Lost (8Ball album)

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Lost
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 19, 1998
Recorded1997–1998
Genre Hip hop
Length115min
Label Draper Inc. Records
Producer Tony Draper, T-Mix, Jones & Draper Company, Tone Capone, The Legendary Traxster, Ant Banks, Carlos Stephens, N.O. Joe
Eightball chronology
Lost
(1998)
Almost Famous
(2001)
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Lost is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Eightball. It is a double album. The album was released on May 19, 1998, by Draper Inc. Records. 8Ball had already released three albums as a part of the group 8Ball & MJG, but after 1995's On Top of the World the group decided to make solo albums before reuniting as a group. This was the second of the group's solo albums, being released after MJG's No More Glory . This album has been certified Platinum by the RIAA for selling 1.8 million copies in the U.S. The song "Drama in My Life" was first heard on the soundtrack album to the 1998 film Woo .

Contents

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Intro"2:28
2."Put tha House on It"4:39
3."All 4 Nuthin'"4:56
4."Bounce wit Me"3:57
5."Drama in My Life" (featuring Psycho Drama)5:28
6."My Homeboy's Girlfriend"4:37
7."Stompin' and Pimpin'" (featuring MJG)4:50
8."Backyard Mississippi" (featuring Goodie Mob)3:58
9."If I Die"5:07
10."The Artist Pays the Price"5:30
11."Get Money" (featuring Busta Rhymes)4:46
12."Ghetto Luv"4:35
13."All On Me"2:04
14."Lost"4:52
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."360°" (featuring Rappin' 4-Tay, Spice 1, E-40 & Otis & Shug)4:37
2."Let's Ride" (featuring MJG)3:59
3."Time"4:30
4."Coffee Shop" (featuring Redman)5:03
5."Pure Uncut" (featuring Master P, Silkk the Shocker, Mystikal & Psycho Drama)4:40
6."Down and Out"3:55
7."Put Your Hands Up" (featuring MJG)3:44
8."Ball and Bun" (featuring Bun B)4:32
9."I Don't Wanna Die"4:52
10."My First Love"4:27
11."Get Bucked"4:39
12."This Is Dedicated" (featuring Phoenix Johnson)4:42
Disc 3 (Bonus 1998 version)
No.TitleLength
1."Ill Hill Niggas" (Ill Hill Billies)4:09
2."Been Done Some Shit" (Psycho Drama)4:33
3."How We Roll" (Canibus & Panama P.I.)4:15
4."Scummie" (Crucial Conflict)4:33
5."What You Weigh Me" (A+ & MJG)4:12
6."Many Know" (McGruff)3:31
7."Incarcerated Minds" (MJG)4:35
8."Class in Session" (Thorough)4:37
9."Baby Baby" (The Reepz)4:02
10."The Moocher" (Fa Sho featuring Coldhard)4:55
11."All the Way" (Rodney Ellis)4:43
12."Can't Stop" (Too Short & Eightball & M.J.G.)6:05

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