	3:49
5.	"3 Way (Skit)" (featuring Erex and Stevie J)	Jeffers Eric "Erex" Simms Jordan Jackson	Icepick	0:41
6.	"You Had Me, You Lost Me"	Jeffers Jordan James Calloway	Stevie J	4:21
7.	"Got What You Need" (featuring Drag-On and Swizz Beatz)	Jeffers Mel Smalls Dean Eric McCaine	Swizz Beatz McCaine	3:52
8.	"Frontin'" (Skit)	Jeffers, Jackson	Icepick	0:43
9.	"Gangsta Bitches" (featuring Da Brat and Trina)	Jeffers Shauntae Harris Katrina Taylor Dean	Swizz Beatz	4:24
10.	"That's What It Is" (featuring Styles P)	Jeffers David Styles Young	Dr. Dre	3:40
11.	"Scream Double R" (featuring DMX)	Jeffers Earl Simmons Michael Gomez	DJ Shok	3:41
12.	"Thug in the Street" (featuring Drag-On and The LOX)	Jeffers Smalls Jason Phillips Styles Sean Jacobs Dean	Swizz Beatz	5:02
13.	"No, No, No" (featuring Damian Marley and Stephen Marley)	Jeffers D. Marley S. Marley	S. Marley	5:37
14.	"You Ain't Gettin' None"	Jeffers Damon Blackman	Dame Grease	4:14
15.	"Life Is So Hard" (featuring Teena Marie)	Jeffers Mary Brockert Jordan Michael Gomez	DJ Shok Stevie J (co.)	4:55
16.	"Be Me" (featuring Mashonda)	Jeffers Tifrere Gomez	DJ Shok	4:09
Total length:				57:26

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[42]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
France (SNEP)^[43]	Gold	100,000^*
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[44]	Gold	7,500^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[45]	Gold	100,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[46]	Platinum	1,500,000^[6]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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