Word...

Life
Word...Life is the debut album from underground hip hop artist O.C.,
who came to prominence in hip hop because of the album. It was
Word...Life
released on October 18, 1994 by Wild Pitch Records. It also helped
establish his membership in the legendary hip hop crew D.I.T.C.,
which includes Lord Finesse, Showbiz & A.G., Diamond D, Fat Joe,
Big L and Buckwild, who produced the majority of this album.

The album is most remembered because of the single "Time's Up".

The instrumental to the track was used in the movie 8 Mile, starring
rapper Eminem, in a rap battle scene.[1] The song was a scathing
accusation, pointed at thug-posturers who were flooding the hip hop
scene at the time. Vocal clips from the song have been sampled in
numerous hip hop tracks throughout the years; including Mos Def's
song "Hip Hop" off of his 1999 album Black on Both Sides and Big Studio album by O.C.
L's song "The Enemy", which appears on his posthumous album The Released October 18, 1994
Big Picture. Recorded 1993-94
Genre Hip hop
Length 53:36
Contents
Label Wild Pitch Records
Critical reception
Producer Organized Konfusion ·
Track listing Buckwild · Lord Finesse
2004 re-issue · DJ Ogee
Album singles O.C. chronology
Chart positions Word...Life Jewelz
Album (1994) (1997)
Singles
References
Sources

Critical reception
AllMusic editor M.F. DiBella said that Word...Life Professional ratings
signaled "the arrival of one of modern rap's more gifted
Review scores
storytelling lyricists", noting how O.C. delivers the "East
Coast B-boyism" found in "Time's Up" but excels on Source Rating
"Born to Live" and the more "existential subject matter" [2]
AllMusic
on the record thanks to Organized Konfusion providing
"thought-provoking intellectual diversity" throughout the RapReviews 9.5/10[3]
record.[2]

Track listing
 # Title Songwriters Producer(s) Performer (s) Length
O. Credle, L. Baskerville, T. Organized
1 "Creative Control" O.C. 1:44
Jamerson Konfusion
2 "Word...Life" O. Credle, A. Best Buckwild O.C. 4:53
3 "O-Zone" O. Credle, A. Best Buckwild O.C. 4:04
4 "Born 2 Live" O. Credle, A. Best Buckwild O.C. 4:46
5 "Time's Up" O. Credle, A. Best Buckwild O.C. 3:29
6 "Point O' Viewz" O. Credle, D. Vanderpool, A. Best Buckwild, Prestige O.C. 4:14
O. Credle, L. Baskerville, T. Organized
7 "Constables" O.C. 4:04
Jamerson Konfusion
8 "Ga Head" O. Credle, R. Hall Lord Finesse O.C. 3:55
9 "No Main Topic" O. Credle, G. Scott DJ Ogee O.C. 3:42
O.C., Pharoahe
10 "Let It Slide" O. Credle, A. Best Buckwild 4:23
Monch
11 "Ma Dukes" O. Credle, A. Best Buckwild O.C. 3:58
12 "Story" O. Credle, G. Scott DJ Ogee O.C. 3:03
"Outtro
13 O. Credle, A. Best Buckwild O.C. 2:51
(Sabotage)"
"Born 2 Live Organized
14 O. Credle, A. Best O.C. 3:45
(Remix)" Konfusion

2004 re-issue
Word...Life was re-issued in 2004, its tenth anniversary, with five bonus tracks. They are:

1. "Challenge Y'all"
2. "U Made Me"
3. "U-N-I"
4. "Half Good Half Sinner"
5. "Wordplay"

Album singles
Single information
"Born 2 Live"

Released: 1994
B-Side: "Let It Slide"

"Time's Up"

Released: 1994
B-Side: "Time's Up (Buckwild Remix)", "Time's Up (DJ Eclipse Remix)"

Chart positions
Album

Peak
Chart (1994)
position

US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4] 34

Singles

Year Song Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales

1994 "Time's Up" 34

1994 "Born 2 Live" 41

References
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHMF-bVxlkc
2. DiBella, M.F. "Word...Life - O.C." (https://www.allmusic.com/album/r206722) AllMusic.
Retrieved January 7, 2012.
3. Jost, Matt (June 7, 2005). "O.C. :: Word...Life :: Wild Pitch Records" (http://www.rapreviews.co
m/archive/BTTL_wordlife.html). RapReviews. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
4. "O.C. Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" (https://www.billboard.com/music/O.C./chart-h
istory/BLP). Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

Sources
discogs (http://www.discogs.com/OC-WordLife/release/841679/)

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