Nine Livez

Nine Livez
Studio album by Nine
Released	March 7, 1995
Recorded	1994
Genre	Hip hop, Horrorcore
Label	Profile
Producer	Rob Lewis, Tony Stoute
Nine chronology
Nine Livez (1995) Cloud 9 (1996)

Nine Livez is the debut album by rapper, Nine.

Background

Nine Livez was released through Profile Records on March 7, 1995. The album contained 15 tracks, 11 of which were produced by Rob Lewis (Record Producer), while the other four were produced by Tony Stoute (American Record Producer).

Three singles were released from the album. The first was "Whutcha Want?", released on January 24, 1995. The song was Nine's most success single, reaching #50 on the Billboard 200, his only single to reach that chart, while also reaching three other Bllboard charts, gaining the most success on the Hot Rap Singles chart where it peaked at 3. The second single was Any Emcee, released on March 28, 1995. The song heavily sampled the bass line of "I'll Be Around" by The Spinners, while the chorus was taken from Eric B. & Rakim's "My Melody". "Any Emcee" made it to three Billboard charts, its highest chart position was 21 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales. The third was "Ova Confident", but it did not reach the Billboard charts.^[1] All three singles had promotional music videos shot and released.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Critically, Nine Livez was met with favorable reviews, Allmusic gave the album a solid 3 out of a possible 5 stars calling the album "Far from a classic, Nine Livez is an under-appreciated album from an underrated artist".^[3] Rap Reviews gave the album a more favorable review, giving it 8.0 out of a possible 10 and calling it "one of the best albums of 1995, if not the entire decade".^[4]

Nine Livez peaked at 90 on the Billboard 200 and #18 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, reaching both those positions on March 25, 1995.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Intro (Death of a Demo)"
2. "Ova Confident"
3. "Redrum"
4. "Da Fundamentalz"
5. "Hit Em Like Dis"
6. "Who U Won Test"
7. "Whutcha Want?"
8. "Fo'eva Blunted"
9. "Peel"
10. "Rataliate"
11. "Tha Cypha"
12. "Ahh Shit"
13. "Everybody Won Heaven"
14. "Any Emcee"
15. "Ta Rasss"

Chart history

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	90
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	18

Samples

• "Any Emcee"
  • "I'll Be Around" by The Spinners
• "Fo'eva Blunted"
  • "Stockyard" by Galt MacDermot
• "Da Fundamentalz"
  • "One one One" by Hall & Oates
• "Whutcha Want?"
  • "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
  • "Spinning Wheel" by Lonnie Liston Smith
• "Peel"
  • "Song for a Friend" by Billy Cobham
• "Ova Confident"
  • "Rough..." By Queen Latifah Featuring Treach, Heavy D And KRS-One

References

1. ^ "Nine's chart history at Billboard.com". Billboard.com. 2010-04-15. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/nine/chart-history/118701?f=367&g=Singles. 
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ "Nine Livez review at Allmusic.com". Allmusic.com. 2010-04-15. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r209254. 
4. ^ "Nine Livez review at Rapreviews.com". Rapreviews.com. 2001-06-28. http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_ninelivez.html. 
5. ^ "Nine Livez chart positions at Billboard.com". Billboard.com. 2010-04-15. http://www.billboard.com/#/album/nine/nine-livez/160776. 

External links

• Nine Livez at Allmusic
• Nine Livez at Discogs
• Nine Livez at Tower Records
• Nine Livez at Billboard