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Back to Ballin

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Back to Ballin
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2001
Recorded2001
GenreSouthern hip hop, Gangsta Rap, Chopped & Screwed effect
LabelShort Stop Records[1]
Koch Records[2]
Lil' Troy chronology
Sittin' Fat Down South
(1998)
Back to Ballin
(2001)
Paperwork
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
RapReviews6/10[4]
Vibe[5]

Back to Ballin is the second album by the southern rapper Lil' Troy, released in 2001.[6][7]

The album peaked at No. 95 on the Billboard 200.[8]

Critical reception

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The Village Voice wrote that Lil' Troy's "squeaky voice [is] multi-multi-tracked to sound like at least a half a dozen small woodland creatures cold representin.'"[9]

Track listing

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  1. "Pimp Is Back" :39
  2. "For Years" (featuring D-Man & R-Dis) 3:48
  3. "Mo Money, Mo Problems" 4:50
  4. "Pop Ya Collar" 3:58
  5. "We Gon Lean" (featuring Lil' Flip & R-Dis) 4:23
  6. "Back to Ballin" (featuring T-2) 3:45
  7. "There He Go" 3:43
  8. "Lesbian Nights" 4:10
  9. "Long Time" 3:30
  10. "Let's Smoke" 4:19
  11. "Buckle" 3:40
  12. "Wired Up" 3:58
  13. "Touch Ya Toes" 3:29
  14. "Keep My Name Out Your Mouth" 3:49
  15. "Dead Wrong" 1:01
  16. "We Gon Lean" (Remix by Dirk) 4:06
  17. " Steady Shinin'" 5:22
  18. " Baby Girl Wanna Ride On Me" 3:21
  19. "Wanna Be a Baller" (Chopped & Screwed Version) 7:57

References

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  1. ^ "Lil' Troy, Free From Prison, Is Back To Ballin'". MTV News. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 238.
  3. ^ Back to Ballin at AllMusic
  4. ^ Juon, Steve 'Flash'. "Lil Troy :: Back to Ballin – RapReviews".
  5. ^ "Revolutions". Vibe. Vibe Media Group. December 29, 2001 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Lil' Troy | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Sarig, Roni (2007). Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-hop Became a Southern Thing. Da Capo Press. p. 321.
  8. ^ "Lil Troy". Billboard.
  9. ^ Mariani, Anthony (Oct 23, 2001). "Never Surrender". The Village Voice. 46 (42): 150.