My Homies is the fifth studio album by an American rapper Scarface. It was released March 3, 1998, by J. Prince's Rap-A-Lot Records. The album features production by Mike Dean, Mr. Lee, N.O. Joe, Scarface, and Tone Capone. Upon its release, My Homies peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard 200, becoming a certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as of April 6, 1998. The album features guest performances from 2Pac, Master P, Ice Cube, Devin the Dude, B-Legit, UGK, Too Short, Do or Die, and Willie D. Scarface appeared solo onto two out of thirty songs, while performing with others on thirteen (track 1-11 only having him talk over the beat) and does not contribute vocals on fifteen (Scarface is not on tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 1-10, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-10, 2-12, 2-13 & 2-15). The sequel to the album, My Homies Part 2, was released on March 7, 2006.
Along with singles, music videos were produced for the songs: "Homies & Thuggs", featuring 2Pac and Master P and "Sex Faces", featuring Too Short, Tela and Devin the Dude. In the original of "Homies & Thuggs", 2Pac's verse was later added. The song, "Sleepin' In My Nikes", was originally released on the Seagram album, Souls on Ice. The solo track, "Boo Boo'n", was later re-released on the Devin the Dude album, The Dude.
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