Back for the First Time

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment Weekly(B+)[2]
NME(4/10)[3]
RapReviews(7/10)[4]
Robert Christgau(neither)[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Sputnikmusic[7]

Back for the First Time is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Ludacris.[8] The album, which serves as his major label debut, was released on October 17, 2000, under Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam.

Background

Most of the tracks are taken from his first album, the independently released Incognegro (1999), except for "Stick 'Em Up", "Southern Hospitality", a remix of "What's Your Fantasy", and "Phat Rabbit".

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, and sold 133,000 copies in its first-week of sales.[9]As of November 2009, the album has sold 3.1 million copies in the United States to date. The album was eventually certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over 3 million copies.

Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Time
1 "U Got a Problem?" Bangladesh 4:55
2 "Game Got Switched" Organized Noize 4:09
3 "1st & 10" (Feat. I-20 & Fate Wilson) Bangladesh 3:43
4 "What's Your Fantasy" (Feat. Shawnna) Bangladesh, Sessy Melia 4:35
5 "Come On Over" (skit) 1:03
6 "Hood Stuck" Ludacris 4:21
7 "Get Off Me" (Feat. Pastor Troy) Jermaine Dupri 2:46
8 "Mouthing Off" (Feat. 4-Ize) Ludacris 3:01
9 "Stick 'Em Up" (Feat. UGK) Bangladesh 5:05
10 "Ho" (skit) 0:42
11 "Ho" Bangladesh 2:50
12 "Tickets Sold Out" (skit) 0:32
13 "Catch Up" (Feat. I-20 & Fate Wilson) Ludacris, Fate Wilson 4:14
14 "Southern Hospitality" (Feat. Pharrell) The Neptunes 5:00
15 "What's Your Fantasy (Remix) (Feat. Trina, Shawnna & Foxy Brown) Bangladesh 4:37
16 "Phat Rabbit" Timbaland 4:59

Samples

Phat Rabbit

1st & 10

What's Your Fantasy

  • "Face Down, A** Up" by Luke

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (2000) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 160
US Billboard 200[11] 4
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] 2

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[13] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] 3× Platinum 3,103,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ allmusic review
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ^ NME review
  4. ^ RapReviews review
  5. ^ Christgau review
  6. ^ Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  8. ^ "Back for the First Time: Ludacris: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
  9. ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=114143&page=1#.UAeJuVGa_mI
  10. ^ "Ludacris | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  11. ^ "Ludacris Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Ludacris Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Ludacris – Back for the First Time". Music Canada.
  14. ^ "American album certifications – Ludacris – Back for the First Time". Recording Industry Association of America.
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