Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Already Platinum is the debut album by rapper Slim Thug released in July 2005. It was released on Pharrell and Chad Hugo's Star Trak label. The original release date was slated for February 2005. However, heavy bootlegging and numerous delays held the album back, forcing a vast majority of its original track listing to be replaced. The original track listing included the original version of the track "I Ain't Heard of That," which featured Jay-Z.In an interview with XXL Magazine, the rapper explains the album title does not suggest he will go platinum, but that his lifestyle (before he got a record deal) was already similar to that of rappers who had reached the platinum status. In an interview on The Tyra Banks Show, mentor Pharrell revealed that he was a millionaire before the two met, and he especially liked that about him. He continued to say that he was "already platinum," the album name was just in confirmation of this. The album also debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 with 130,000 copies sold in the first week released. Since then the album has sold over 500,000 copies.There is a Screwed & Chopped version of the album by DJ Michael '5000' Watts for Swishahouse.The song "Like a Boss" was parodied by The Lonely Island with the same name.. }
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- Already_Platinum abstract "Already Platinum is the debut album by rapper Slim Thug released in July 2005. It was released on Pharrell and Chad Hugo's Star Trak label. The original release date was slated for February 2005. However, heavy bootlegging and numerous delays held the album back, forcing a vast majority of its original track listing to be replaced. The original track listing included the original version of the track "I Ain't Heard of That," which featured Jay-Z.In an interview with XXL Magazine, the rapper explains the album title does not suggest he will go platinum, but that his lifestyle (before he got a record deal) was already similar to that of rappers who had reached the platinum status. In an interview on The Tyra Banks Show, mentor Pharrell revealed that he was a millionaire before the two met, and he especially liked that about him. He continued to say that he was "already platinum," the album name was just in confirmation of this. The album also debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 with 130,000 copies sold in the first week released. Since then the album has sold over 500,000 copies.There is a Screwed & Chopped version of the album by DJ Michael '5000' Watts for Swishahouse.The song "Like a Boss" was parodied by The Lonely Island with the same name.".