Notes & Personnel Info |  | LOST is a two CD set that contains an added bonus CD featuring Canibus, MJG, Crucial Conflict, A, McGruff, Psycho Drama. | | Personnel includes: Eightball, Master P, Redman, MJG, Goodie Mob, Canibus, Silkk The Shocker, Too Short, Mystikal, Puff Daddy, E-40, Busta Rhymes, Ice Cube, Rappin' 4-Tay, Spice-1, Phoenix Johnson, Psycho Drama, Slim Goodie, Rodney Ellis, Bun B Of UGK, Ill Hill Billies, Panama P.I., Crucial Conflict, | | A, McGruff, Thorough, The Reepz, Fa Sho, Too Short (rap vocals). | | Producers include: Mo-Suave-A Productions, Inc., Slicse T, A. Banks, D.J. Clark Kent, Tony Dofat. | | Engineers include: James Hoover, Ommas Keith, Ed Miller. | | LOST is a two CD set that contains an added bonus CD featuring Canibus, MJG, Crucial Conflict, A, McGruff, Psycho Drama. | | Personnel includes: Eightball, Master P, Redman, MJG, Goodie Mob, Canibus, Silkk The Shocker, Too Short, Mystikal, Puff Daddy, E-40, Busta Rhymes, Ice Cube, Rappin' 4-Tay, Spice-1, Phoenix Johnson, Psycho Drama, Slim Goodie, Rodney Ellis, Bun B Of UGK, Ill Hill Billies, Panama P.I., Crucial Conflict, | | A, McGruff, Thorough, The Reepz, Fa Sho, Too Short (rap vocals). | | Producers include: Mo-Suave-A Productions, Inc., Slicse T, A. Banks, D.J. Clark Kent, Tony Dofat. | | Engineers include: James Hoover, Ommas Keith, Ed Miller. | | All tracks have digitally remastered. | | Audio Mixer: James Hoover. | | Recording information: Bank Studios; Slicse Studios, Memphis, TN; Urban House Studios, Inc. | | Way below the Mason-Dixon line, Eightball, A/K/A the Phat Mack, and his partner MJG have been rockin' hip-hop beats for years. Combining southern- flavored hip-hop and socially relevant lyrics, Eightball has positioned himself for solo success. MJG makes numerous appearances on the album on such tracks as "Let's Ride," "Put Your Hands Up" and "Stompin and Pimpin'." Teaming up with some of today's hottest rappers, Eightball's solo debut is a two-disc set deep in laid-back tracks and smooth rhymes. | | "Get Money" sports an appearance from Busta Rhymes, "Backyard Mississippi" features the Goodie Mob and "360" has an all-star team of Rappin' 4-Tay, Spice-1 and E-40. Other players include Master P, Silkk The Shocker, Mystikal, Redman, Too Short and many more. The textures of the album are consistent, the rhymes always impressive and the supporting cast is practically unbeatable. Without question, Eightball seems to know just what to give his fans. Often a two-disc set lacks in consistency after a while, but LOST delivers 30-plus songs that show Eightball's depth as an artist. | | Way below the Mason-Dixon line, Eightball, A/K/A the Phat Mack, and his partner MJG have been rockin' hip-hop beats for years. Combining southern- flavored hip-hop and socially relevant lyrics, Eightball has positioned himself for solo success. MJG makes numerous appearances on the album on such tracks as "Let's Ride," "Put Your Hands Up" and "Stompin and Pimpin'." Teaming up with some of today's hottest rappers, Eightball's solo debut is a two-disc set deep in laid-back tracks and smooth rhymes. | | "Get Money" sports an appearance from Busta Rhymes, "Backyard Mississippi" features the Goodie Mob and "360" has an all-star team of Rappin' 4-Tay, Spice-1 and E-40. Other players include Master P, Silkk The Shocker, Mystikal, Redman, Too Short and many more. The textures of the album are consistent, the rhymes always impressive and the supporting cast is practically unbeatable. Without question, Eightball seems to know just what to give his fans. Often a two-disc set lacks in consistency after a while, but LOST delivers 30-plus songs that show Eightball's depth as an artist. | | In the late '90s, bigger meant better in hip-hop. Ever since 2Pac raised the stakes with his double-disc opus All Eyez on Me, rappers were racing to keep pace, issuing double-disc albums at the drop of a hat. And that's why it didn't really come as a surprise when Eightball released Lost as a triple-disc set in the summer of 1998. Upon close inspection, the third disc is revealed to be a sampler of the Suave House record label. Unfortunately -- for Eightball's sake, at least -- that sampler turns out to be more interesting than Lost. Even though it's his first album without MJG, Eightball sounds no different on Lost than he did on any of its predecessors -- he's simply turning out the same Southern gangsta riffs as he has for years. The law of averages guarantees that there's a fair share of strong material here, but it's a shame that none of it sounds as inspired as the best moments of the third disc. The Suave House sampler showcases Southern rap at its best -- it's raunchy, lyrically deft, and above all, funky. Master P, Goodie Mob, Mystikal, Silkk the Shocker, Ps?cho Drama, and many other rappers are featured on the sampler, which provides an excellent introduction to Southern rap. That alone makes Lost worth picking up, and in that context, the averageness of Eightball's double-disc effort isn't so bad. [A "chopped and screwed" edition of the album was released in 2006.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Musical Guests | | Busta Rhymes | | E-40 | | Spice 1 | | MJG | | McGruff | | Too Short | | Redman | | Master P | | Rappin' 4-Tay | | Silkk The Shocker | | Mystikal | | Psychodrama | | Goodie Mob | | Slim Goodie | | Bun-B Of UGK | | Phoenix Johnson |
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