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and

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. Recording sessions took place at The Vault in

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, at Tree Sound Studios in

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, at Hot Beats Studio, S-Line Recording, Stankonia Recording, Bangladesh Studios, Aphilliates Studios and Drum Squad Studios in

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, at Jumpstart Productions in

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, at Hypnotize Minds Studios in Memphis, at the

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and the Studio at the Sunset Marquis in

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, at The Big House in Farmington Hills and at 54 Sound in

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, with additional recording at McCoy Street Studio in Atlanta and Battery Studios in

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. Production was handled by

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, Ike Dirty,

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, Kadis, Ky Miller, Sean Marshall and

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. It features

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s from Bo Hagon,

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, Lil' Chris, Lil Jon, Lloyd, Nook, Olivia, Playboy Tre', StayFresh,

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and Sean P. The album debuted at number 24 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 5 on the

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and number 3 on the

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charts, with first-week sales of 82,000 copies in the United States. Its

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, " Money in the Bank", made it to number 28 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 7 on the

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, number 5 on the

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, received gold certification by the

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, and was included in the video game '' WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007''.

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 5 contains elements of "Do the Damn Thing" written by John Jackson, Jay Jenkins and Sharif Slater and performed by Fabolous and Young Jeezy. *Track 9 contains samples of "

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" written by Brad Jordan,

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, Michael Dean, James Harris III and Terry Lewis and performed by Scarface. *Track 12 contains elements of "Narrow People" written by Kenneth Johnson and Jerry Ritchey and performed by California Poppy Pickers. *Track 13 contains elements of "Just Be True" written by

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and performed by David Porter. *Track 16 contains interpolations of "Lead Me On" written by

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Personnel

*Darryl " Lil Scrappy" Richardson II – vocals *Jasiel "

" Robinson – vocals (track 2) *Stay Fresh – vocals (track 3) *David "

" Brown – vocals (track 4) *D'Juan "

" Hart – vocals (track 5) *Cedric "Bohagon" Leonard – vocals (tracks: 5, 8) *Jonathan "

" Smith – vocals (track 6), drum programming (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 10, 15), keyboards (track 1), producer (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 10, 15, 20), mixing (tracks: 1, 4–6, 10, 15), executive producer *Paul "

" Beauregard – vocals, producer & recording (track 7) *Jordan "

" Houston – vocals, producer & recording (track 7) *Playboy Tré – vocals (track 8) * Lloyd Polite – vocals (track 11) *Mario "

" Mims – vocals (track 12) *Christopher "Lil Chris" Bell – vocals (track 12) *Nook – vocals (track 14) *

Olivia Longott Olivia Theresa Longott (born February 15, 1981) is an American R&B singer. She is best known for performing with the hip hop group G-Unit and also known as a cast member on the VH1 reality television series '' Love & Hip Hop: New York''. Ea ...

– vocals (track 17) *Curtis "

" Jackson – vocals (track 18), executive producer *Sean Paul Joseph – vocals (track 20) *Earl "

" Stevens – vocals (track 20) *Craig Love – guitar (tracks: 1, 6, 10) *Lamarquis Jefferson – bass (tracks: 1, 6, 10) *Detroit Nix – keyboards (track 10) *Shondrae "

" Crawford – keyboards, producer & recording (track 11) *Justin Ellington – keyboards (track 11) * Luis Resto – keyboards (track 19) * Jeff Bass – keyboards (track 19) *

Steve King Steven Arnold King (born May 28, 1949) is an American former politician and businessman who served as a U.S. representative from Iowa from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Iowa's 5th congressional district un ...

– bass guitar (track 19) *Phalon "

" Alexander – producer (track 2) *Isaac " Ike Dirty" Hayes III – producer & recording (track 4) *Jonathan " J. R." Rotem – producer (track 9) *

– producer & recording (track 12) *Michael "

" Clervoix – producer (track 13) *Kyeme "Ky" Miller – producer (track 13), recording (tracks: 13, 17–19) *Christopher "

" Gholson – producer & recording (track 16) *Gary "Kadis" Spriggs – producer (track 17) *Sean Marshall – producer (track 17) *Jacob "

" Dutton – producer (track 18) *Marshall "

" Mathers – producer (track 19) *Mark Vinten – recording (tracks: 1, 5, 6) *Nico Solis – recording (track 2) *Mickey Lewis – recording (track 4) *Chris Carmouche – recording (tracks: 5, 10, 11) *Malik Albert – recording (tracks: 5, 16) *Mike Hogue – recording (tracks: 9, 12), mixing (track 9) *Jason Fleming – recording (track 12) *Mike Strange – recording (track 19) *John Frye – mixing (tracks: 1, 4–7, 10–12, 15) *Leslie Brathwaite – mixing (tracks: 2, 16, 19) *Pat Viala – mixing (tracks: 13, 17) *Steve Baughman – mixing (track 18) *Dana "Dee Jay Dana" Ramey – additional recording (track 2) *Thomas "Tom Cat" Bennett – additional recording (track 2) *Rich Tapper – additional recording (track 6), recording assistant (track 10) *Keith Sengbusch – additional recording assistant (track 6), recording assistant (track 10) *Warren Bletcher – recording assistant (tracks: 10, 11) *Gary Fly – mixing assistant (tracks: 1, 4–7, 10–12, 15) * Tom Coyne – mastering *Robert "R.O.B." McDowell – executive producer *Dwayne "Emperor" Searcy – executive producer *Kevin "Coach K" Lee – executive producer *Vince "VP" Phillips – executive producer *Rawle Stewart – executive producer *Tom Whalley – executive producer *

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– photography *Darrell Steven "

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" Lighty – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live 2006 debut albums Lil Scrappy albums Reprise Records albums Albums produced by Eminem Albums produced by DJ Paul Albums produced by Juicy J Albums produced by Lil Jon Albums produced by Jake One Albums produced by Jazze Pha Albums produced by Don Cannon Albums produced by Drumma Boy Albums produced by J. R. Rotem Albums produced by Sha Money XL Albums recorded at Record Plant (Los Angeles) Albums produced by Bangladesh (record producer)