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Ludacris
Back for the First Time
Release Date: 2000 10 17
Label: Def Jam
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When Def Jam signed Ludacris in 2000, the Atlanta rapper had already released a regionally successful independent album (Incognegro) with a hot single ("What's Your Fantasy"). So rather than send Ludacris back into the studio to record a follow-up album, Def Jam chose to repackage Incognegro as Back for the First Time (the title a play on the re-released nature of the music) and append some new material. The decision proved wise. Incognegro had been a strong album debut, produced largely by talented newcomer Shondrae, along with Organized Noize (who produce "Game Got Switched") and Jermaine Dupri ("Get Off Me"), and featuring a roster of hungry underground rappers (I-20, Fat Wilson, Shawnna, Pastor Troy, 4-Ize). Plus, "What's Your Fantasy" was already a proven hit, if perhaps too explicit for mainstream radio play. The real difference between Incognegro and Back for the First Time, however, is the newly recorded material -- four songs, each a standout: the Neptunes-produced club-banger "Southern Hospitality," the previously released Timbaland-produced "Phat Rabbit," the rowdy U.G.K.-featuring "Stick 'Em Up," and the provocative Trina and Foxy Brown remix of "What's Your Fantasy." The most significant of these additions is "Southern Hospitality," a feel-good party song that -- sequenced late in the album, at track 14 -- comes as a pleasant relief after the proceeding up-from-the-underground hardcore tone of Incognegro/Back for the First Time. Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1U Got a Problem?Ludacris4:55
2Game Got SwitchedLudacris, Infamous 2-0, Fat Wilson4:09
31st & 10Ludacris3:43
4What's Your FantasyLudacris4:35
5Come on Over (Skit)1:03
6Hood StuckLudacris4:21
7Get Off MePastor Troy, Ludacris2:45
8Mouthing OffLudacris, 4-Ize3:01
9Stick 'Em UpLudacris, UGK5:05
10Ho (Skit):42
11HoLudacris2:50
12Tickets Sold Out (Skit):32
13Catch UpInfamous 2-0, Ludacris, Fat Wilson4:14
14Southern HospitalityWilliams, Ludacris5:00
15What's Your Fantasy [Remix][Mix]Ludacris4:37
16Phat RabbitMosley, Ludacris4:58

Other Releases:
Back for the First Time [Clean]
Release Date: 2000
Label: Def Jam








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