Retrieved June 5, 2013.One of the pioneers of Southern rap, 8Ball and MJG, emerged from Memphis, Tennessee in the early '90s and, aligned with the Houston, Texas-based independent label Suave Records, quickly garnering a tremendous regional following while proving highly influential to a generation of aspiring, independent-minded rap artists and entrepreneurs. 'Ten Toes Down - Eightball & MJGВ : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards'. Signs 8Ball & MJG While Beef Continues | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales'. 'MJG: Pimp Tight - 8BallВ : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards'.

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It reached #36 on the Billboard 200 in its first week. Their eighth album as a group and their first on Grand Hustle, titled Ten Toes Down, was released in May 2010. In June 2008 the group announced that they officially signed onto T.I.'s record label Grand Hustle. In September 2007, 8Ball and MJG signed deals in Sacramento, CA with Real Talk Entertainment 8Ball released a group album with E.D.I of the Outlawz entitled Doin' It Big on Apand MJG released a solo album entitled Pimp Tight on April 29, 2008. On their label are the young, up and coming Memphis duo, Da Volunteers, who are widely known throughout the Southern United States for their 2006 single, 'What's Yo Favorite Color?', which glorifies their neighborhood of Orange Mound.

8Ball heads 8 Ways Entertainment (distributed by Koch Entertainment), while MJG heads MJG Muzik. Today 8Ball and MJG also head their own record labels. The song was a collaboration between two of the most successful rap groups from the state of Tennessee, whence Three 6 Mafia also hail. That song peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, which is the biggest hit of Three 6 Mafia's career and the biggest hit for 8Ball & MJG. Д¬ommercially one of the high points of 8Ball & MJG's career was their being featured on Three 6 Mafia's hit song ' Stay Fly' in 2005. Their second album on Bad Boy Records was titled Ridin' High and was released in March 2007. Their first album for Bad Boy Records, Living Legends, came out in 2004 and was certified Gold by the RIAA. They already had some experience with the label, being featured on the song 'The Player Way' from Bad Boy rapper Mase's 1997 album Harlem World. In the early 2000s they would sign with Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as 'a masterpiece' by The Source magazine. In 1996, they appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip hop artists. One year later in 2000, they released their fifth group album entitled Space Age 4 Eva. They reunited in 1999 to release their fourth album as a group, titled In Our Lifetime. After those albums both 8Ball & MJG released solo albums, first MJG's No More Glory in 1997 and then 8Ball's Lost in 1998. It also contained the song 'Space Age Pimpin'', which was 8Ball & MJG's first single to chart, reaching #58 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart and #22 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. On Top of the World was particularly successful, peaking at #8 on the Billboard Hot 200 and being certified Gold. Their subsequent albums in the 1990s, including 1994's On the Outside Looking In, and 1995's On Top of the World cemented their status as some of the South's best rappers.

In 1993, they released the successful album Comin' Out Hard. 8Ball & MJG first appeared on the rap scene with their underground 1991 album Listen to the Lyrics.

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