Living Legends (album)
Living Legends is the sixth studio album by American hip hop duo 8Ball & MJG. It was released on May 11, 2004, via Bad Boy South. The album was produced by Anthony "Scoe" Walker, Bangladesh, Cool & Dre, Davour, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Gorilla Tek, Lil' Jon, Nashiem Myrick, Red Spyda, Stevie J, the Wunda Twinz, Vanex, and Yogi Bear. It features guest appearances from P. Diddy, 112, Bun B, Lloyd, Ludacris, Poo Bear, Shannon Jones, T.I., and Twista.
The album peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and atop of both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and the Top Rap Albums charts in the United States. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 20, 2004, for selling 500,000 copies in the US alone. Its lead single, "You Don't Want Drama", made it to number 30 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 22 on the Hot Rap Songs charts.
Track listing
;Sample credits- Track 1 contains samples from "West Across the Ocean Sea" written by Vangelis.
- Track 9 contains interpolations from the composition "Come and Talk to Me" written by Donald DeGrate.
- Track 17 contains samples from the composition "Fresh" written by Dave Orgin and Jonathan Robinson.
- Track 18 contains interpolations from the composition "Reaching Out" written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb.
Personnel
- Premro "8Ball" Smith — vocals
- Marlon "MJG" Goodwin — vocals
- Shannon Jones — vocals
- Bernard "Bun B" Freeman — vocals
- Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges — vocals
- Sean "P. Diddy" Combs — vocals, executive producer
- 112 — vocals
- Lloyd Polite — vocals
- Clifford "T.I." Harris — vocals
- Carl "Twista" Mitchell — vocals
- Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd — vocals
- Anthony "Scoe" Walker — producer, recording
- Shondrae "Bangladesh" Crawford — producer, recording, mixing
- Davour — producer
- Vanex — producer
- Nashiem Myrick — producer
- The Wunda Twinz — producer
- Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie — producer
- Jeremy "Yogi Bear" Graham — producer
- Tony "Gorilla Tek" Castillo — producer
- Jonathan "Lil' Jon" Smith — producer
- Andy "Red Spyda" Thelusma — producer
- Pop Traxx — producer
- Marcello "Cool" Valenzano — producer
- Andre "Dre" Lyon — producer
- Steven "Stevie J." Jordan — co-producer
- Ariel Borujow — recording
- Elizabeth Collins — recording
- Shannon "Slam" Lawrence — recording
- Alexis Seton — recording
- Stephen Dent — recording
- Bernowksi Wall — recording
- Frankie Harley Jr. — recording
- Nikolas Marzouca — recording
- Dale Ramsey — recording
- Steve Nowa — recording
- Mark Vinten — recording
- Steve Pageot — recording
- Ed Raso — mixing
- Rich Keller — mixing
- John Frye — mixing
- Ray Seay — mixing
- Chris Athens — mastering
- Conrad Dimanche — associate executive producer, A&R
- Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre — associate executive producer
- Abbey Katz — art direction
- Scott Sandler — logo design
- Jonathan Mannion — photography