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Livin' Like Hustlers

Studio album by Above the Law

Released

February 22, 1990

Recorded

1989

Studio

Audio Achievement
(Torrance, California)

Genre

West Coast hip hop, Golden age hip hop, Gangsta rap, Hardcore hip hop, Conscious hip hop

Length

45:52

Label

Ruthless Records / Epic Records

Producer

Eazy-E (exec.), Above the Law, Dr. Dre, Laylaw

Above the Law chronology

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Vocally Pimpin' (1991)

Livin' Like Hustlers is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Above the Law. It was released on February 22, 1990 via Ruthless Records and Epic Records. Recording sessions took place at Audio Achievement in Torrance, California during 1989. Production was handled by Dr. Dre, Laylaw and Above the Law themselves, with Eazy-E serving as an executive producer. It features guest appearances by Eazy-E, MC Ren and Dr. Dre.

The album peaked at #75 on the Billboard 200 and #14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Livin' Like Hustlers spawned the singles: "Murder Rap" and "Untouchable" (which both songs peaked at #1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, respectively). In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums Ever.


Track listing[]

All songs produced by Above the Law, Dr. Dre and Laylaw.

No. TItle Performer(s) Writer(s) Time
1. "Murder Rap" KMG the Illustrator, Cold 187um Goodman, Goodman, Gulley, Hutchinson, Stewart, Young 4:14
2. "Untouchable" KMG the Illustrator, Cold 187um Gulley, Hutchinson 3:45
3. "Livin' Like Hustlers" Cold 187um, KMG the Illustrator Gulley, Hutchinson 5:45
4. "Another Execution" Cold 187um Hutchinson 4:21
5. "Menace to Society" Cold 187um, KMG the Illustrator Goodman, Gulley, Hutchinson, Stewart 4:33
6. "Just Kickin' Lyrics" Cold 187um Hutchinson 4:22
7. "Ballin'" Cold 187um, KMG the Illustrator Goodman, Gulley 4:19
8. "Freedom of Speech" Cold 187um Goodman, Hutchinson 4:20
9. "Flow On (Move Me No Mountain)" KMG the Illustrator, Cold 187um - 3:57
10. "The Last Song" Laylaw, KMG the Illustrator, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, Eazy-E, Cold 187um Goodman, Goodman, Gulley, Hutchinson, Patterson, Wright, Young 6:21


Samples[]

Murder Rap

  • "Ironside" by Quincy Jones
  • "Hook and Sling - Part I" by Eddie Bo
  • "Keep Your Distance" by Babe Ruth
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
  • "Sister Sanctified" by Stanley Turrentine & Milt Jackson

Untouchable

  • "Light My Fire" by Young-Holt Unlimited
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
  • "Fuck Tha Police" by N.W.A

Livin' Like Hustlers

  • "The Big Beat" by Billy Squier
  • "Hikky Burr" by Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby
  • "The Champ" by The Mohawks
  • "Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)" by James Brown
  • "Comm. 2" by The D.O.C.

Another Execution

  • "Good Old Music" by Funkadelic
  • "Afro-Strut" by The Nite-Liters
  • "Do Your Thing" by Lyn Collins

Menace To Society

  • "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown
  • "Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man" by Dyke and the Blazers
  • "Once You Get It", "This House Is Smokin'" and "Do You Like It" by B.T. Express

Just Kickin' Lyrics

  • "Hyberbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes
  • "More Peas" by Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s
  • "Papa Was Too" by Joe Tex

Ballin'

  • "Why Have I Lost You" by Cameo

Freedom of Speech

  • "The Message From the Soul Sisters" by Myra Barnes
  • "Funky Drummer" by James Brown

Flow On

The Last Song

  • "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" by The Detroit Emeralds
  • "Gangsta, Gangsta" by N.W.A