Living Legends (album)

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Living Legends
Living Legends cover
Studio album by Eightball & MJG
Released May 11, 2004
Recorded 2002-2004
Genre Rap
Southern Rap
Crunk
Memphis rap
Gangsta Rap
Length 1:12:10
Label Bad Boy South
Producer P.Diddy
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
Lil' Jon
Yogi
Cool & Dre
Shondrae
Davour & Vanex
Nashiem Myrick
The Wunda Twinz
Gorilla Tek
Anthony "Scoe" Walker
Red Spyda
Professional reviews
Eightball & MJG chronology
Space Age 4 Eva
(2000)		 Living Legends
(2004)		 Ridin High
(2007)

Living Legends is the 2004 album by 8 Ball & MJG released on Bad Boy Records & was produced by P.Diddy. It was the first mainstream album for the duo, they had been underground for the previous ten years. It spawned three singles into music videos: "You Don't Want Drama", "Straight Cadillac Pimpin'", & "Forever". In addition to selling 750,000 copies to date, the album sold 121,000 copies in its first week which was good enough for #3 spot on the Billboard 200.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Feature guest(s) Time
1 "Intro" Shondrae' 1:14
2 "You Don't Want Drama" Shondrae' 4:34
3 "Straight Cadillac Pimpin' " Davour & Vanex Shannon Jones 4:59
4 "We Do It" Nashiem Myrick 5:09
5 "The Streets" The Wunda Twinz Bun B 4:15
6 "Mad Rapper (Interlude)" Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie 1:16
7 "Shot Off" Davour & Vanex Ludacris 5:20
8 "When It's On" Yogi P. Diddy 5:06
9 "Trying To Get at you" Gorilla Tek 112 4:18
10 "Baby Girl" Yogi P. Diddy 4:17
11 "Get a Kit (Interlude)" Anthony "Scoe" Walker 1:47
12 "Forever" Shondrae' Lloyd 5:00
13 "Look at the Grillz" Lil' Jon Twista & T.I. 5:20
14 "Living Legends (Interlude)" Shondrae' 1:10
15 "Don't Make" Shondrae' 5:24
16 "Memphis City Blues" Red Spyda 4:48
17 "Gangsta" Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie & Pop-Trax 3:42
18 "Confessions" Cool And Dre 4:33

[edit] singles

  • You Don't Want Drama
  • Straight Cadillac Pimpin'
  • Forever

[edit] Credits

  • Executive Producer: P. Diddy
  • Co-Executive Producer: Harve Pierre
  • Asssociate Executive Producer: Conrad "Rad" Dimanche
  • A&R: Conrad "Rad" Dimanche and Dewayne "Big Du" Martin
  • Project Manager: Gwendolyn Niles
  • Marketing: Tracey Waples, Suhailah Yoba and Ammanda Espinal
  • Creative Direction & Design: Christopher Stern
  • Photography: Jonathan Mannion
  • Background Photos: Abbey Katz
  • Associate Design: Marsha Porter
  • Styling: Mike B
  • Management: James E. McMillan

[edit] Charts

Album – Billboard (U.S.)

Year Chart Position
2004 The Billboard 200 3
2004 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1
Song Chart Peak
position
"You Don't Want Drama" U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 13