25 to Life (album)
25 to Life is the debut studio album by American Southern hip hop group P$C, released on September 20, 2005 under Atlantic and Grand Hustle Records. The album title "25 to Life" refers to the group members' ages at the time. Although the critical reviews are lukewarm, it peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart on October 8, 2005.
The album features guest appearances from Young Jeezy, Young Dro, Cee-Lo, Lil Scrappy and Lloyd. Its production was handled by Keith Mack, Tony Galvin, DJ Montay, Lil Jon, Jasper Cameron, Sapp, Crown Kingz and Khao.
Single
The lead single, "I'm a King", was featured on the 2005 American drama film, "Hustle & Flow"'s soundtrack and achieved commercial success. The song peaked at #67 on Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also sold over 500,000 copies, and certified as Gold by RIAA. The song was remixed by Californian rapper The Game as diss track towards his rival 50 Cent.
Videos
There are three videos released for the album.
The first one is for the single "I'm a King", has several cut from the track featured film "Hustle & Flow".
The second one is for the song "Do Ya Thang", which was featured on the video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted. The video contains many cars and has cameos by Southern rappers such as Alfa Mega, Xtaci and Young Jeezy.
The third one is for the song "Set It Out". It features sequel from the video for T.I.'s singles "ASAP" and "Motivation".
25 To Life
25 To Life is a third-person shooter video game for Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox released in 2006. The game was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Eidos Interactive.
Set in a modern environment, the game allows the player to play as both a cop and a gangster, at different times, in a "cops and robbers" style game. The game can be played online with up to 16 players using the network adaptor for the PS2 and through Xbox Live for Microsoft's Xbox, and there is online play for the PC version as well. In addition, the game features a variety of hip hop songs playing in the background. The name of the game comes from a typical "indeterminate life sentence" that is often given in the United States upon a defendant's conviction for a violent felony. See the article on parole for more information.
Plot
The game is about a black man named Freeze and his side-kick Keith.
Soundtrack
Reception
25 to Life received "unfavorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.
Recovery (Eminem album)
Recovery is the seventh studio album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on June 18, 2010, by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records as the follow-up to Eminem's Relapse (2009). Originally planned to be released as Relapse 2, the album was renamed to Recovery when Eminem found the music of the new album different from its predecessor.
Production of the album took place during 2009 to 2010 at several recording studios and was handled by various record producers, including Alex da Kid, Just Blaze, Boi-1da, Jim Jonsin, DJ Khalil, Mr. Porter and Dr. Dre. Eminem also collaborated with artists such as Pink, Lil Wayne, and Rihanna for the album. Recovery featured more introspective and emotional content than its predecessor and the theme of the album revolved around his positive changes, anxiety, and emotional drives. To promote the album, he performed the album's songs live on televised shows, at awards ceremonies, musical events and also headed The Recovery Tour. It spawned four singles; "Not Afraid", "Love the Way You Lie", "No Love" and "Space Bound" with the former two both reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
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