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When Def Jam signed Ludacris in 2000, the Atlanta rapper had already released a regionally successful independent album (Incognegro) with a hot single ("What's Your Fantasy"). So rather than send Ludacris back into the studio to record a follow-up album, Def Jam chose to repackage Incognegro as Back for the First Time (the title a play on the re-released nature of the music) and append some new material. The decision proved wise. Incognegro had been a strong album debut, produced largely by talented newcomer Shondrae, along with Organized Noize (who produce "Game Got Switched") and Jermaine Dupri ("Get Off Me"), and featuring a roster of hungry underground rappers (I-20, Fat Wilson, Shawnna, Pastor Troy, 4-Ize). Plus, "What's Your Fantasy" was already a proven hit, if perhaps too explicit for mainstream radio play. The real difference between Incognegro and Back for the First Time, however, is the newly recorded material -- four songs, each a standout: the Neptunes-produced club-banger "Southern Hospitality," the previously released Timbaland-produced "Phat Rabbit," the rowdy U.G.K.-featuring "Stick 'Em Up," and the provocative Trina and Foxy Brown remix of "What's Your Fantasy." The most significant of these additions is "Southern Hospitality," a feel-good party song that -- sequenced late in the album, at track 14 -- comes as a pleasant relief after the proceeding up-from-the-underground hardcore tone of Incognegro/Back for the First Time.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, MainArtist - Shondrae Santiago, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Shondraé, Producer
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Rico Wade, ComposerLyricist - Patrick Brown, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, MainArtist - Organized Noize, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Murray, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, MainArtist - Arbie Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Sandmanie, ComposerLyricist - Infamous 2-0, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fate Wilson, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - China Burton, ComposerLyricist - Shondrae Santiago, ComposerLyricist - Shondraé, Producer
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Shondrae Crawford, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, MainArtist - Shawnna, FeaturedArtist - Shondrae Santiago, Producer - Shondraé, Producer
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, Producer, MainArtist - Infamous 2-0, Producer
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, MainArtist - JERMAINE DUPRI, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Pastor Troy, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, Producer, MainArtist - Tony Hayes III, ComposerLyricist - 4-Ize, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Chad Butler, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, MainArtist - UGK, FeaturedArtist - Bernard James Freeman, ComposerLyricist - Shondrae Santiago, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Shondraé, Producer
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, Producer, MainArtist - Infamous 2-0, Producer - Shondrae Santiago, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, MainArtist - Shondrae Santiago, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Shondraé, Producer
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, MainArtist - Mike Johnson, Producer
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, Producer, MainArtist - Arbie Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Sandmanie, ComposerLyricist - Infamous 2-0, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Fate Wilson, Producer, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, ComposerLyricist - Ludacris, MainArtist - Pharrell, FeaturedArtist - Andrew Coleman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Chris Bridges, ComposerLyricist - Trina, FeaturedArtist - Ludacris, MainArtist - Foxy Brown, FeaturedArtist - Shawnna, FeaturedArtist - Shondrae Santiago, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Shondraé, Producer
℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
When Def Jam signed Ludacris in 2000, the Atlanta rapper had already released a regionally successful independent album (Incognegro) with a hot single ("What's Your Fantasy"). So rather than send Ludacris back into the studio to record a follow-up album, Def Jam chose to repackage Incognegro as Back for the First Time (the title a play on the re-released nature of the music) and append some new material. The decision proved wise. Incognegro had been a strong album debut, produced largely by talented newcomer Shondrae, along with Organized Noize (who produce "Game Got Switched") and Jermaine Dupri ("Get Off Me"), and featuring a roster of hungry underground rappers (I-20, Fat Wilson, Shawnna, Pastor Troy, 4-Ize). Plus, "What's Your Fantasy" was already a proven hit, if perhaps too explicit for mainstream radio play. The real difference between Incognegro and Back for the First Time, however, is the newly recorded material -- four songs, each a standout: the Neptunes-produced club-banger "Southern Hospitality," the previously released Timbaland-produced "Phat Rabbit," the rowdy U.G.K.-featuring "Stick 'Em Up," and the provocative Trina and Foxy Brown remix of "What's Your Fantasy." The most significant of these additions is "Southern Hospitality," a feel-good party song that -- sequenced late in the album, at track 14 -- comes as a pleasant relief after the proceeding up-from-the-underground hardcore tone of Incognegro/Back for the First Time.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:30
- Main artists: Ludacris
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RAL (Rush Associated Label)
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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