Live from the Underground

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Live from the Underground
KRIT Live form the underground.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 5, 2012
Recorded2010–2012
Genre Hip hop
Length58:28
Label
Producer
Big K.R.I.T. chronology
4eva N a Day
(2012)
Live from the Underground
(2012)
King Remembered in Time
(2013)
Singles from Live from the Underground
  1. "Money on the Floor"
    Released: October 24, 2011
  2. "I Got This"
    Released: March 21, 2012
  3. "Yeah Dat's Me"
    Released: May 20, 2012
  4. "What U Mean"
    Released: July 29, 2012

Live from the Underground is the debut studio album by American rapper and record producer Big K.R.I.T. It was released on June 5, 2012, by Cinematic Music Group and Def Jam Recordings. [1] As one of the executive producers on the album, Big K.R.I.T. did the production work for the entirety of the project. The album was supported by four singles: "Money on the Floor", "I Got This", "Yeah Dat's Me" and "What U Mean".

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.8/10 [2]
Metacritic 78/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllHipHop 8.5/10 [4]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The A.V. Club B− [6]
Consequence of Sound C+ [7]
Entertainment Weekly A− [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin 8/10 [10]
Sputnikmusic3/5 [11]
XXL 4/5 [12]

Live from the Underground received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 23 reviews. [3]

Adam Fleischer of XXL praised Big K.R.I.T. for maintaining his "traditionalist Southern aesthetic" and "nuanced sociopolitical themes" from his mixtapes and giving the tracks "a grounded sonic variety" of "sounds [are] individually diverse but complementary on the whole", concluding that: "In a time of formulaic approaches to club and radio hits, Big K.R.I.T. is navigating a space of bluesy Southern hip-hop like no artist in recent memory. With Live from the Underground, through deeply authentic takes on his own life and surroundings, the 2011 XXL Freshman has found a way to create some of the most resonating, least selfish rap music around." [12] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly wrote that: "With its feral lyrical hunger and playful production, Live From the Underground is the best distillation of the South since OutKast's rule-rewriting heyday." [8] AllMusic's David Jeffries gave praise to K.R.I.T. for "keeping quality control at top level" on his debut album by crafting "impeccable" beats and having a "precise and commanding" flow that sells "his exploration of major-label life ("I Got This", "My Sub")" while also delivering "some surprising pop experiments ("If I Fall", "Praying Man"), concluding that: "Live from the Underground winds up both an easy introduction to the man's talents and a crowd-pleasing effort with no stale sell-out aftertaste. He could have gone deeper, but this is certainly deep enough." [5]

Spin named Live from the Underground the eleventh best hip hop album of 2012. [13]

Commercial performance

Live from the Underground debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 41,000 copies in the United States. [14] As of August 2012, the album sold 83,000 copies in the United States. [15]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."LFU300MA (Intro)" Justin Scott 2:13
2."Live from the Underground"Scott3:40
3."Cool 2 Be Southern"Scott3:22
4."I Got This"3:22
5."Money on the Floor" (featuring 8Ball & MJG and 2 Chainz)4:07
6."What U Mean" (featuring Ludacris)3:56
7."My Sub (Pt. 2: The Jackin')"Scott4:11
8."Don't Let Me Down"Scott2:57
9."Porchlight" (featuring Anthony Hamilton)
3:48
10."Pull Up" (featuring Big Sant and Bun B)
4:01
11."Yeah Dat's Me"3:25
12."Hydroplaning" (featuring Devin the Dude)4:01
13."If I Fall" (featuring Melanie Fiona)Scott2:56
14."Rich Dad, Poor Dad"Scott3:06
15."Praying Man" (featuring B.B. King)Scott4:21
16."Live from the Underground (Reprise)" (featuring Ms. Linnie)Scott4:53
Total length:58:28

Personnel

Credits for Live from the Underground adapted from AllMusic. [16]

Charts

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