Living Legends (album)
2004 studio album by 8Ball & MJG
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Living Legends is the sixth studio album by American hip hop duo 8Ball & MJG. It was released on May 11, 2004, via Bad Boy Records. The album was produced by Anthony "Scoe" Walker, Bangladesh, Cool & Dre, Davour, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Gorilla Tek, Lil' Jon, Nashiem Myrick, Red Spyda, Stevie J, the Wunda Twinz, Vanex, and Yogi Bear. It features guest appearances from P. Diddy, 112, Bun B, Lloyd, Ludacris, Poo Bear, Shannon Jones, T.I., and Twista.
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| Released | May 11, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2002–2004 | |||
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| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 1:12:09 | |||
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The album peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and atop of both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and the Top Rap Albums charts in the United States. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 20, 2004, for selling 500,000 copies in the US alone. Its lead single, "You Don't Want Drama", made it to number 30 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 22 on the Hot Rap Songs charts.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" |
| Anthony "Scoe" Walker | 1:14 |
| 2. | "You Don't Want Drama" | Bangladesh | 4:33 | |
| 3. | "Straight Cadillac Pimpin'" (featuring Shannon Jones) |
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| 4:59 |
| 4. | "We Do It" |
| Nashiem Myrick | 5:09 |
| 5. | "The Streets" (featuring Bun B) |
| The Wunda Twinz | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Mad Rapper (Interlude)" |
| Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie | 1:16 |
| 7. | "Shot Off" (featuring Ludacris) |
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| 5:20 |
| 8. | "When It's On" (featuring P. Diddy) |
| Yogi "Sugar Bear" Graham | 5:06 |
| 9. | "Trying to Get at You" (featuring 112) |
| Gorilla Tek | 4:18 |
| 10. | "Baby Girl" (featuring P. Diddy) |
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| 4:17 |
| 11. | "Get a Kit (Interlude)" |
| Anthony "Scoe" Walker | 1:47 |
| 12. | "Forever" (featuring Lloyd) |
| Bangladesh | 5:00 |
| 13. | "Look at the Grillz" (featuring T.I. and Twista) |
| Lil' Jon | 5:20 |
| 14. | "Living Legends (Interlude)" | Crawford | Bangladesh | 1:09 |
| 15. | "Don't Make" |
| Bangladesh | 5:24 |
| 16. | "Memphis City Blues" |
| Red Spyda | 4:48 |
| 17. | "Gangsta" |
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| 3:41 |
| 18. | "Confessions" (featuring Poo Bear) |
| Cool & Dre | 4:33 |
| Total length: | 1:12:09 | |||
- Sample credits
- Track 1 contains samples from "West Across the Ocean Sea" written by Vangelis.
- Track 9 contains interpolations from the composition "Come and Talk to Me" written by Donald DeGrate.
- Track 17 contains samples from the composition "Fresh" written by Dave Orgin and Jonathan Robinson.
- Track 18 contains interpolations from the composition "Reaching Out" written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb.
Personnel
- Premro "8Ball" Smith — vocals
- Marlon "MJG" Goodwin — vocals
- Shannon Jones — vocals (track 3)
- Bernard "Bun B" Freeman — vocals (track 5)
- Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges — vocals (track 7)
- Sean "P. Diddy" Combs — vocals (tracks: 8, 10), executive producer
- 112 — vocals (track 9)
- Lloyd Polite — vocals (track 12)
- Clifford "T.I." Harris — vocals (track 13)
- Carl "Twista" Mitchell — vocals (track 13)
- Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd — vocals (track 18)
- Anthony "Scoe" Walker — producer (tracks: 1, 11), recording (track 11)
- Shondrae "Bangladesh" Crawford — producer (tracks: 2, 12, 14, 15), recording (tracks: 1, 12, 14), mixing (tracks: 1, 14)
- Davour — producer (tracks: 3, 7)
- Vanex — producer (tracks: 3, 7)
- Nashiem Myrick — producer (track 4)
- The Wunda Twinz — producer (track 5)
- Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie — producer (tracks: 6, 17)
- Jeremy "Yogi Bear" Graham — producer (tracks: 8, 10)
- Tony "Gorilla Tek" Castillo — producer (track 9)
- Jonathan "Lil' Jon" Smith — producer (track 13)
- Andy "Red Spyda" Thelusma — producer (track 16)
- Pop Traxx — producer (track 17)
- Marcello "Cool" Valenzano — producer (track 18)
- Andre "Dre" Lyon — producer (track 18)
- Steven "Stevie J." Jordan — co-producer (tracks: 7, 10)
- Ariel Borujow — recording (tracks: 2, 8, 15, 17)
- Elizabeth Collins — recording (tracks: 3, 8, 9)
- Shannon "Slam" Lawrence — recording (tracks: 3, 15, 16)
- Alexis Seton — recording (tracks: 3, 16)
- Stephen Dent — recording (track 4)
- Bernowksi Wall — recording (tracks: 5, 10)
- Frankie Harley Jr. — recording (tracks: 6, 17)
- Nikolas Marzouca — recording (tracks: 7, 18)
- Dale Ramsey — recording (track 7)
- Steve Nowa — recording (track 9)
- Mark Vinten — recording (track 13)
- Steve Pageot — recording (track 17)
- Ed Raso — mixing (tracks: 6, 11)
- Rich Keller — mixing (tracks: 2–5, 7–10, 14–18)
- John Frye — mixing (track 12)
- Ray Seay — mixing (track 13)
- Chris Athens — mastering
- Conrad Dimanche — associate executive producer, A&R
- Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre — associate executive producer
- Abbey Katz — art direction
- Scott Sandler — logo design
- Jonathan Mannion — photography
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[11] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||