Get It How U Live!
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Get It How U Live! is the debut album by New Orleans hip-hop
group, the Hot Boys
, released on October 28, 1997 on Cash Money Records
. The album quickly sold over 300,000 copies, primarily in New Orleans following B.G.
's success. Although Get It How U Live! was considered a rap album, it managed to peak at #37 on the Billboard
Top R&B Albums in 1997. All tracks featured on the album were produced by Mannie Fresh
.
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
group, the Hot Boys
Hot Boys
The Hot Boys is a music American hip hop group active from 1996 to 2001 and reformed in 2007. The group consists of rappers formerly on the New Orleans-based record label, Cash Money Records. The members are Lil Wayne, Juvenile, B.G. and Turk.-History:The members of the group were rappers, Lil...
, released on October 28, 1997 on Cash Money Records
Cash Money Records
Cash Money Records is a record label founded by brothers Bryan "Birdman" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and is distributed by Universal Republic Records as of 2011...
. The album quickly sold over 300,000 copies, primarily in New Orleans following B.G.
B.G. (rapper)
Christopher Dorsey , better known by his stage name B.G. , is an American rapper and actor, from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his music career signed to Cash Money Records in 1993 with Lil Wayne as half of the duo The B.G.'z...
's success. Although Get It How U Live! was considered a rap album, it managed to peak at #37 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top R&B Albums in 1997. All tracks featured on the album were produced by Mannie Fresh
Mannie Fresh
Byron O. Thomas, better known by his stage name Mannie Fresh, is currently an artist and hip-hop producer who records for Def Jam South and his own division Chubby Boy Records...
.
Track listing
Album chart positions
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
| Heatseekers | Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | ||
| 1997 | Get It How U Live! | #1 | #1 |