In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 [Explicit Lyrics]

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Taking their cues from Jay-Z, Eightball & M.J.G.'s latest opus aims for the panoramic, covering the vast spectrum from terrifying tales of the trifling hustler life to middling lamentations about the fates of their lives gone wrong. After four albums as a duo (not to mention their award-earning solo projects), the boys from Memphis do it better than most--which is inspiring because they joined forces in 1991, when "it was like a time they looked over Tennessee and didn't know hip-hop was in it" (from "Paid Dues"). Tracks like "Do It How It Go" and "Daylight" are classic Southern drive-time funk. Eightball & M.J.G. have more than paid their dues, having watched Southern-fried hip-hop get popular around them; guest shots from contemporaries like Outkast and the Goodie Mob's Cee-Lo, who sully themselves up to go grime for grime with their hosts, show just how far it's come. --Jon Caramanica

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Average customer rating: Space age classic Very Solid Album Great Record In Our Lifetime

In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 Eightball & MJG Manufacturer: Draper Inc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: On the Outside Looking In On Top of the World Comin' Out Hard Lyrics of a Pimp Lost ASIN: B000086ERH Release Date: 2003-02-11

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. We Started This
3. Paid Dues
4. Do It How It Go
5. Don't Flex
6. Belly
7. Daylight
8. We Don't Give A F*k
9. Get It Crunk
10. Armed Robbery
11. Love Hurts
12. Nobody But Me
13. Throw Your Hands Up
14. Speed

Customer Reviews:

Space age classic.......2007-02-17

Eightball & MJG did their thing on this album. Not only did they prove they can flow with the best of them but proved that not all southern rappers are garbage with this LP. Eightball and MJG flow aggresively over tight production provided by Organized Noize and T-Mix(whatever happened to him?). Standout Tracks: WE STARTED THIS, DO IT HOW IT GO, BELLY, WE DONT GIVE A F***, GET IT CRUNK, ARMED ROBBERY, LOVE HURTS, NOBODY BUT ME(MJG steals the show on this track), DAYLIGHT, SPEED and PUT YOUR HANDS UP(killer collabo with Outkast). Filler: Dont Flex is rubbish. Note: Paid Dues featuring Ceelo would have easily been a standout track if it werent for the lifeless beat. Bottom Line: Eightball and MJG's In Our Lifetime is their best album ever. Its one those albums that you will go back to listen to years later. Its just that fresh.

Very Solid Album.......2006-05-13

The album is very solid all the way through, only a few tracks are skippable. The mood of the songs is real laid back and smooth (just the way I like it) and the production is pretty good. I would highly recommend this release.

Great Record.......2005-11-16

"In our Lifetime" was the first album i ever bought from Ball & G and ever since it's been a favorite. Most of the tracks are very well done with only a couple that don't stand out. My Favorites are "Paid Dues" w/ Cee-Lo, "Daylight", "Do it how it Go", "Armed Robbery" (i like this version better than the one on "Comin out Hard"), "Love Hurts", & "Throw your Hands up" w/Outkast. other records by ball & G to check out are "Comin out Hard", "On Top of the World", & "On the outside Lookin' In". Peace

In Our Lifetime.......2004-12-07

I got into Eightball and MJG when I was 13 years old. I bought this when I was 18 and hadn't listend to them for about two years. I was not disapointed by the evolution of thier sound. While this doesn't live up to Commin Out Hard(For nostalgic pourposes) this album is definantly worth buying.

Average customer rating: Another good album from the Memphis duo Ball N' G A look at "In our lifetime". OFF THE CHAIN Deserves more props.

In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 Eightball & MJG Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Space Age 4 Eva Almost Famous On the Outside Looking In On Top of the World Super Tight... ASIN: B00000J2TF Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. We Started This
3. Paid Dues
4. Do It How It Go
5. Don't Flex
6. Belly
7. Daylight
8. We Don't Give A F*k
9. Get It Crunk
10. Armed Robbery
11. Love Hurts
12. Nobody But Me
13. Throw Your Hands Up
14. Speed

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Taking their cues from Jay-Z, Eightball & M.J.G.'s latest opus aims for the panoramic, covering the vast spectrum from terrifying tales of the trifling hustler life to middling lamentations about the fates of their lives gone wrong. After four albums as a duo (not to mention their award-earning solo projects), the boys from Memphis do it better than most--which is inspiring because they joined forces in 1991, when "it was like a time they looked over Tennessee and didn't know hip-hop was in it" (from "Paid Dues"). Tracks like "Do It How It Go" and "Daylight" are classic Southern drive-time funk. Eightball & M.J.G. have more than paid their dues, having watched Southern-fried hip-hop get popular around them; guest shots from contemporaries like Outkast and the Goodie Mob's Cee-Lo, who sully themselves up to go grime for grime with their hosts, show just how far it's come. --Jon Caramanica

