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8Ball & MJG
8Ball & MJG is an American
hip hop duo from
Memphis, Tennessee. The two rappers met at
Ridgeway Middle School (Memphis, Tennessee) in 1984. In 1993, the duo released their debut album
Comin' Out Hard. They went on to release
On the Outside Looking In (1994),
On Top of the World (1995),
In Our Lifetime (1999),
Space Age 4 Eva(2000),
Living Legends (2004),
Ridin High (2007) and
Ten Toes Down (2010).
8Ball & MJG
Origin Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Genres Hip hop,
Southern hip hop
Years active 1991–present
Labels Suave House,
Grand Hustle,
E1 Music,
Bad Boy South,
Real Talk
Associated acts Three 6 Mafia,
UGK,
Young Buck,
Al Kapone,
T.I.,
Lil' Flip,
112,
Yo Gotti,
Tameka Cottle
Members Premro "8Ball" Smith
Marlon Jermaine "MJG" Goodwin
CareerEdit
They first appeared on the rap scene with their 1991 underground album
Listen to the Lyrics.
[1] In 1993, they released the successful album
Comin' Out Hard.
[2] Their subsequent albums in the 1990s including 1994's
On the Outside Looking In, and 1995's
On Top of the World cemented their status as some of the South's best rappers.
[3] On Top of the World was particularly successful, peaking at #8 on the
Billboard Hot 200 and being certified Gold.
[3] It also contained the song "Space Age Pimpin'", which was 8Ball & MJG's first single to chart, reaching #58 on the
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Trackschart and #22 on the
Hot Rap Singles chart.
[4] After those albums both 8Ball & MJG released solo albums, first MJG's
No More Glory in 1997 and then 8Ball's
Lost in 1998.
[5][6] They reunited in 1999 to release their fourth album as a group, titled
In Our Lifetime.
[7] One year later in 2000, they released their fifth group album entitled
Space Age 4 Eva.
[8]
In 1996, they appeared on the
Red Hot Organization's compilation CD,
America is Dying Slowly, alongside
Biz Markie,
Wu-Tang Clan, and
Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip hop artists.
[9] The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as "a masterpiece" by
The Source magazine.
[9] In the early 2000s they would sign with
Sean Combs'
Bad Boy Records.
[10] They already had some experience with the label, being featured on the song "The Player Way" from Bad Boy rapper
Mase's 1997 album
Harlem World.
[11] Their first album for
Bad Boy Records,
Living Legends, came out in 2004 and was certified
Gold by the
RIAA.
[12] Their second album on
Bad Boy Records was titled
Ridin High and was released in March 2007.
[12]
Commercially one of the high points of 8Ball & MJG's career was their being featured on
Three 6 Mafia's hit song "
Stay Fly" in 2005.
[13] That song peaked at #13 on the
BillboardHot 100, which is the biggest hit of Three 6 Mafia's career and the biggest hit for 8Ball & MJG.
[13] The song was a collaboration between two of the most successful rap groups from the state of
Tennessee, from whence Three 6 Mafia also hail.
[13] Today 8Ball and MJG also head their own record labels. 8Ball heads 8 Ways Entertainment (distributed by
Koch Entertainment), while MJG heads MJG Muzik.
[14] On their label are the young, up and coming Memphis duo, Da Volunteers, who are widely known throughout the
Southern United States for their 2006 single, "What's Yo Favorite Color?", which glorifies their neighborhood of
Orange Mound.
[14]
In September 2007, 8Ball and MJG signed deals in Sacramento, CA with
Real Talk Entertainment 8Ball released a group album with E.D.I of the Outlawz entitled
Doin' It Bigon April 1, 2008 and MJG released a solo album entitled
Pimp Tight on April 29, 2008.
[14][15] In June 2008 the group announced that they officially signed onto
T.I.'s record label
Grand Hustle.
[16] Their eighth album as a group and their first on Grand Hustle, titled
Ten Toes Down, was released in May 2010.
[17] It reached #36 on the
Billboard 200 in its first week.
[17]
DiscographyEdit
Main article:
8Ball & MJG discography
Studio albumsEdit
8Ball albumsEdit
MJG albumsEdit
References
External linksEdit
Last edited 2 months ago by an anonymous user
Living Legends (album)
album by 8Ball & MJG
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