Kelly) the album sold around two million copies. Other singles included "Overnight Celebrity" and "So Sexy" (featuring R. Its first single "Slow Jamz" (also featured on Kanye West's debut album The College Dropout), featured West and Jamie Foxx and became a number-one hit in the US. Kamikaze came out in 2004 and debuted at the top spot of the American Billboard 200 album chart at #1. 2 album, on the track "Twisted Heat."īeginning in 2002, Twista began recording his album Kamikaze with rappers like Kanye West and Ludacris. In 2000, Twista collaborated with Ruff Ryders and Drag-On on the Ruff Ryders: Ryde or Die Vol. 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 released two compilation albums: Legit Ballin' in 1999 and Legit Ballin' Vol. They released their first album, Mobstability, in 1998.
In 1998 Twista teamed with other Chicago area rappers to form the Speedknot Mobstaz. The album also spawned a Billboard Hot 100 hit in "Get It Wet", which peaked at #96. Adrenaline Rush became Twista's first charting album, as it peaked at #77 on the Billboard Hot 200.
Twista had by then dropped the "Tung" from his stage name. This led to a contract with Atlantic Records, which released Adrenaline Rush in 1997. In 1996 he teamed with fellow Chicago act Do or Die on the track "Po' Pimp", which became a hit single. His second album, titled Resurrection, was set to be released in 1994, but due to problems with record labels and marketing issues involving fellow Chicago rapper Common's album of the same name, the album was only released in the city of Chicago and thus got very little national attention. Despite his notoriety from this the album did not sell particularly well, and Twista was dropped from the Loud Records label. He became known in the hip-hop community for being the world's fastest rapper, and was listed in the 1992 Guinness Book of World Records for his fast rapping. At that time, he performed under the name Tung Twista. Twista released his debut album Runnin' Off at da Mouth in 1992. A rapper from Chicago, Mitchell debuted as Tung Twista in 1992 with Runnin' Off at da Mouth and dropped "Tung" from his stage name in 1996. Despite his notoriety from this the album did not sell particularly well, Carl Terrell Mitchell (born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Twista (formerly Tung Twista), is an American rapper. Description: Carl Terrell Mitchell (born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Twista (formerly Tung Twista), is an American rapper.