Life Story (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Life Story
Type = Album
Artist = Black Rob


Released = March 7, 2000
Recorded = ?
Genre = Hip hop
Length =
Label = Bad Boy Records
Producer = Black Rob
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre
Petey Pablo
Nashiem Myrick
Buckwild
Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence
Yogi
Mario Winans
Charlemagne
Puff Daddy
Carlos "Six July" Broady
Shak Bak
Richard Frierson
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:40d5vwria9xk link]
*The Source Rating|4.5|5
*Rolling Stone Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/blackrob/albums/album/127928/review/6067895/life_story]
Last album =
This album = "Life Story"
(2000)
Next album = "The Black Rob Report"
(2005)

"Life Story" is the debut album by Black Rob, an American hip hop musician. "Life Story" attempts to showcase Black Rob's struggle through hard beats and well constructed rhymes. The album boasts a wide range of guests, mostly fellow artists from Bad Boy Records.

Track listing

# "Mrs. Barry (Intro)"
#* Produced by Black Rob, Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, Petey Pablo
# "Life Story" (R. Ross/C. Clay/W. Garfield/N. Myrick/P. Neeley-Rolle/H. Pierre/J. Garfield)
#* Featuring Cheryl Pepsii Riley, Racquel
#* Produced by Nashiem Myrick
#* Contains a sample of "Sensitize" performed by Roy Ayers
# "Whoa!" (R. Ross/A. Best/H. Pierre)
#* Produced by Buckwild
# "Drive By (Interlude)"
#* Produced by Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence
# "Lookin' At Us" (R. Ross/D. Angelettie/D. Axlerod/T. Burton/N. Myrick)
#* Featuring Cee-Lo
#* Produced by Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
#* Contains a sample of "Terri's Tune" performed by David Axelrod
# "Down The Line Joint" (R. Ross/M. Betha/T. Coleman/S. Combs/M. Curry/J. Graham)
#* Featuring G-Dep, Mark Curry, Mase, Puff Daddy
#* Produced by Yogi
# "Espacio" (R. Ross/M. Winans/S. Combs/K. Jones)
#* Featuring Lil' Kim
#* Produced by Mario Winans
# "You Don't Know Me" (R. Ross/D. Abrahams/S. Combs/H. Pierre)
#* Featuring Joe Hooker
#* Produced by Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre
# "Can I Live" (R. Ross/S. Jacobs/A. Marks/L. McDaniels/J. Phillips/D. Styles/D. Angelettie)
#* Featuring The Lox
#* Produced by Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
# "Championship (Interlude)"
#* Produced by Black Rob, Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre
# "PD World Tour" (R. Ross/D. Angelettie/S. Combs/H. Charlemagne)
#* Featuring Puff Daddy
#* Produced by Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Charlemagne
# "Muscle Game" (R. Ross/M. Winans/M. Curry)
#* Featuring Mark Curry, Mario Winans
#* Produced by Mario Winans
# "Cop Skit (Interlude)"
#* Produced by Black Rob, Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre
# "B.R." (R. Ross/D. Angelettie/S. Clarke)
#* Featuring G-Dep
#* Produced by Black Rob, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
# "Thug Story" (R. Ross/R. Walters/S. Combs/H. Pierre)
#* Produced by Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, Puff Daddy
# "Jasmine" (R. Ross/T. Mahal/N. Myrick/D. Angelettie/C. Broady/C. Thomas)
#* Featuring Carl Thomas
#* Produced by Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Carlos "Six July" Broady, Nashiem Myrick
# "Mad Rapper (Interlude)"
#* Produced by Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
# "I Love You Baby" (R. Ross/R. Lawrence/L. Baxter/S. Combs)
#* Featuring Puff Daddy
#* Produced by Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence
#* Contains a sample of "Xtaby (Lure Of The Unknown Love)" performed by Yma Sumac
# "Spanish Fly" (R. Ross/M. Ciccone/P. Leonard/D.L. Roth/S. Watanabe/B. Gaitsch/J. Graham)
#* Featuring Jennifer Lopez
#* Produced by Yogi
# "Rise Up (Interlude)"
#* Produced by Shak Bak
# "I Dare You" (R. Ross/P. Politi/R. Frierson/B. White/H. Pierre)
#* Featuring Joe Hooker
#* Produced by Richard Frierson
#* Contains a sample of "Under The Influence Of Love" performed by Love Unlimited Orchestra

ingles

* "Whoa!"
** Release date: June 6, 2000

Chart positions

* "Life Story" cite web
url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=343795&model.vnuAlbumId=376989
title = Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Black Rob - Albums]
** Chart: The Billboard 200
** Peak position: 3
** Year: 2000
** Chart: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
** Peak position: 1
** Year: 2000

* "Whoa!" cite web
url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=343795&model.vnuAlbumId=376989
title = Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Black Rob - Singles]
** Chart: Hot Rap Singles
** Peak position: 8
** Year: 2000
** Chart: The Billboard Hot 100
** Peak position: 43
** Year: 2000

Credits

* Executive producer: Sean "Puffy Combs", Harve Pierre
* Project manager: Kim Lumpkin
* A&R: Harve Pierre
* Engineering: Kamel Abdo, Eric Butler, Roger Che, Stephen Dent, Tony Maserati, Michael Patterson, Joe "Smilin' Joe" Perrera, Ed Raso, Tony Smalios, Doug Wilson
* Assistant engineering: Lynn Montrose
* Mixing: Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander, Roger Che, Michael Patterson, Rob Paustian, Joe "Smilin' Joe" Perrera, Ed Raso
* Programming: Stephen Dent, Harve Pierre, Mario Winans
* Mastering: Herb Powers
* Photography: Jonathan Mannion
* Cover photo: Jonathan Mannion
* Sample clearance: Deborah Mannis-Gardner

References