Harlem World album cover

Studio album 1997

Mase Harlem World

Billboard peak
No.1
RIAA Platinum
4×
Released October 28
1997
Runtime
66:04
Tracks
20
Label
Bad Boy Records

Ma$e's debut album delivered polished Bad Boy hit-making with major crossover singles.

Harlem World became one of Bad Boy’s biggest solo debuts, anchoring Ma$e’s transition from feature run to frontline artist. The record leans into melodic cadences and effortless hooks—an approach that helped define late-1990s Harlem rap’s crossover moment without fully abandoning battle-ready bars.

Across the tracklist, guest appearances and label-wide chemistry mirror Bad Boy’s hit factory: big choruses, recognizable samples, and verses engineered for both clubs and countdown radio.

Track list

Production Sean Combs 12 Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie 9 Mase 5 Nashiem Myrick 3 Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence 3 Carlos "6 July" Broady 2 Chucky Thompson 1 Dame Grease 1 Jeffrey "J-Dub" Walker 1 Jermaine Dupri 1 Mo-Suave-A Productions 1 Richard "Younglord" Frierson 1 Stevie J 1 The Neptunes 1

The Hitmen produced 17 of 20 credited tracks

  1. Prod. Sean Combs

  2. Feat. Puff Daddy

    Prod. Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence

  3. Feat. DMX

    Prod. Nashiem Myrick, Carlos "6 July" Broady, Sean Combs

  4. Prod. Sean Combs, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Mase

  5. Will They Die 4 U? 4:04

    Feat. Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim

    Prod. Sean Combs, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence

  6. Feat. Puff Daddy

    Prod. The Neptunes

  7. Prod. Sean Combs, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Mase

  8. Feat. Billy Lawrence

    Prod. Stevie J

  9. Feat. Eightball & MJG

    Prod. Mo-Suave-A Productions

  10. Prod. Sean Combs, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Mase

  11. Feat. Busta Rhymes

    Prod. Dame Grease, Richard "Younglord" Frierson

  12. Feat. Kelly Price

    Prod. Sean Combs, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie

  13. Feat. Total

    Prod. Sean Combs, Nashiem Myrick

  14. Prod. Sean Combs, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Mase

  15. Feat. Lil' Cease, Jay-Z

    Prod. Jermaine Dupri

  16. Feat. The LOX, Black Rob, DMX

    Prod. Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Nashiem Myrick, Carlos "6 July" Broady

  17. Feat. Monifah

    Prod. Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Chucky Thompson

  18. Prod. Sean Combs, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Mase

  19. Prod. Sean Combs, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence

  20. Feat. 112

    Prod. Sean Combs, Jeffrey "J-Dub" Walker

Singles

  1. Feel So Good 1997 · No.5 Hot 100 · Platinum
  2. What You Want 1997 · No.6 Hot 100 · Gold