| My Life, Your Entertainment | ||||
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| Released | August 1, 2000 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
| Genre | Southern hip hop | |||
| Length | 49:52 | |||
| Label | DreamWorks [1] | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| RapReviews | 8.5/10 [3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
| Vibe | [5] |
My Life, Your Entertainment is the third and final studio album by P.A., released in 2000. [6] [7] Jim Crow, T.I., 8Ball, Goodie Mob, N.O.R.E., Pimp C, and YoungBloodZ make guest appearances on the album.
The album was produced by P.A., Organized Noize, and Craig Love. [8]
The Pitch wrote that the group "blasts dynamic street rhymes over guitar-laced tracks that would have both Jimi Hendrix and Iceberg Slim smilin’ ... the combination of heavy-metal riffs and seductive pimp-licious grooves created a unique, richly textured sound." [9] Rolling Stone wrote that P.A. "import shades of New York's ride-or-die anthems and old West Coast G-Funk into their crunk landscapes." [4] The New Pittsburgh Courier thought that the album "takes P.A.'s funkadelic hip-hop to a new level with grimy ghetto rhymes, syrupy rock guitars and ham-hock-thick beats." [10]
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