Live from the Underground

Live from the Underground is the debut studio album by American rapper and record producer Big K.R.I.T.. It was released on June 5, 2012, by Cinematic Music Group and 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 the project. The album was supported by four singles: "Money on the Floor", "I Got This", "Yeah Dat's Me" and "What U Mean".

Live from the Underground
Studio album by Big K.R.I.T.
Released	June 5, 2012
Recorded	2010–2012
Genre	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 (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

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.8/10[2]
Metacritic	78/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
AllHipHop	8.5/10[5]
The A.V. Club	B–[6]
Consequence of Sound	[7]
Entertainment Weekly	A–[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Sputnikmusic	3/5[10]
Spin	8/10[11]
XXL	4/5[12]

Live from the Underground received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 23 reviews.[3] Spin named the album the eleventh best hip hop album of 2012.[13]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 41,000 copies in the United States.[14] As of August 2012, the album sold 83,000 copies in the United States.[15]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Big K.R.I.T.

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 and 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

Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peak position US Billboard 200[17] 5 US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[18] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[20] 62

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