The second single, "Overnight Celebrity", became another top 10 Hot 100 hit and a UK top 40 entry, while the third, "So Sexy" (featuring R. Kamikaze built on the success of "Slow Jamz" to reach the top of the Billboard 200 album chart upon its release in January 2004 and went platinum by March 2004. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 and world R&B charts in early 2004, and eventually reached number 3 on the UK singles charts. The first single, "Slow Jamz", featured Kanye West and Jamie Foxx. After all the people that were out when I was out years ago fell off, I'm still out here competing with the shorties. Musically, I want to show that I'm still out here doing my thing. "I want to show the streets that I'm back and that I'm true to the game. I represent the artists that keep it true to what really is, to be able to make rappers want to write." But I write when I get in a zone more than writing because I've got to do this. I could sit down all day and write something. Otherwise, I could have 10 albums out there, easy. "I represent for the MCs that have skills, not just make music for the hell of it. On his website, Twista stated that he made Kamikaze to show that he was still true to the ideals that he had when he started out. However, it would take him until 2004 to achieve a platinum, number-one record under his own name. Diddy (then Puff Daddy),Lil kim, Drag-on, Jay-Z, Timbaland, Ras Kass, Ludacris, Royce Da 5'9", Shaquille O'Neal, and Da Brat. Twista developed a good reputation in rap circles leading to work with Mariah Carey, P. 3 in 2002 and Volume 4: Tha Truth in 2006. The label later released Respect The Game,Vol. Twista then formed his own Legit Ballin' label which has released two compilation albums Legit Ballin' in 1999 and Legit Ballin' Vol. He released Adrenaline Rush in 1997 followed by Mobstability in 1998. In 1996, he teamed with fellow Chicago act "Do or Die" on the track "Po' Pimp" leading to a contract with Atlantic Records. Tung Twista dropped the "Tung" off of his name in his second album Resurrection, which was never released outside of Chicago's underground. Despite this recognition, the album achieved little success. Due to his rapid-fire pace of delivery, he was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's fastest rapper. In 1991, he released Runnin' off at da Mouth under the name of Tung Twista. Twista was one of the first artists to sign with Loud Records.
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However, before starting his professional career, he worked at several other jobs including working at a factory, selling shoes, working at McDonald's, working as a security guard, and even cutting hair. Twista grew up in the K-Town area on the west side of Chicago. His latest studio album, Category F5, was released in July of 2009. In 1992 he released his debut album, Runnin' Off At Da Mouth, and has since released a further seven albums including 1994's Resurrection, 1997's Adrenaline Rush, 2004's highly successful Kamikaze, 2005's The Day After and 2007's Adrenaline Rush 2007. Carl Terrell Mitchell (born Novemin Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Twista and formerly Tung Twista, is an American rapper who once held the title of fastest emcee in the world, being able to pronounce 11.2 syllables per second.
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