Customer Reviews:

Another good album from the Memphis duo.......2005-09-01

One of the top 3 groups of the south are back again with another solid effort. Not their best album but it still is worthy of 4 stars. Of the 13 songs, guests rap on 5 of them -- all are southern rappers but 1, so it's a definite down south feeling album. It has no classics, 8 of the sogns are good and 5 are ok, no bad ones on here. Production is decent, not as much funk as previous albums but still pretty good. T-Mix does 9 of the songs and Mr. DJ does the other 4. Agood album to have for their fans or fans of real southern rap.

#2 - 8
#3 - 7.5 (f/ Cee Lo)
#4 - 8.5
#5 - 6.5
#6 - 7.5 (f/ Big Duke)
#7 - 9 (nice relaxing beat)
#8 - 9 (nice beat)
#9 - 8.5 (f/ Thorough -- a good upbeat song)
#10 - 8 (f/ Gillie da Kid, Big Duke, Thorough, Toni Hickman)
#11 - 7 (f/ nina Creque)
#12 - 7.5
#13 - 8 (f/ Outkast)
#14 - 8.5 (a good upbeat song)

EIGHTBALL -- Primro Smith -- b. around 1971 -- Memphis, TN
MJG -- Marlon Jermaine Goodwin -- b. 1/9/72 -- Memphis, TN

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Ball N' G.......2005-07-06

"In our Lifetime" was the first album i ever bought from Ball & G and ever since it's been a favorite. Most of the tracks are very well done with only a couple that don't stand out. My Favorites are "Paid Dues" w/ Cee-Lo, "Daylight", "Do it how it Go", "Armed Robbery" (i like this version better than the one on "Comin out Hard"), "Love Hurts", & "Throw your Hands up" w/Outkast. other records by ball & G to check out are "Comin out Hard", "On Top of the World", & "On the outside Lookin' In". Peace

A look at "In our lifetime"........2001-09-25

From the intro of this album the listener is immediately sent into the "space-age orbit" of this remarkable duo. I am convinced that this intro track was made for the listener to unwind to, spark up that blunt after a long day or pour yourself a drink and get your mind ready for this space-age vibe. Though I feel track 2 "We started this" should not be the first song on the record it still shows the strong character of Eighball and MJG and their stance on a hip hop culture in need of some saviors. Track 3, "Paid dues" is little more like what fans have come to expect from these two, witty, rythmically tight flows with meaning which I feel is missing today in hip hop. In my opinion the highlights of this record are track 4,"Do it how it go", track 7,"Daylight", track 8...., track 13 "Throw your hands up", my favorite song on the record, featuring a badass guest appearance by Outkast is a classic, and last but not least the final cut, track 14 "Speed". I recommend this record to anyone out there who likes rap, Eightball and MJG have become one of my favorite rap groups without a doubt. I tend to favor MJG's delivery but that is not to say that Eightball is slippin', not at all, thats just my opinion. Bottom line, these two are REAL MC's with a gift for this rap thing, check it out!

OFF THE CHAIN.......2001-03-16

THE BEST CD EVERYBODY AND THEY MOMMA NEED TO GET THIS JOINT WHILE THEY SMOKE A JOINT IN THE JOINT

Deserves more props........2000-10-18

Positives: The third track on the album, "Paid Dues" featuring Cee-Lo, is extremely tight and relaxed. This track is a good example of how good Southern rap should be made. Slow beat, relaxed feel and laid back rapping. Eightball in my opinion is one of the best rappers in this rap game. He's an excellent story-teller and he has some incredible metaphors. I don't like MJG's style quite as much but I do think the two rappers go together really well. It seems like Eightball effortlessly commands the mic while MJG storms it with his energetic flow. "Love Hurts" sounds like another nonsense soft track but it's really a pretty good track. "Nobody But Me" is in a way the Down South version of Eminem's "The Way I Am" in some ways. "Throw Your Hands Up" featuring Outkast is another good track on the album that deserves to be mentioned. Outkast is a good group and the four rappers together tear up the mic like few others can do. Overall, this Down South production is full of laid back and high quality cuts.

