''The Life of Joseph W. McVey'' is the eighth solo studio album by American rapper

Z-Ro Joseph Wayne McVey IV (born January 19, 1977), better known by his stage names Z-Ro and the Mo City Don, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. He was named one of America's most underrated rappers by ''The New York Times'' in 2007. Early li ...

. It was released on February 24, 2004 through Rap-A-Lot 4 Life/J. Prince Entertainment with distribution via

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. Recording sessions took place at Dean's List House Of Hits in

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, at Noddfactor Studios in Denton, and at M.A.D. Studios in

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was handled by Mike Dean, Mr. Lee, Bigg Tyme, Sean "Solo" Jemison and Tone Capone. It features guest appearances from

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, Scarface and Tanya Herron. The album peaked at number 170 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States. The track "I Hate U Bitch" was released as a single and reached number 75 on the ''Billboard''

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chart.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Life Of Joseph W. Mcvey, The Z-Ro albums 2004 albums Rap-A-Lot Records albums Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer)