8Ball_And_MJG-Living_Legends-(Retail)-2004-RNS

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2004-04-29

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  ▀   ▄▄  ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: 8Ball & MJG                 ▐████▄███▀▄█▀  ▄▄
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   █████▄    ▐█▌▐███▄   TITLE: Living Legends (Retail)       ▄███▌▐█▌    ▄█████
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    ▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Bad Boy South               ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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      ▄▄▀▀  ▄██████▀   RIPPER: Team RNS                       ▀██████▄
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  ▀██▄  ▀█████▌                1hr 12min total-107.5mb             ██████▀
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█▓     ▀▀██▄  ▀██▄           RELEASE DATE: 2004-05-11            ██▀
▀▓▄      ▐██▌  ▐██▓▄           RIP DATE: 2004-04-25            ▄██▌
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  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓   01 Intro                          1:14   ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄▄▓▓█▓▌  02 You Don't Want Drama           4:34  ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   03 Straight Cadillac Pimpin'      4:59   ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀        (Feat. Shannon Jones)                   ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   04 We Do It                       5:09   ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  05 The Streets (Feat. Bun B)      4:15  ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ 06 Mad Rapper (Interlude)         1:16 ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  07 Shot Off (Feat. Ludacris)      5:20  ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   08 When It's On (Feat. P. Diddy)  5:06   ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    09 Trying To Get At You (Feat.    4:18    ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
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  ▀  ▀▀███▄   ▄▓▓█▓▌  10 Baby Girl (Feat. P. Diddy)     4:17  ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
       ▐███▌▄█████▀   11 Get A Kit                      1:47   ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     12 Forever (Feat. Lloyd)          5:00     ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   13 Look At The Grillz (Feat. T.I. 5:20   ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓     & Twista)                            ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ 14 Living Legends (Interlude)     1:10 ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  15 Don't Make                     5:24  ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   16 Memphis City Blues             4:48   ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    17 Gangsta                        3:41    ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓   18 Confessions (Feat. Poo Bear)   4:33   ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
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  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓                                            ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄▄▓▓█▓▌  1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000,     ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   2001...these are the years that 8 Ball   ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     and MJG have released albums. Pretty much  ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   consecutively. Undeniably consistently.  ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  Not many rappers can claim that they    ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ are about to release their 9th album   ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  in a decade, which makes 8 Ball and     ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   MJG's forthcoming album, Living Legends  ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    (Bad Boy Records), a rarity and the title ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐██▓   all the more fitting.                    ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
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       ▐███▌▄█████▀   8 Ball and MJG are rap giants and if the ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     South were it's own country, they would be ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   national treasures. For starters, they   ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  were the first rap act from Memphis to  ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ go platinum and one of the first in    ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  the region to attain nationwide         ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   success. In their hometown of Memphis,   ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    TN, they have successfully accelerated    ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓   the pace at which rap fans breathe,      ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄▄▓▓█▓▌  injecting their faces and trademark     ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   style into the veins of America's        ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     heartland. The magnitude of their sound is ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   so far reaching it has rocked the block  ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  in cities as far North as Brooklyn, NY  ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ and as far West as Compton, CA making  ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  artists like Mobb Deep and DJ Quick,    ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   Nelly and Ludacris fans for life. In     ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    fact, if you ask the average rapper or    ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐██▓   the average fan, most of them will tell  ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
  ▀  ▀▀███▄   ▄▓▓█▓▌  you the same thing: The first Southern  ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
