Live from the Underground

Live from the Underground
Studio album by Big K.R.I.T.
Released	June 5, 2012
Recorded	2010–12
Genre	Hip hop, southern hip hop
Length	58:28
Label	Cinematic, Def Jam
Producer	Big K.R.I.T. (also exec.), Sha Money XL (exec.)
Big K.R.I.T. chronology
4eva N a Day (Road Less Traveled Edition) (2012) Live from the Underground (2012) King Remembered In Time (2013)
Singles from Live from the Underground
"Money on the Floor" Released: October 24, 2011 "I Got This" Released: March 21, 2012 "Yeah Dat's Me" Released: May 20, 2012 "What U Mean" Released: July 29, 2012

Live from the Underground is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist and a record producer Big K.R.I.T.. It was released on June 5, 2012, by his record label Cinematic Music Group, distributed by 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 this project. The album was supported by four singles: "Money on the Floor" featuring 8Ball & MJG and 2 Chainz, "I Got This", "Yeah Dat's Me", and "What U Mean" featuring Ludacris.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 41,000 copies in the United States.^[2] As of August 2012, the album sold 83,000 copies in the United States.^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	B-[5]
AllHipHop	8.5/10[6]
AllMusic	[7]
Consequence of Sound	[8]
DJBooth	[9]
Entertainment Weekly	A-[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Spin	8/10[12]
Sputnikmusic	[13]
XXL	(XL)[14]

The album received critical acclaim, earning a score of 78 out of 100, based on 24 reviews on Metacritic.^[4] Spin Magazine named the album the eleventh best Hip Hop album of 2012.^[15]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"LFU300MA (Intro)"	Justin Scott	2:13
2.	"Live from the Underground"	Scott	3:40
3.	"Cool 2 Be Southern"	Scott	3:22
4.	"I Got This"	Scott, Willie Hutch	3:22
5.	"Money on the Floor" (featuring 8Ball & MJG and 2 Chainz)	Scott, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, Tauheed Epps	4:07
6.	"What U Mean" (featuring Ludacris)	Scott, Christopher Bridges	3:56
7.	"My Sub (Pt. 2: The Jackin')"	Scott	4:11
8.	"Don't Let Me Down"	Scott	2:57
9.	"Porchlight" (featuring Anthony Hamilton)	Scott, Anthony Hamilton, Ronald LaPread, Lionel Richie	3:48
10.	"Pull Up" (featuring Big Sant & Bun B)	Scott, Bernard Freeman, Santiaugo "Big Sant" Gathright	4:01
11.	"Yeah Dat's Me"	Scott, Bobby Womack	3:25
12.	"Hydroplaning" (featuring Devin the Dude)	Scott, Devin Copeland	4:01
13.	"If I Fall" (featuring Melanie Fiona)	Scott	2:56
14.	"Rich Dad, Poor Dad"	Scott	3:06
15.	"Praying Man" (featuring B.B. King)	Scott	4:21
16.	"Live from the Underground (Reprise)" (featuring Ms. Linnie)	Scott	4:53
Total length:			58:28

Sample credits

• "I Got This" contain samples of "Theme of Foxy Brown" performed by Willie Hutch.
• "My Sub (Pt. 2: The Jackin')" contain samples of "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" performed by Indeep.
• "Porchlight" contain samples of "Say Yeah" performed by Commodores.
• "Yeah Dat's Me" contain samples of "Across 110th Street" performed by Bobby Womack and Peace.

Personnel

Credits for Live from the Underground adapted from Allmusic.^[16]

2 Chainz – vocals 8Ball – vocals Ian Allen – music business affairs Eric Bailey – art direction, design, illustrations Chris Bellman – mastering Big K.R.I.T. – engineer, mixing, primary artist, producer Big Sant – vocals Eric Bisgyer – assistant engineer C. Bridges (Ludacris) – composer, vocals Mike Brown – vocal engineer Leesa D. Brunson – A&R Ralph Cacciurri – engineer, mixing D. Copeland (Devin the Dude) – composer, vocals Vol S. Davis III – music business affairs Steven Defino – design producer Andre Drizza – engineer Chris Ebbert – assistant Alex Eremin – assistant engineer Tasha Evans – vocals (background) Melanie Fiona – vocals B. Freeman (Bun B) – composer, vocals M. Goodwin (MJG) – composer, vocals Tina Guo – cello Anthony Hamilton – vocals Keyon Harrold – flugelhorn, horn arrangements, trumpet Mike Hartnett – bass, guitar

Tony Hightower – vocals (background) Crystal Holy – vocals (background) Billy Hume – engineer, guitar, mixing W. Hutch – composer Marjoriea Jacobs – vocals (background) James Kang – assistant engineer Martin Kearns – keyboards Brian Kee – assistant engineer B.B. King – vocals, guitar Jason Kingsland – engineer Tai Linzie – art producer Ms. Linnie – vocals Pat Postlewait – bass L. Richie – composer Tacara Roberts – vocals Kathy Rodriguez-Harrold – horn arrangements, sax (alto), sax (tenor) Sha Money XL – A&R, executive producer Jonny Shipes – A&R, executive producer DJ Wally Sparks – A&R, scratching, vocals Steve-O – marketing Mark Tavern – A&R Antoinette Trotman – music business affairs Va$htie – vocals Lamar Williams – vocals (background) Tom Wolf – harmonica Nicole Wyskoarko – music business affairs

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	5
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)	1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	1

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