''Last Man Standing'' is the third studio album by American rapper
MC Eiht, and his first solo album outside the
Compton's Most Wanted brand. It was released on November 11, 1997 through
Epic Street
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. Recording sessions took place at X Factor Studios, Echo Sound, Half Oz. Studios, Skip Saylor Recording, and Track Record in
California.
Production was handled by MC Eiht,
DJ Slip,
DJ Muggs, Massive and
Daz Dillinger. It features
guest appearances from
Boom Bam, Big Nasty,
B-Real
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, Da Foe, Daz Dillinger, Hie Tiimes, Lil' Hawk and Mon-Diggi. The album peaked at number 64 on the
''Billboard'' 200 and at number 13 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.
Track listing
;Sample credits
*Track 3 contains a sample from "Be With Me" written by
Leo Graham
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He first sang with The Bleechers, then after leaving the group recorded several solo singles in the 1970s including "Perilous Time," "A Win Them" and "Not Giving Up" for Joe Gibbs, and songs including "Big Ton ...
, Ruben Locke Jr. and Darryl Cortez Ellis, as recorded by
Tyrone Davis
*Track 4 contains a sample from "
Hey Girl" written by
Carole King
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and
Gerry Goffin
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, as recorded by
Cornell Dupree
*Track 9 contains a sample from "
Morning" written by
Clare Fischer, as recorded by
Donald Byrd
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*Track 14 contains a sample from "
Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)
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" written by Carl McIntosh,
Steve Nichol
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and J. Peters, as recorded by
Loose Ends
Personnel
*
Aaron Tyler – main artist,
keyboards
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(track 6), programming
(track 14),
producer
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(tracks: 5-7, 11, 13, 14, 16-18), co-producer
(track 3),
executive producer
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, mixing
(tracks: 1-3, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16-18)
*
Gene Heisser – featured artist
(tracks: 1, 8)
*Hie Tiimes – featured artist
(track 3)
*Da Foe – featured artist
(track 6)
*Lil' Hawk – featured artist
(track 6)
*Big Nasty – featured artist
(track 6)
*Mon-Diggi – featured artist
(track 8)
*
Delmar Drew Arnaud – featured artist & producer
(track 10)
*
Louis Freese – featured artist
(track 12)
*
Terry Keith Allen – keyboards
(tracks: 1, 17), guitar programming
(track 6), programming
(track 14), producer
(tracks: 1, 3, 7, 8, 14, 17), co-producer
(tracks: 5, 6, 11, 13, 18), engineering
(tracks: 1-3, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16-18)
*M. "Massive" Ford – keyboards & producer
(track 2)
*William Fredric Zimmerman – keyboards
(tracks: 5-7, 11, 13, 16-18)
*
Priest "Soopafly" Brooks – keyboards
(track 10)
*Horace "Bokie" Coleman –
guitar (tracks: 3, 8, 11, 13, 17, 18),
bass
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** Acoustic bass gui ...
(track 3)
*
Lawrence Muggerud – producer & mixing
(tracks: 4, 9, 12, 15)
*Don L. Bartholomew – mixing
(tracks: 1-3, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16-18)
*
Dave Aron
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Early life
Aron was born and raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the so ...
– mixing
(track 10)
*Tony Robert Alvarez – engineering
(tracks: 1-3, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16-18)
*Joe Warlick – engineering
(tracks: 4, 9, 12, 15)
*Peter Dokus – art direction, photography
*Giulio Costanzo – design
*Ted Lowe – A&R
*John W. Smith – management
*Kenneth M. Smith – management
Charts
References
External links
*
{{Authority control
1997 albums
MC Eiht albums
Epic Records albums
Albums produced by MC Eiht
Albums produced by DJ Muggs
Albums produced by Daz Dillinger