Negatives: The second track, "We Started This", is a good example of everything the duo does wrong. The beat is way too fast and makes the rap sound unnecessarily hurried. The chorus is also weak and repetitive. "Get It Crunk" is another example of Ball & MJG relying on a weak chorus that never ends and a beat that could work for trance music. I'm a big fan of Eightball's Lost and I know these two can do better than this. At the end of the day, this CD is pretty cool though.

Average customer rating: ...Like listening to the greatest radio station ever...

In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Fenway Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00005YD71 Release Date: 2002-01-22

Tracks:

1. Convenient Avenue - El Nino
2. Sometimes - Ash
3. Fake In Love - The Brakes
4. Are You Ready - Cracktorch
5. Regret v1.0 - GFS
6. Family Circus - Micah Green
7. Falling - Ben Kweller
8. I Love You - H.e.a.d.
9. Wish - Jenn Beast And The Burdens
10. Phat Worm - Los Tormentos
11. Crave Me - Ten Ways From Sunday
12. Quasar - Ocio

Customer Reviews:

...Like listening to the greatest radio station ever..........2002-03-31

This compilation album was assembled and released by Mark Kates, the former Grand Royal president and Geffen executive who signed Beck, Elastica and Jawbreaker, and was a personal friend of Kurt Cobain's. But perhaps more important, Kates is a DJ, spinning as DJ Carbo at L.A.'s Viper Room and other hip places. This "In Our Lifetime" is the first volume in an ongoing series of compilations and is flawlessly sequenced -- it's like listening to the most interesting radio station you've ever come across -- one willing to play hard rock, singer/songwriters and even drum+bass. Buy this now!

Average customer rating: This album shows that ball & G are the best rappers alive!!! Space-age pimping all the way baby!!!!

In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 Eightball & MJG Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Southern Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000J2TG Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. We Started This
3. Paid Dues
4. Do It How It Go
5. Don't Flex
6. Belly
7. Daylight
8. We Don't Give A F**
9. Get It Crunk
10. Armed Robbery
11. Love Hurts
12. Nobody But Me
13. Throw Your Hands Up
14. Speed

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Taking their cues from Jay-Z, Eightball & M.J.G.'s latest opus aims for the panoramic, covering the vast spectrum from terrifying tales of the trifling hustler life to middling lamentations about the fates of their lives gone wrong. After four albums as a duo (not to mention their award-earning solo projects), the boys from Memphis do it better than most--which is inspiring because they joined forces in 1991, when "it was like a time they looked over Tennessee and didn't know hip-hop was in it" (from "Paid Dues"). Tracks like "Do It How It Go" and "Daylight" are classic Southern drive-time funk. Eightball & M.J.G. have more than paid their dues, having watched Southern-fried hip-hop get popular around them; guest shots from contemporaries like Outkast and the Goodie Mob's Cee-Lo, who sully themselves up to go grime for grime with their hosts, show just how far it's come. --Jon Caramanica

Customer Reviews:

This album shows that ball & G are the best rappers alive!!!.......1999-06-15

Over the last last 9yrs. many rappers have come and gone like the wind, but every time ball & g put out a record you can bet your last dollar that it is filled with the most creative lyrics and some of the best beats on the market. I really appreciate their talent and hope it keeps on growing then one day every one will realize that this cd and all to come will symbolize the growth process from COMIN OUT HARD to IN OUR LIFETIME and whatever other cd's are to come. THIS IS THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, AND THESE ARE THE WORDS OF AN UNBIAS LISTENER. FROM #1-14 ALL OF THE LYRICS ARE PLATNUM PLATED.....

Space-age pimping all the way baby!!!!.......1999-06-03

Eightball and MJG have done it again!! There new album in our lifetime may be there one yet. With the awsome bass heavy beat and lyrics that cut to the bone it's gets may vote for album of the year.

Dance Music:

1. Intro to Vol. 1
2. Jesus Wept
3. Kiss Your Ass Goodbye [CD-single]
4. La Conecta [Explicit Lyrics] [Soundtrack]
5. Last True Family Man [Import]
6. Latino Gangster Rappers
7. Layin' in the Cut
8. Let Me Know [CD-single] [Explicit Lyrics]
9. Madness [Explicit Lyrics]
10. Making History

Dance Music

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Dance Music

Tokyo: Recorded Live at on Air West Tokyo [Live]

Baroque Gems of the 18th Century

At the Opera House [Live]

The Very Best of Al B. Sure

Christina Aguilera

Breathing the Storm

Celtic Moods: Reflections

Boom Boom Baby [Explicit Lyrics]

Can't Stand Me Now [CD-single] [Import]

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2; Second Suite

Bring It on [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Cinema

Creciendo Dia A Dia

SING to the LORD

Fire and Ice