Bred 2 Die, Born 2 Live


Bred 2 Die, Born 2 Live is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Lil Scrappy. It was released on December 5, 2006, through G'$ Up Entertainment, G-Unit Records, BME Recordings, and Reprise Records.
Recording sessions took place at The Vault in Miami, at Tree Sound Studios in Duluth, at Hot Beats Studio, S-Line Recording, Stankonia Recording, Bangladesh Studios, Aphilliates Studios and Drum Squad Studios in Atlanta, at Jumpstart Productions in Brisbane, at Hypnotize Minds Studios in Memphis, at the Record Plant and the Studio at the Sunset Marquis in Hollywood, at The Big House in Farmington Hills and at 54 Sound in Detroit, with additional recording at McCoy Street Studio in Atlanta and Battery Studios in New York.
Production was handled by Lil Jon, Bangladesh, DJ Paul, Don Cannon, Drumma Boy, Eminem, Ike Dirty, Jake One, Jazze Pha, J. R. Rotem, Juicy J, Kadis, Ky Miller, Sean Marshall and Sha Money XL.
It features guest appearances from Bo Hagon, 50 Cent, Lil' Chris, Lil Jon, Lloyd, Nook, Olivia, Playboy Tre', StayFresh, Three 6 Mafia, Yo Gotti, Young Buck, Young Dro, Yung Joc, E-40 and Sean P.
The album debuted at number 24 on the Billboard 200, number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 3 on the Top Rap Albums charts, with first-week sales of 82,000 copies in the United States. Its lead single, "Money in the Bank", made it to number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 5 on the Hot Rap Songs, received gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, and was included in the video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007.

Track listing

;Sample credits
  • Track 5 contains elements of "Do the Damn Thing" written by John Jackson, Jay Jenkins and Sharif Slater and performed by Fabolous and Young Jeezy.
  • Track 9 contains samples of "Smile" written by Brad Jordan, Tupac Shakur, Michael Dean, James Harris III and Terry Lewis and performed by Scarface.
  • Track 12 contains elements of "Narrow People" written by Kenneth Johnson and Jerry Ritchey and performed by California Poppy Pickers.
  • Track 13 contains elements of "Just Be True" written by Curtis Mayfield and performed by David Porter.
  • Track 16 contains interpolations of "Lead Me On" written by Don Robey.

Personnel

  • Darryl "Lil Scrappy" Richardson II – vocals
  • Jasiel "Yung Joc" Robinson – vocals
  • Stay Fresh – vocals
  • David "Young Buck" Brown – vocals
  • D'Juan "Young Dro" Hart – vocals
  • Cedric "Bohagon" Leonard – vocals
  • Jonathan "Lil Jon" Smith – vocals, drum programming, keyboards, producer, mixing, executive producer
  • Paul "DJ Paul" Beauregard – vocals, producer & recording
  • Jordan "Juicy J" Houston – vocals, producer & recording
  • Playboy Tré – vocals
  • Lloyd Polite – vocals
  • Mario "Yo Gotti" Mims – vocals
  • Christopher "Lil Chris" Bell – vocals
  • Nook – vocals
  • Olivia Longott – vocals
  • Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson – vocals, executive producer
  • Sean Paul Joseph – vocals
  • Earl "E-40" Stevens – vocals
  • Craig Love – guitar
  • Lamarquis Jefferson – bass
  • Detroit Nix – keyboards
  • Shondrae "Bangladesh" Crawford – keyboards, producer & recording
  • Justin Ellington – keyboards
  • Luis Resto – keyboards
  • Jeff Bass – keyboards
  • Steve King – bass guitar
  • Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – producer
  • Isaac "Ike Dirty" Hayes III – producer & recording
  • Jonathan "J. R." Rotem – producer
  • Don Cannon – producer & recording
  • Michael "Sha Money XL" Clervoix – producer
  • Kyeme "Ky" Miller – producer, recording
  • Christopher "Drumma Boy" Gholson – producer & recording
  • Gary "Kadis" Spriggs – producer
  • Sean Marshall – producer
  • Jacob "Jake One" Dutton – producer
  • Marshall "Eminem" Mathers – producer
  • Mark Vinten – recording
  • Nico Solis – recording
  • Mickey Lewis – recording
  • Chris Carmouche – recording
  • Malik Albert – recording
  • Mike Hogue – recording, mixing
  • Jason Fleming – recording
  • Mike Strange – recording
  • John Frye – mixing
  • Leslie Brathwaite – mixing
  • Pat Viala – mixing
  • Steve Baughman – mixing
  • Dana "Dee Jay Dana" Ramey – additional recording
  • Thomas "Tom Cat" Bennett – additional recording
  • Rich Tapper – additional recording, recording assistant
  • Keith Sengbusch – additional recording assistant, recording assistant
  • Warren Bletcher – recording assistant
  • Gary Fly – mixing assistant
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Robert "R.O.B." McDowell – executive producer
  • Dwayne "Emperor" Searcy – executive producer
  • Kevin "Coach K" Lee – executive producer
  • Vince "VP" Phillips – executive producer
  • Rawle Stewart – executive producer
  • Tom Whalley – executive producer
  • Anthony Mandler – photography
  • Darrell Steven "Chris" Lighty – management