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Eightball And Mjg
Released 1999

Don't Flex
05:08
547 plays

Pad Dues
05:13
494 plays

Throw Your Hands Up
05:25
471 plays

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songs

- 1
- Intro
- 03:08
- 129 plays

- 2
- We Started This
- 04:05
- 332 plays

- 3
- Pad Dues
- 05:13
- 494 plays

- 4
- Do It How It Go
- 03:54
- 180 plays

- 5
- Don't Flex
- 05:08
- 547 plays

- 6
- Belly
- 04:52
- 145 plays

- 7
- Daylight
- 04:45
- 200 plays

- 8
- We Don't Give A Fuck
- 04:09
- 147 plays

- 9
- Get It Crunk
- 04:03
- 101 plays

- 10
- Armed Robbery
- 04:07
- 160 plays

- 11
- Love Hurts
- 04:42
- 202 plays

- 12
- Nobody But Me
- 04:59
- 200 plays

- 13
- Throw Your Hands Up
- 05:25
- 471 plays

- 14
- Speed
- 03:28
- 166 plays

album review

Aging does not become most hip-hop artists, nor do reunions. However, there are always exceptions that prove the rule and, apparently, In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 is one of those cases. Eightball & MJG went on hiatus in 1998, and they both released solo albums that weren't bad but weren't particularly noteworthy, either. Their reunion on In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1 is another story altogether. Working with producers Organized Noize, T-Mix, and Black, the duo has found an appealing variation on the Dirty South sound -- a smooth groove that recalls classic late-'70s/early-'80s funk, while taking chances with its drum machine rhythms and the overall sonic texture. Even the hardest-hitting cuts, "Get It Crunk" and "We Started This," have a spacy feel to their production. It all holds together, and none of the guest artists -- including Cee-Lo, Big Duke, Nina Creque, and OutKast -- detracts from Eightball & MJG, who have written some of their finest lyrics yet. The entire album is designed as an oral history of their past, and since they have a loose narrative to follow, they've wound up creating their most coherent -- and arguably best -- album yet. Very few rappers could claim to get better with age, but it seems like Eightball & MJG may be doing just that. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide