Get It How U Live!

Get It How U Live!!
Studio album by Hot Boys
Released	October 28, 1997 (1997-10-28)
Studio	Cash Money Studios
Genre	Southern hip-hop gangsta rap
Length	1:01:00
Label	Cash Money
Producer	Mannie Fresh
Hot Boys chronology
Get It How U Live!! (1997) Guerrilla Warfare (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Get It How U Live!! is the debut studio album by American hip-hop quartet the Hot Boys. ^[3] It was released on October 28, 1997, via Cash Money Records. Recorded at Cash Money Studios, it was entirely produced by Mannie Fresh. It features guest appearances from Big Tymers and Bun B. The album peaked at number 37 on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and the Heatseekers Albums charts in the United States.

Due to a distribution deal with Universal Records signed in March 1998, the album was reissued in 1999 a few weeks before the release of Guerrilla Warfare .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dwayne Carter, Terius Gray, Christopher Dorsey and Tab Virgil.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro "Bigtimers""	2:46
2.	"We on Fire"	4:18
3.	"50 Shots Set's It Off"	5:02
4.	"On tha Porch (Part 1)"	1:01
5.	"Block Burner" (Lil Wayne)	4:44
6.	"Neighborhood Superstar" (featuring Big Tymers)	4:43
7.	"Take It Off Your Shoulder" (Juvenile)	4:01
8.	"Dirty World"	5:09
9.	"I'm a Hot Boy" (B.G.)	3:52
10.	"Get It How U Live!!"	4:14
11.	"On tha Porch (Part 2)"	1:23
12.	"I'm Com'n" (featuring Bun B)	5:20
13.	"Infrared Dot" (Turk)	4:15
14.	"Blood Thicker" (featuring Big Tymers & Magnoila Shorty)	4:21
15.	"Spit 'n Game"	5:51
Total length:		1:01:00

Personnel

• Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter – songwriter, vocals
• Terius "Juvenile" Gray – songwriter, vocals
• Christopher "B.G." Dorsey – songwriter, vocals
• Tab "Turk" Virgil Jr. – songwriter, vocals
• Bryan "Baby" Williams – vocals (tracks: 1, 6, 14), executive producer, booking
• Byron "Mannie Fresh" Thomas – vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10), guitar, keyboards, producer, mixing
• Bernard "Bun B" Freeman – vocals (track 12)
• Roger "Grey Hair" Slim – engineering
• Ronald "Slim" Williams – executive producer
• Pen & Pixel – artwork, design, layout

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [4]	37
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [5]	37

References

1. Salaam, Mtume. "Get It How U Live! - The Hot Boys | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
2. R., P.; B., N. (2004). Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon and Schuster. pp.  394–395. ISBN   978-0-7432-0169-8.
3. Brown, Preezy (October 27, 2017). "What Millennials Should Know About… Hot Boys' 'Get It How U Live!'". VIBE . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
4. "Hot Boys Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
5. "Heatseekers". Billboard . Vol. 109, no. 41. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 11, 1997. p. 26. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved December 16, 2019.

External links

• Get It How U Live!! at Discogs (list of releases)