| Product Summary | | Label: Oarfin Records | | UPC: 00686506008629 | | Release Date: 11/30/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 63860515 | | Item#: MG9TRX | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Back to Ballin' - (with Lil Troy) ~ Lil' Troy |  | | 2. We Gon Lean - (remix, with Cnote/Big Pokey/Willean) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 3. Longtime - (with Lil' Flip/Big Rob/Charlie Boy/Lil Ron/Sir Coop) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 4. Back To Ballin' - (remix, with Slim Thug/ESG/T-2) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 5. Still Ballin' - (with J.B./Beltway 8/Bubba Luv/A.Y.) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 6. Lets Smoke - (with Ronnie Spencer) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 7. We Gon Lean - (with Lil' Flip/Lil Troy/R-Dis) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 8. Freestyle - (with 50/50 Twin/Paul Wall/Twin/Lew Hawk/Chamillonaire) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 9. Lesbian Night - (with Lil Troy/D Man) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 10. Back to Ballin' - (with T2) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 11. Mo Money - (with Lil Troy/R-Dis/Brew) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 12. Keep My Name Out Yo Mouth - (with Dirty Red/Lil Troy/Sub Zero/Thug Dirt/Kiotti/Trac) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 13. Pop Ya Collar - (with Heavy Chevy) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 14. Parlayaz - (with Pight/Mr. E/J Chmoov/Phreash) ~ Lil' Troy | | | 15. South Park - (with Big Mello/Lil Troy/Scoop/D-Man/R-Dis/Bay B Doll) ~ Lil' Troy | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Lil' Troy (rap vocals); Ronnie Spencer (vocals); Funky Fingaz (guitar); De Juan (bass); Billy Cook (background vocals). | | Producers include: Joe Traxx, DJ Miz, Rakesh, Mr. Mixx, Lee. | | This is an example of the Southern Rap "screwed" mix style. | | A few years after his breakthrough hit "Wanna Be a Baller," Lil Troy returned with Back to Ballin, an independent album that is intended to piggyback off the success of his signature song. Lil Troy even goes so far as to reprise "Wanna Be a Baller" here in an eight-minute screwed-and-chopped version. Unfortunately, there's little about Back to Ballin that rivals "Wanna Be a Baller" for entertainment. By and large this is, at best, an average Houston underground rap album. The highlight is "We Gon Lean," which features Lil' Flip. ~ Jason Birchmeier | | The life of rap impresario Lil Troy is a testament to the conflicts and contradictions inherent in the modern hip-hop scenario. Though the Texan has been in and out jail over the years, he's managed to start his own record company, produce several artists, and even introduce his own clothing line. Somewhere in there he also found time to establish himself as a first-rate rapper. BACK TO BALLIN' is a perfect example of Troy's hard-hitting style. Needless to say, considering his checkered past, he concentrates heavily on thug life tales, romanticizing the gangsta scene and unloading a seemingly limitless line of bragadoccio regarding his prowess in the love-'em-and-leave-'em department. Nevertheless, its Troy's entrepeneurial skills that most strongly inform his work, and the perks of financial success, even for a hard character from the streets, are the real bottom line on BACK TO BALLIN'. |
Musical Guests | | E.S.G. | | Lil' Flip | | Willie D. | | Botany Boyz | | Fat Pat | | Ronnie Spencer | | T2 | | Big Pokey |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 02/01/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : SZS-2229 | | Label : Oarfin | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 74m : 2s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00686506008629 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Vibe (12/01, p.190)
- 3 discs out of 5 - "...Troy winds his way through Miami clubs, across West Coast ghettos and into East Coast old school to arrive at everywhere but the native Houstonian's musical homeland, the [Dirty South]....Troy proves adept at juggling the assorted styles..."Vibe (12/01, p.190)
- 3 discs out of 5 - "...Troy winds his way through Miami clubs, across West Coast ghettos and into East Coast old school to arrive at everywhere but the native Houstonian's musical homeland, the [Dirty South]....Troy proves adept at juggling the assorted styles..." |
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