Life Insurance (album)

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Life Insurance
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ReleasedAugust 5, 1997
Recorded1996−1997
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Life Insurance
(1997)
Da Next Level
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Life Insurance is the debut album by rapper, Mr. Serv-On. It was released on August 5, 1997 through No Limit Records and was mostly produced by the labels in-house production team, Beats By the Pound, with one track produced by Brotha Lynch Hung. The album was both a commercial and critical success selling 98,000 units in one week, peaking at #20 on the Billboard 200 and #12 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Let's Get It Started"- 4:18 (featuring Master P, Mia X and Silkk the Shocker)
  2. "My Best Friend"- 5:03 (featuring Master P)
  3. "Head & Shoulders"- 4:44 (featuring Mia X and Silkk the Shocker)
  4. "Heaven Is So Close"- 5:35 (featuring Master P, Silkk the Shocker, Kenya Miller and Mo B. Dick)
  5. "It's Real"- 4:25 (featuring Brotha Lynch Hung and Master P)
  6. "Pussy Dreams"- 4:04 (featuring Odell)
  7. "Die Rich"- 4:50 (featuring Mac, Prime Suspects and Lil Gotti of Gambino Family)
  8. "Who Raised Me"- 4:47 (featuring Fiend)
  9. "You Know I Would"- 3:29 (featuring Mia X)
  10. "Hustlin"- 3:45 (featuring Master P and Mystikal)
  11. "Cemetery Made"- 3:51 (featuring C-Murder)
  12. "5 Hollow Points"- 4:17 (featuring Mia X, Big Ed the Assassin, Fiend and Kane & Abel)
  13. "Tryin' to Make It Out da Ghetto"- 3:04 (featuring Master P and Mac)
  14. "Time to Check My Fetty"- 3:25 (featuring Master P)
  15. "Affiliated"- 4:09
  16. "We Ain't the Same"- 4:34 (featuring Big Ed the Assassin and Mo B. Dick)
  17. "Throw Ya City Up"- 3:59
  18. "Last Wordz"- 4:11 (featuring Mia X)

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