Life (Yo Gotti album)

Life
Studio album by Yo Gotti
Released May 13, 2003
Recorded 2002–03
Genre Gangsta rap, southern hip hop
Length 60:30
Label TVT Records
Yo Gotti chronology
Self-Explanatory
(2001)		 Life
(2003)		 Back 2 da Basics
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Life is the debut studio album by American rapper Yo Gotti.[2] It was released on May 13, 2003, by TVT Records.

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Intro"    3:56
2. "All I Ever Wanted to Do" (featuring Kia Shine)  4:03
3. "Sell My Dope"    4:24
4. "Dirty South Soldiers" (featuring Lil Jon)  4:57
5. "Reppin' North Memphis"    3:06
6. "Str8 from da North"    4:35
7. "Get Down" (featuring Lil' Flip)  4:12
8. "After I Fuck Ya Bitch (Remix)"    4:37
9. "Entering the Game"    3:52
10. "Life"    4:07
11. "9 to 5"    3:17
12. "Breakaman"    4:22
13. "Shake It" (featuring Rich Burn)  2:56
14. "Look at Old Girl" (featuring Block Burnaz)  4:50
15. "On da Grind"    3:22
16. "U Understand"    4:53
17. "Mr. Tell It"    4:49
18. "Dirty South Soldiers (Rap Hustlaz Remix)" (featuring Lil Jon, V-Slash & Kia Shine)  5:38
19. "Pop Kone" (featuring Lil Jon)  3:44

Critical reception

Allmusic writer Jason Birchmeier awarded the album three stars and described it as "typical of the genre".[1] Matt Gonzales of PopMatters also gave the album a lukewarm review, viewing Yo Gotti as "lyrically indistinguishable from a sea of bitter, street-hustling rappers exactly like himself".[3] Geoff Harkness, writing for The Pitch saw merit in Gotti's lyrics, but opined that "the played-out beats, the hoary "Dirty South" shout-outs and Gotti's perfunctory delivery ... hinder the album beyond repair."[4] The Memphis Flyer commented on the "vintage Def Jam-style production" and "facility with R&B hooks", and viewed the album as revealing "a wider range of musical and emotional options than is usually heard on Memphis rap records".[5] The New York Times' Kelefa Sanneh, reviewing his next album, described Life as "an uncelebrated gem".[6]

Several reviewers commented on the cover art, with Gonzales stating that from the cover the album could be mistaken "for a Wayans Brothers project skewering the worn-out conventions of hardcore rap".[3] Harkness described the cover showing Yo Gotti "surrounded by snazzy cars, diamond-encrusted hubcaps and a flurry of $100 bills -- not exactly indicators that songs about the current political climate or uplifting one's spiritual self will be found inside."[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Life (Yo Gotti album) at AllMusic Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Life: Yo Gotti: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  3. 1 2 Gonzales, Matt (2003) "Yo Gotti Life", PopMatters, 21 October 2003, retrieved 2010-01-31
  4. 1 2 Harkness, Geoff (2003) "Yo Gotti Life", The Pitch, July 31, 2003, retrieved 2010-01-31
  5. ↑ "Hear This: Al Green, Memphix, and Yo Gotti helped lead the way in Memphis music for 2003", Memphis Flyer, January 1, 2004, retrieved 2010-01-31
  6. ↑ Sanneh, Kelefa (2006) "Critics' Choice: New CDs", New York Times, May 22, 2006, retrieved 2010-01-31
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