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8Ball and MJG Living Legends Release Date: 2004 05 11 Label: Bad Boy Entertainment P. Diddy claims that his Bad Boy record label and 8ball & MJG are a perfect match. It's really just strange, but kudos to Diddy for having the smarts to sign the duo. These "Legends of the South" still have their skills, but can they blend their sparse and hard Southern sound with the N.Y.C. glitz of Bad Boy? For the most part, the album works extremely well, except when Diddy interrupts the slow flow with a trite voice-over or any of his numerous reminders that this is a Bad Boy record. Hit the skip button early to avoid his corny toughness at the end of the otherwise excellent "When It's On" and you're better off. On the other hand, sticking Bad Boy's resident crooners 112 on "Trying to Get at You" is a smooth move that enlivens the track, and almost all the other bits of showiness work. It makes Living Legends one of the duo's more well-rounded albums, and there's no evidence the rappers themselves have gone soft. "Don't Make" is a thug creeper that Lil Jon would call "nasty," and both "You Don't Want Drama" and "Straight Cadillac Pimpin'" were already street-level mixtape endorsed before Living Legends' release. Diddy has gone home by the album's great, down-low fourth quarter and replaced with more complimentary guests like Lloyd and an extravicious Twista. The slow jam "Confessions" ends the album on high note, and even the interludes and skits are worth hearing more than once. Despite having nearly as many producers as songs, it all hangs together and the duo gets an album that's up to the level they deserve. Executive producing 8ball & MJG's strongest full-length in quite a while is something Diddy should crow about, but maybe not so much on the actual album. David Jeffries, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Album Intro Crawford 1:14 2 You Don't Want Drama Goodwin, Crawford, Smith 4:33 3 Straight Cadillac Pimpin' Jones, Goodwin, Smith, Knight 4:59 4 We Do It Myrick, Goodwin, Smith 5:09 5 Streets Smith, Goodwin, Williams 4:15 6 Mad Rapper (Interlude) Smith, Dimanche, Angelettie 1:16 7 Shot Off Vann X, Bridges, Devour 5:20 8 When It's On Graham, Smith, Goodwin 5:06 9 Trying to Get at You Shropshire, Smith, Bridges, Goodwin, De Grate 4:18 10 Baby Girl Goodwin, Smith, Graham 4:17 11 Get a Kit (Interlude) Walker, Dean 1:47 12 Forever Polipe, Goodwin, Smith 5:00 13 Look at the Grillz Goodwin, Harris, Mitchell, Smith, Smith 5:20 14 Living Legends (Interlude) Crawford 1:10 15 Don't Make Goodwin, Smith, Crawford 5:24 16 Memphis City Blues Smith, Thelusma, Goodwin 4:48 17 Gangsta Ogrin, Goodwin, Angelettie, Smith, Robinson 3:41 18 Confessions Smith, Gibb, Boyd, Valenzano, Gibb, Lyons, Gibb, Goodwin 4:33 Releases: Year Type Label 2004 LP Bad Boy Entertainment 2005 Bad Boy Entertainment 2005 Bad Boy Entertainment 2004 CD Bad Boy Entertainment

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