       ▐███▌▄█████▀   rap records that captivated them and     ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     changed their lives forever were 8 Ball    ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   and MJG. To put it blunt, 8 Ball and MJG ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  are your favorite rap group's favorite  ▓█▌    █████▌
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         ▀▀███████▀   8 Ball puts it this way, "The difference ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    between us and the other groups people    ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓   would compare us with is that those      ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄▄▓▓█▓▌  groups grew up on us,"                  ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     After signing the legends, an Executive at ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   Bad Boy explained, "8 Ball and MJG are   ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  to down South what Biggie was to New    ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ York and what Tupac was to the West    ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  Coast." Indeed, Living Legends marks    ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   the merging of two powerhouses in the    ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    industry: Bad Boy Records and 8 Ball and  ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐██▓   MJG. Both highly visible, both highly    ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
  ▀  ▀▀███▄   ▄▓▓█▓▌  respected and both highly imitated in   ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
       ▐███▌▄█████▀   their parts of the world. Living         ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     Legends, is simply, a landmark album.      ▀█████▄
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       ▐█████    ▐█▓  Listening to the album you'll quickly   ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ understand that there are Southern     ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  anthems and then there's an 8 Ball and  ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   MJG anthem. The first single, "You Don't ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    Want Drama." Is one of them. It's a       ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓   rambunctious, throw your hands up, party ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄▄▓▓█▓▌  starter with a hook the country will    ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
  ▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀   have memorized come springtime. No       ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     matter what dance you do in your part of   ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   the country, you will want to do it with ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  all your might when doing it to this    ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ track. As MJG put it, "It's a get      ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  crunk, get buck, elbows, shoulder to    ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   shoulder, crowding the dance floor,      ▀█████████
             ▀▀██▄    pushing song...even P. Diddy got rowdy on ▄██▀▀███   ▀ ▄
   ▄▄▄▄▄       ▐██▓   the record." 8 Ball laughs as he recalls ▓██▌ ████▄   ▄█▌
  ▀  ▀▀███▄   ▄▓▓█▓▌  the first time Diddy heard the beat.    ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
       ▐███▌▄█████▀   "He was dancing off some South s**t. It  ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
 ▄    ▄███▄█████▀     was a sight to see." Living Legends "space ▀█████▄
  ▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄   age 4 eva" digital flourish make the     ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  songs sound otherworldly, but still     ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ remains firmly planted in Southern     ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  soil thanks to premier producers like   ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   Lil' Jon, Jazze Pha, David Banner and    ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
     ▄▄▄     ▀▀██▄    Bad Boy beat-maker Stevie J., as well as  ▄██▀▀■   ▀████▄
  ▄████▀▀▀▄    ▐██▓   guest rappers like Ludacris and UGK's    ▓██▌ ▐▌    ▐████
 ▐████▌      ▄▄▓▓█▓▌  Bun B.                                  ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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    ▀▀███▀▄█████▀     Just as Memphis birthed the Blues, thanks  ▀█████▄
        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   to the foundation that 8 Ball and MJG    ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
       ▐█████    ▐█▓  laid, it is also the birthplace of much ▓█▌    █████▌
       █████▌    ███▌ of Southern-style hip-hop as we know   ▐███    ▐█████
       ▀█████▄  ▓██▓  it today. It was 8 Ball and MJG who     ▓██▓  ▄█████▀
         ▀▀███████▀   painted the blues on hip-hop, or hip-hop ▀█████████
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       ▐███▌▄█████▀   Struggle is the driving force in any     ▀█████▄  ▀▀▀
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        ▄█████▀ ▀▄▄   The mix of 8 Ball and MJG's individual   ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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01-8ball_and_mjg-intro-rns.mp31,59 MB
02-8ball_and_mjg-you_dont_want_drama-rns.mp36,39 MB
03-8ball_and_mjg-straight_cadillac_pimpin_(feat_shannon_jones)-rns.mp36,25 MB
04-8ball_and_mjg-we_do_it-rns.mp37,86 MB
05-8ball_and_mjg-the_streets_(feat_bun_b)-rns.mp36,40 MB
06-8ball_and_mjg-mad_rapper_(interlude)-rns.mp31,69 MB
07-8ball_and_mjg-shot_off_(feat_ludacris)-rns.mp37,70 MB
08-8ball_and_mjg-when_its_on_(feat_p_diddy)-rns.mp37,05 MB
09-8ball_and_mjg-trying_to_get_at_you_(feat_112)-rns.mp36,19 MB
10-8ball_and_mjg-baby_girl_(feat_p_diddy)-rns.mp36,26 MB
11-8ball_and_mjg-get_a_kit-rns.mp32,18 MB
12-8ball_and_mjg-forever_(feat_lloyd)-rns.mp37,25 MB
13-8ball_and_mjg-look_at_the_grillz_(feat_ti_and_twista)-rns.mp37,82 MB
14-8ball_and_mjg-living_legends_(interlude)-rns.mp31,08 MB
15-8ball_and_mjg-dont_make-rns.mp38,14 MB
16-8ball_and_mjg-memphis_city_blues-rns.mp36,46 MB
17-8ball_and_mjg-gangsta-rns.mp35,40 MB
18-8ball_and_mjg-confessions_(feat_poo_bear)-rns.mp36,83 MB