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"Rappers' Ball"
Single by E-40 featuring Too $hort and K-Ci
from the album Tha Hall of Game
Released	September 18, 1996 (1996-09-18)
Recorded	1996
Studio	Pajama Studios (Oakland, CA)
Genre	West Coast hip-hop R&B
Length	5:27
Label	Sick Wid' It Jive
Songwriters	Earl Stevens Todd Shaw Cedric Hailey Anthony Banks
Producer	Ant Banks
E-40 singles chronology
"Scandalous" (1996) "Rappers' Ball" (1996) "Things'll Never Change" (1997)
Too $hort singles chronology
"Gettin' It" (1996) "Rappers' Ball" (1996) "Call Me" (1997)
K-Ci singles chronology
"How Could You" (1996) "Rappers' Ball" (1996) "You Bring Me Up" (1997)
Music video
"Rapper's Ball" on YouTube

"Rappers' Ball" is a song co-written and performed by American rappers E-40 and Too $hort and American R&B singer K-Ci. It was released on September 18, 1996 via Sick Wid' It/Jive Records as the lead single from E-40's third full-length solo studio album Tha Hall of Game. Co-written and produced by Ant Banks, the song contains a portion of Too $hort's 1985 composition "Playboy Short".

Charting in the United States as a b-side of the album's second single "Things'll Never Change", "Rappers' Ball" peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 40 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, number 4 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 26 on the Dance Singles Sales charts.

An accompanying music video was filmed on July 13, 1996 by Eric Haywood. Beside E-40, Too $hort and K-Ci, B-Legit, Joe Clair, Mack 10 and Richie Rich among others provided cameo appearances. 2Pac also makes a cameo appearance in the music video. The music video was released for the week ending on September 1, 1996.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rappers' Ball" (Radio Version)
2.	"Rappers' Ball" (Instrumental)
3.	"Rappers' Ball" (LP Version)
4.	"Rappers' Ball" (Acappella)

Personnel

• Earl "E-40" Stevens – lead vocals, executive producer
• Todd "Too $hort" Shaw – lead vocals
• Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey – background vocals, vocal arrangement
• Anthony "Ant" Banks – keyboards, drum programming, producer, recording, mixing
• Ryan Arnold – recording
• Eric Janko – recording
• Carlos Warlick – mixing
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Pen & Pixel – artwork
• Chaz Hayes – management

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	29
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)	19
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)	40
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)	4
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)	26

External links

• "Rappers' Ball" at Discogs (list of releases)