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Three 6 Mafia are a memphis based Hip Hop group known for songs such as "Stay Fly" and the Academy Award winning "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp".
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'''''Laws Of Power''''' is an unreleased album by Memphis based Hip Hop group Three 6 Mafia. Known for popular songs like "Stay Fly" and the Academy Award winning "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp".


On August 4th, 2009, an Billboard.com article was published announcing the release of their upcoming album "Laws of Power". The album was scheduled to be released on November 10 of the same year, with the mastering set for August 17th. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267845/three-6-mafia-lays-down-laws-of-power]
There is no official known reason why the album has not been released, but it may have to do with the majority of the group already being split apart around the time of the album's recording, and the critical and commercial failure of their previous album, '''''Last 2 Walk'''''.


Then, on January 12th, 2010 another Billboard.com article stated that the album would be released on March 30 of the same year, with the songs "Feel It", "Shake My" and "Lil Freak (Ugh Ugh Ugh)" being released as singles for the album (These are the only confirmed album tracks). The article also lists several guest musicians that would be featured on the album [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/960694/three-6-mafia-laws-of-power-album-preview]
==Release Date==
The album's initial release date was set to be on August 4th, 2009. As stated in an article by Billboard.com <ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267845/three-6-mafia-lays-down-laws-of-power August 4, 2009 article by Billboard.com.] Retrieved 23 Apr '17</ref>.


Next, A video of Juicy J and DJ Paul (The only remaining members of the group at the time) was posted to Vimeo on October 3, 2010 by DJ Smallz. In the video the 2 state that the album would be released sometime in early 2011. [https://vimeo.com/15512193]
A later Billboard.com article  <ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/960694/three-6-mafia-laws-of-power-album-preview January 12, 2010, article by Billboard.com.] Retrieved 23 Apr '17</ref> stated that the release date would be pushed back to January 12, 2010. The article also listed guests who would appear on the album and previously released singles that were planned for it.  


An article was posted to TheBoombox.com on March 8, 2011 with Juicy J stating that the album would "hopefully be released in the summer". After this there are no other interviews or online articles that mention the album. [http://theboombox.com/juicy-j-talks-new-three-6-mafia-laws-of-power-project/]
On October 3, 2010, A video interview featuring DJ Paul and Juicy J (The only remaining members of the group at the time) was uploaded to Vimeo <ref>[https://vimeo.com/15512193 October 3, 2010, video interview with DJ Paul and Juicy J.] Retrieved 23 Apr '17</ref>. In the interview, they state that the album would be released sometime in early 2011.


There exists a Youtube playlist containing songs supposedly meant for the Laws Of Power album. The songs appear to be official Three 6 Mafia tracks, but there's no way to tell if they were meant to be on the final album or not. [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBA5D94E569A76E24]
A text interview with Juicy J was posted to TheBoomBox.com on March 8th, 2011<ref>[http://theboombox.com/juicy-j-talks-new-three-6-mafia-laws-of-power-project/ March 8th, 2011 text interview with Juicy J.] Retrieved 23 Apr '17</ref>. In the interview Juicy states that the album would "hopefully be released in the summer". This was the last article or interview to mention the album or it's release date.


Outside of the 3 singles, there are no confirmed album tracks. A tracklist for the album exists on 2kmusic.com, but the majority of the listed songs are impossible to find making the tracklist likely to be fake. [[http://www.2kmusic.com/en/album/laws-of-power/2143]]
==Album Content==
There were 3 released singles that were planned for the album. "Feel It", "Shake My" and "Lil Freak (Ugh Ugh Ugh)". There are other tracks uploaded to Youtube and other websites that claim to be songs from the album <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBA5D94E569A76E24 Youtube playlist containing alleged tracks from the album.] Retrieved 23 Apr '17</ref>, but it's unknown if they would've made the final cut or were even meant for the album.


It's not too surprising that the album has not been released as of now. The majority of the group had split up at this point, and the last Three 6 Mafia album, Last 2 Walk, was a critical and commercial failure.
According to the second article posted by Billboard, the album would've featured Tiesto, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Kevin Rudolf, Tech N9ne, Project Pat, Lamont Dozier and Willie Hutch as guest musicians, vocalists or producers.
 
A tracklist for the album exists on 2kmusic.com, <ref>[http://www.2kmusic.com/en/album/laws-of-power/2143 Alleged tracklist and artwork for the album.] Retrieved 23 Apr '17</ref> but the majority of the listed songs are impossible to find making the tracklist likely to be fake.
 
==References==
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Three6mafiacopy.jpg

Possible cover art for the Laws Of Power Album.

Status: Partially Lost

Laws Of Power is an unreleased album by Memphis based Hip Hop group Three 6 Mafia. Known for popular songs like "Stay Fly" and the Academy Award winning "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp".

There is no official known reason why the album has not been released, but it may have to do with the majority of the group already being split apart around the time of the album's recording, and the critical and commercial failure of their previous album, Last 2 Walk.

Release Date

The album's initial release date was set to be on August 4th, 2009. As stated in an article by Billboard.com [1].

A later Billboard.com article [2] stated that the release date would be pushed back to January 12, 2010. The article also listed guests who would appear on the album and previously released singles that were planned for it.

On October 3, 2010, A video interview featuring DJ Paul and Juicy J (The only remaining members of the group at the time) was uploaded to Vimeo [3]. In the interview, they state that the album would be released sometime in early 2011.

A text interview with Juicy J was posted to TheBoomBox.com on March 8th, 2011[4]. In the interview Juicy states that the album would "hopefully be released in the summer". This was the last article or interview to mention the album or it's release date.

Album Content

There were 3 released singles that were planned for the album. "Feel It", "Shake My" and "Lil Freak (Ugh Ugh Ugh)". There are other tracks uploaded to Youtube and other websites that claim to be songs from the album [5], but it's unknown if they would've made the final cut or were even meant for the album.

According to the second article posted by Billboard, the album would've featured Tiesto, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Kevin Rudolf, Tech N9ne, Project Pat, Lamont Dozier and Willie Hutch as guest musicians, vocalists or producers.

A tracklist for the album exists on 2kmusic.com, [6] but the majority of the listed songs are impossible to find making the tracklist likely to be fake.

References