''25 to Life'' is the debut

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group PSC, released on June 28, 2005 under

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and

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. 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'' 200 chart on October 8, 2005.
The album features

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s from

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and Lloyd. Its

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was handled by Keith Mack, Tony Galvin,

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, Jasper Cameron, Cyber Sapp, Crown Kingz and Khao.

Single

The lead single, "I'm a King", was featured on the 2005 American drama film, ''

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'' soundtrack and achieved commercial success. The song peaked at #67 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. It also certified Gold by

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for selling 500,000 copies. The song was

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ed by

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n rapper The Game as

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towards his rival

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Music videos

Three videos were released for the album. The first one is for the single "I'm a King" and it has several scenes from the track featured film ''

''. The second one for "Do Ya Thang", which was featured in the video game '' Need for Speed: Most Wanted''Eric Qualls
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. The third music video is for the song "Set It Out".

Track listing

Chart positions

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:25 to Life (Album) 2005 debut albums PSC (group) albums Grand Hustle Records albums Warner Music Group albums Albums produced by Jasper Cameron Albums produced by Lil Jon Trap music albums